clat - letter to cj and mp govt

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The Chairman, NLIU Bhopal and

Honourable Chief Justice of India, MP High Court,

Jabalpur, M.P. Subject: Grievance on seat allotment and depriving applicants from

exercising the option of choice of University in Common Law

Admission Test 2015.

We, the successful applicants of Common Law Admission Test 2015 (CLAT)

of State of Domicile as Madhya Pradesh, are a group of 15 students who have a

grievance on the allotment of University. Following few lines are submitted for your

kind consideration please:

1. Facts:

a. The result of CLAT 2015 was sent to the individual “Log In Account” on

15.09.2015 with an allotment of University in the first round of

counselling. Sir, all of us were allotted your esteemed University

i.e. National Law Institute and University Bhopal. Copy of

Computer screens image (i.e. screen shots) is enclosed herewith for

ready reference (Annexure 1).

b. As per the requirement of the counselling process, all of us deposited

Rs 50,000.00 and chose “Locked” / “Upgrade” option.

c. That Sir, on 17.06.2015, we were utterly surprised to see in our “Log In

Account” that the allotted University i.e. “NLIU Bhopal” is changed to

other University which is lower in All India Ranking without

consent. The revised Universities are Lucknow / Raipur etc.

d. All of us, deeply aggrieved by the high-handedness, approached the

CLAT Office over telephone / Email. Over telephone, we were advised to

ignore the changes in the individual “Log In Account” and that the

allotment of NLIU Bhopal will be restored back. Few hours later, through

e-mail on individual email account of all of us, CLAT Office replied that

there was an “advertent error” and that “your locked choice had

been changed” by us. Copy of the mail received is enclosed (Annexure

C).

e. We tried to collect further information on this “advertent error” on CLAT

website but there was no indication of any changes in the University

allotted to any candidate. This led us to doubt that something wrong has

been done to us.

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f. Disgruntled and dissatisfied with the secretive dissemination of

information depriving us, we approached NLIU Bhopal to seek further

information. We were told that the CLAT is being conducted by RMLNLU

Lucknow and they do not have any information on this. NLIU Bhopal

directed us to contact CLAT Office Lucknow.

g. We personally met Shri Sanjay Diwakar Deputy Registrar at CLAT office

in RMLNLU Lucknow on 17.06.2015. The information received is thus:

The changes in the allotted Universities of candidates have

been done for NLIU Bhopal ONLY. For all other 15

Universities, the allotment has remained unchanged.

All the participating Universities submitted their procedure

and quotas to CLAT in the beginning itself and so did the

NLIU Bhopal also. The initial allotment of NLIU Bhopal to us

was done based on the procedure of application of “State

Domicile” quota submitted by them ONLY.

The allotment has been revised based on written

communication (submitted personally) by the NLIU Bhopal

as per which the procedure of application of “State

Domicile” quota has been changed from “Vertical” to

“Horizontal”.

It is also a fact that the NLIU Bhopal was taking “State

Domicile” candidates through “Vertical” application of

quota up to the last year i.e. this change has been made

this year and that too after declaration of results.

There is no way that the CLAT office at RMLNLU can help.

The grievance has to be considered and addressed by the

NLIU Bhopal which has changed the procedure after

declaration of the result and allotment of Universities in the

first round.

2. The grievance:

a. The procedure for application of reservation has been changed after

declaration of the results and presumably to benefit the candidates who

were not able to secure seat in NLIU Bhopal. That is to say that the 15

applicants have been removed from the list NLIU Bhopal and 15 other

candidates have been benefitted in place of us. After publication of

results, the authorities in NLIU Bhopal were in full knowledge of names of

these candidates who will get benefitted on account of change in

procedure.

There is strong case of malafide.

b. As per the prevalent reservation policy, a candidate entitled for

reservation is considered in unreserved category list if he/she secures

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rank at par with unreserved category candidates. This policy has been

applied in all the allotments to all the Universities this year except NLIU

Bhopal. The change in policy by NLIU Bhopal is done ONLY for current

year i.e. till last year “State Domicile” category candidate competing at

par with unreserved candidates was not counted against “State Domicile”

quota.

There is strong case of malafide.

3. The redressal: There are two possible alternatives to redress the genuine

grievance of deprived applicants.

a. The application changed policy of domicile reservation which has come to

effect after the publication complete merit list is immediately reversed.

This will restore the initial allotment of University to us.

b. Alternatively, equal numbers of additional seats are created only for

current year on which all of us can be accommodated.

That Sir, we are extremely aggrieved in the above circumstances in which we

are forced to suffer mental agony, extreme injustice and unequal treatment due to

high-handedness and ill-treatment by NLIU Bhopal presumably to extend undue

benefit to their own candidates for gratitude or otherwise.

Apart from this, we, the candidates of MP state domicile have been forced to

not only suffer in terms of careers but also to spend extra amount of money to get

the education which was as a matter of right was possible at Bhopal itself.

We, the successful candidates and deprived by the partial treatment, request

your good self to intervene and direct the authorities concerned to take immediate

corrective action so that our admission to NLIU Bhopal is restored.

We also wish to submit, most humbly, that if constrained, we shall be forced to

seek the course of justice through legal action.

Date: 18.06.2015

Place: NLIU Bhopal Campus.

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Copy to:

1. Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Govt Of Madhya Pradesh

: For kind information of Chief Minister please. This is a case of benefitting candidates of other states at the cost

of candidates of Madhya Pradesh. Request intervention please.

2. Principal Secretary (Higher education)

Govt Of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.

: For kind information please. In this case the procedure of selection has

been changed after declaration of results leading to benefitting the candidates of other states at the cost


3 Principal Secretary (Finance) Govt Of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.




4 Director NLIU, Bhopal.




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