SHASHANK SHEKHAR PANDEY vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Delivered on: 22.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 5690/2025 & CM APPL. 25989/2025 SHASHANK SHEKHAR PANDEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shivam Pandey, Mr. Priyanshu Upadhyay, Mr. Abhinav Sharma and Mr. Gangesh Kumar Jha, Advs. Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Khanna, SC for NTA with Ms. Pragya Bhushan, Mr. Tarandeep Singh, Ms. Vilakshana Dayma, Ms. Pankhuri Srivastava and Ms. Alekshendra Sharma, Advs. for NTA. Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, Ms. Usha Jamnal, Ms. Harshita Chaturvedi, Advs. with Experts Mr. S. Shree Vishnoo and Mr. Subodh S. for NCFL. Mr. Neeraj, SPC with Mr. Vedansh Anand, GP with Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Adv. for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J 1. The present petition has been filed seeking following reliefs: “(a)Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, including a writ of mandamus, directing the Respondent to rectify the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DEEPAK SINGH W.P.(C) 5690/2025 Page 1 of 18 Signing Date:23.09.2025 07:41:39 discrepancies in the Petitioner’s Recorded Response Sheet for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) – 2025, Session 2, and to duly consider all the 46 questions attempted by the Petitioner, in respect of the Petitioner’s Application Number: 250310868069; b) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondent to recompute the Petitioner’s NTA Score on the basis of the corrected Recorded Response Sheet and to declare a revised result accordingly, inrespect of the Petitioner’s Application Number: 250310868069; c) Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondent to review and rectify the errors pointed out in the final Answer Key and to take appropriate c