Sunita Agarwal, J. - (1.) These two connected writ petitions have arisen from a common controversy. They have been heard together and are being decided by this common Judgement.
(2.) The petitioners are the candidates seeking their selection/ enrollment in D.Phil Programme in the Sanskrit Department of the University. They had appeared in the entrance examinations for admission to D. Phil Programme 2016-17 namely CRET, 2016 having submitted a synopsis pursuant to the notification dated 30.1.2017.
(3.) According to the petitioners, their synopsis was to be evaluated by the Doctoral Programme Committee as per Ordinance LVI of the Ordinances of the University. They had appeared in the interview, held in the month of April, 2017 before the Doctoral Programme Committee and were waiting for their result. In the meantime, a news-item was published on 25.5.2017 in the daily newspaper 'Hindustan' notifying therein that the interview for CRET, 2016 held by the Doctoral Programme Committee was cancelled and a fresh interview would be held for all candidates who had qualified eligibility test for admission to D.Phil Programme.;