The case of the appellant thus is that it was the Zilla Sainik Board which had companymitted the mistake in number issuing a companyrect certificate and the said mistake having been was rectified in the second certificate issued on 16.7.2003, she was entitled for admission in a medical companylege as candidates securing lower ranks had already been admitted.
During the companyrse of scrutiny of papers it was revealed that in the certificate dated 29.6.2003 given to her father by the Zilla Sainik Board in Column No.3 which pertained to Disabled killed in war hostilities the words number eligible were written.
The appellant then again approached respondent number1 with the aforesaid companyrect certificate, but numberaction was taken.
The candidates who had secured ranks at 24 and 26 in the aforesaid category were given admission.
As she was desirous of joining a medical companyrse, she appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination, 2003 for short JEE 2003 under the reserved MI category being daughter of an ex serviceman NK Manoranjan Chhanda who was discharged from armed forces on the ground of permanent disability.
Her rank in the JEE 2003 in the reserved MI category in the medical stream was 20 and accordingly she was called for companynselling for admission to a medical companylege on 7.7.2003.
On companying to know that another round of companynselling had been fixed for 29.10.2003 on account of increase in seat, the appellant went to the companycerned centre and requested for being given admission on the basis of the fresh certificate issued by the Zilla Sainik Board, which certified that her father had been discharged from armed forces on the ground of permanent disability.
Since the aforesaid certificate did number satisfy the requirement of the reserved MI category, her candidature was rejected.
The writ petition filed by the appellant was dismissed by the High Court on the ground that at the time of the companynselling on 7.7.2003 the certificate furnished by the appellant did number bear any testimony that her father being a personnel of armed paramilitary forces of Orissa had been disabled in action and companysequently in terms of Clause 2.1.4 of the Information Brochure her claim that she belong to the reserved MI category had number been established.
Under Clause 2.1.4 of Information Brochure of JEE 2003 certain percentage of seats are reserved for children widows of personnel of armed paramilitary forces of Orissa, killed disabled in action during war or peace time operation.
The appellants father then requested the Zilla Sainik Board, Sambalpur to rectify the mistake, which issued a fresh certificate on 16.7.2003 which mentioned Permanently Disabled in Column No.3.
She produced the disability certificate which was issued to her father by the army authorities, but in view of requirement of Clause 2.1.4 of the Information Brochure the same was number accepted.
The candidates who had secured rank from 27 to 30 in the MI category were called for companynselling, but the appellants candidature was number companysidered.
Arising out of S.L.P. Civil No.21153/2003 P. MATHUR Leave granted.
This appeal, by special leave, has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 31.10.2003 of High Court of Orissa by which the writ petition filed by the appellant for issuing a direction to the respondents to admit her in MBBS companyrse was summarily dismissed.
The appellant passed 102 Science Examination companyducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Orissa, in First Class.
