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The Bombay High Court rejected a student’s plea seeking permission to appear for exams after admission beyond sanctioned intake at an Akola skill institute. The court ruled the admissions were unauthorised and imposed a ₹50,000 cost on the institute for allowing 101 excess students to continue despite rejection of additional intake.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a student seeking permission for herself and similarly placed candidates to appear for examinations after they were allowed to pursue a certificate course despite being beyond the institute's sanctioned intake. The court also imposed costs of Rs 50,000 on the institute, observing that its conduct was unauthorised and in violation of the law.

Petitioner Sought Hall Tickets For Certificate Course Exam

A division bench of Justices R I Chagla and Firdosh P Pooniwalla delivered the judgment on September 8 in a petition filed by Janhavi Vinod Shegonkar against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petitioner had sought directions for issuance of hall tickets and permission to appear for examinations for the Certificate Course in Health Sanitary Inspector.

The dispute concerned Paras Skill Development Institute, Akola, which had a sanctioned intake of 60 students. While 161 candidates had applied for the course, the Maharashtra State Board of Skill, Vocational Education and Training maintained that only 60 candidates had been formally admitted and approved through the online admission process.