PUJA LAL Vs. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Admit.

(2.) The case of the petitioner is that she joined the course of M.Sc. Part I in Applied Operational Research (South Campus) in the University of Delhi for the year 1994-95. She passed the first year examination of the said course and she was issued a provisional certificate (previous) dated 2.8.1995. Aforesaid course was introduced for the first time in July/August 1994 as two years Master Degree Course and the petitioner belongs to the first batch of the aforesaid course. The petitioner took admission on the basis of Bulletin of Information and the Courses of Studies published and circulated by the respondent which has treated the M.Sc. Part-1 Course in Operational Research and M.Sc. Part- 1 in Applied Operational Research on the same footing and the said Bulletin did not provide for the minimum qualifying marks a student has to secure in each paper. Petitioner has been a good student having secured 64.8' per cent marks in her Graduate degree. The petitioner took the M.Sc. (Previous) Examination and was declared successful along with other successful candidates. Provisional Certificate and mark sheet were also issued to the petitioner some time in August 1995. Provisional Certificate is at page 18 and mark sheet is at page 19 of the paper book. She secured 541 marks out of 800 marks and in the statement of marks it was mentioned that she was eligible for promotion with the remarks "E.P.". However, as she secured less marks in Paper-V she applied for re-valuation on 29.8.1995. No reply or action has been taken on her application dated 29.8.1995 by the respondent as alleged by the petitioner.

(3.) Thereafter, she was admitted to M.Sc. (final) for the aforesaid course for the Academic Session 1995-96. The petitioner secured an aggregate mark of 621 out of 800 marks but was declared unsuccessful, although she secured 77.6 per cent marks in her Final examination. Thereafter petitioner was told that though she had cleared all the papers in Part- II examinations but as she had secured 42 per cent marks in Paper V of Part-1 examination which is below 50 per cent marks, i.e. required minimum qualifying marks, she had been declared unsuccessful in M.Sc. in Applied Operational Research Course for the Academic Session 1994-96.