JASMEET SINGH Vs. GURU NANAK INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner has filed the present petition praying inter alia for setting aside the order dated 09.04.2012 passed by the respondent No.1/Institute, cancelling his admission in the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) course on the ground of non-submission of his final year graduation results within the submission date.

(2.) IN a nutshell, the facts of the case are that the petitioner was enrolled as a student in the Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) course in the Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar for a three year course spread over the academic years 2008-09 to 2010-11. On 06.08.2011, the petitioner had applied for admission to the MCA course with the respondent No.2/University and on the basis of his CET ranking, he was granted provisional admission in the respondent No.1/INstitute.

(3.) FACT of the matter is that in the first week of August 2011, i.e., on the date of filing of the aforesaid affidavit, the petitioner had only appeared in his internal examinations in the third year of the BCA at Punjab Technical University that were held in the month of July, 2011 and he had yet to appear for his external examinations in the 6th semester that finally took place on 15th and 20th September, 2011. In the first week of October 2011, the Punjab Technical University declared that the results of the 6th semester BCA course would be declared in the third week of November 2011. A copy of the said declaration dated 04.10.2011 was handed over by the petitioner to respondent No.1/Institute. Simultaneously, the petitioner filed an application before respondent No.2/University seeking extension of time till the third week of November 2011 for submitting his 6th semester BCA mark-sheet. Counsel for the petitioner states that the aforesaid application was duly received by the respondents and not only was the petitioner allowed to attend the classes held in the MCA first year course, but he was also allowed to deposit the additional fee of RS.29,750/- with the respondent No.1/Institute on 08.11.2011. As soon as the petitioner received his confidential result of the BCA 6th semester from the Punjab Technical University on 28.11.2011, he forwarded the same to the respondent No.1/Institute.