GLIMPSE OF A LATEST VERDICT* *Minor I Shafrin Fathima Vs. The Government of India Rep. by it Secretary & 4 Ors.* W.P. No. 26129 of 2022 Dated: 17.10.2022 *Honourable Mr. Justice R. Suresh Kumar* allowed of the Writ Petition in the matter relating to *“NEET – Change of Category – General (UR) to OBC”,* directing the DGHS to change the community from UR to OBC, communicate the same to the Petitioner, within two weeks, and further observed and held as follows:

*GLIMPSE OF A LATEST VERDICT*

*Minor I Shafrin Fathima Vs. The Government of India Rep. by it Secretary & 4 Ors.*
W.P. No. 26129 of 2022
Dated: 17.10.2022

*Honourable Mr. Justice R. Suresh Kumar* allowed of the Writ Petition in the matter relating to *“NEET – Change of Category – General (UR) to OBC”,* directing the DGHS to change the community from UR to OBC, communicate the same to the Petitioner, within two weeks, and further observed and held as follows:

i) Petitioner is OBC and had been issued OBC certificate also. At the time of making online application for NEET-UG 2022 Examination, since it was made as an E-Service Centre, the operator had selected the category of the Petitioner as Un-reserved (UR) instead of OBC. This came to the knowledge of the Petitioner only after seeing the final mark sheet, and immediately a representation was sent to NEET/NTA.

ii) Referred: (1) W.P.No.6078 of 2022 dated 16.03.2022; (2) W.P.No.7108 of 2022 dated 24.03.2022; (3) W.P.No.19405 of 2022 dated 27.07.2022. Based on the above Orders, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) had changed the Category of the Students from General (UR) to OBC.

iii) The error is an inadvertent one and due to the mistake of the operator of the E-Service Centre (Network Centre). Therefore a direction is given to DGHS to act upon it and communicate the change of to the category/community to the Petitioner within 2 weeks.