1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3525 OF 2009 Ms.Swapna Satish Shinde. ..Petitioner. Versus Directorate of Technical Education Maharashtra State and 3 Ors. ..Respondents. ... Mr.Nitin V. Gangal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.V.S. Gokhale, A.G.P. For the State. ... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ DATED : 21ST APRIL, 2009. P.C. :- 1. The petitioner was selected for the course of Bachelor of Pharmacy. She was admitted to college and she has completed almost two semesters, out of total eight semesters. The impugned order was issued on 21st March, 2009 which states that during the scrutiny of the admissions, it was found that she was not eligible for admission for B.Pharmacy and, therefore, her admission was cancelled. This order was passed without even notice to the petitioner. 2. The learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has completed two semesters out of eight semesters and a year in pursuing the course. No mistake is attributable to the petitioner and even if there was a mistake committed by the respondent, her admission could not be cancelled 2 now. He further contended that the impugned order was passed without even hearing the petitioner. 3. Counter affidavit has been filed, in which it has been accepted that the mistake was committed by the respondents themselves in calculating the merit of the petitioner. There was some mistake in the system by which the system showed that the petitioner had 135 marks out of 300 and as such she was eligible, but, infact she could have secured only 128 marks. We feel this is too late in the day for the respondents to correct the mistake at the cost of petitioner’s career. Besides that the order of cancellation has been passed without even giving a notice to the petitioner which was a minimum requirement of rules of natural justice. For these reasons, we allow the Writ Petition. The impugned order is quashed and set-aside. We also take into account the fact that if the admission of the petitioner at this stage is cancelled, it is not going to help anybody and that the seat will only be wasted. Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. [BILAL NAZKI,J.] [SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.]