SALMAN SALEEM vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~89 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 1325/2026 SALMAN SALEEM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kaif Hasan, Mr. Mohammad Waseem, Mr. Vaibhav Pachauri, Mr. Firdouse, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, CGSC with Mr. Muhammad Aamir Khan, Mr. Syed Abdur Rahman, Advs. for UOI Ms. Aishwarya Srivastava, Adv. for R-5/NTA Mr. Pritish Sabharwal, SC for JMI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH : JASMEET SINGH, J (ORAL) CM.APPL. 24062/2026 1. This is an application filed under Section 151 of CPC, 1908 seeking early hearing of the main petition. 2. For the reasons stated in the application, the present application is allowed, and the main petition shall be taken up for hearing today. 3. The present application has been disposed of in aforesaid terms. W.P.(C) 1325/2026 4. In view of the above, the matter has been taken up for hearing today. 5. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of W.P.(C) 1325/2026 Page 1 of 13 Digitally Signed By:MAYANK Signing Date:17.04.2026 10:51:13 India seeking the following prayers: - “A. Issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, quashing and setting aside the illegal and arbitrary action/decision of the respondent university denying admission to the petitioner to the Ph.D. Programme (Academic) 2025–26 in Anwar Jamal Kidwai–Mass Communication Research Centre (AJK-MCRC) under the Exempted Category, after having provisionally selected him and declared him successful in the final selection list dated 19.12.2025. B. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to treat the date of issuance of Ph.D. Admission Notification dated 16.10.2025 as the relevant date for determining the validity of UGC-NE