Punjab & Haryana HC allows NEET aspirant to get benefit of Education Minister’s tweet extending JEE application deadline

Punjab & Haryana HC allows NEET aspirant to get benefit of Education Minister’s tweet extending JEE application deadline

The Punjab & Haryana High Court as of late allowed a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant intervals help by permitting him to require advantage of a due date expansion that was reported by Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhariyal on Twitter for JEE (Fundamental) candidates (Abhay Mohan v. Union of India and others).

 A Seat of Judges Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh were considering the grievance of a understudy who did not apply for NEET 2020 on account of his confirmation to a school overseas. His classes were planned to commence in September. Within the repercussions of the widespread and the resulting fixing of borders, he was constrained to donate up on his arrange to think about abroad. When he was reflecting his alternatives, the understudy saw a tweet by the Home Minister amplifying the due date for online applications to require this year’s the JEE (Primary) Examination.

The Division Seat opined that the applicant had a “legitimate expectation” of a comparable opportunity being given to those trusting to require the NEET as well. In this respect, the Bench observed: “Under ordinary circumstances, we would not have taken the tweet into thought but it is being taken note that tweets by the official specialists are presently begun possessing the significance of official affirmations. We are not mindful whether such affirmations are supported by any official file in which the complete issue is managed with“.

The Court noted that the concession based on a tweet would not have been made beneath typical circumstances. It too conceded that it was ignorant of whether the Minister’s affirmations on Twitter were supported by official records to the impact. Be that as it may, pending the transfer of the summons appeal, the respondent specialists were coordinated to acknowledge the student’s application and going with records.

By Aditi Das