An 18-year-old student has lost his seat for a 4-year electrical engineering course in IIT Bombay just after he “inadvertently” clicked on a “wrong” hyperlink which was meant to withdraw from the procedure.
The student, Siddhant Batra from Agra, has now approached the Supreme Court searching for a path to the institution to admit him just after the IIT mentioned it can’t intervene at this stage as all the seats for the course had been complete and admission guidelines had to be followed. It mentioned Batra could apply once more subsequent year for JEE (Advanced).
The Bombay High Court had initially directed the IIT to take into account Batra’s petition just after he approached it earlier this month, as representation and pass acceptable orders.
Batra, who had secured All India Rank (AIR) of 270 in JEE Advanced exams and secured admission, claimed in his plea that he had clicked the incorrect hyperlink which was meant to withdraw his seat. Batra intended to freeze the seat, the plea mentioned.
On November 23, a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni dismissed Batra’s petition noting that IIT had regarded as his representation and passed its order.
In his petition to the Supreme Court, Batra has sought a path to the IIT to take into account his case on humanitarian grounds, and requested creation of an extra seat to undo his loss.
Batra, who lives with his grandparents following death of his parents, in the plea mentioned he had worked tough against all odds to crack IIT JEE exams.
The petition, filed by means of advocate Pralhad Paranjpe, mentioned Batra had lost his father when he was a kid and was brought up by his mother who passed away in 2018.
As per his plea, Batra, even though filling out the admission procedure on the internet, came upon a web page with ”freeze” alternative, which he believed meant confirming the seat and the completion of his admission procedure.
“On October 31, 2020 when Batra was surfing the IIT portal to check for further updates, he came upon a link which carried a declaration that read ”I would like to withdraw from the seat allocation process of JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority)”,” the petition mentioned.
As per the plea, Batra inadvertently clicked on this hyperlink and stated ”IIT Bombay, Electrical Engineering” as factors for withdrawal. It added that Mr Batra never ever intended to withdraw his admission.
In November 2020, when the final list of students was uploaded on the IIT portal, Batra’s name was not integrated.
The IIT, in its order, even so, mentioned the withdrawal alternative was a “conscious” two-step procedure.
It mentioned candidates who want to withdraw prior to the final round can do so and the ”seat acceptance fee” gets refunded, adding that when a candidate has withdrawn then his or her seat stands cancelled.
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