RITU MAKKAR Vs. DELHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

JUDGEMENT

(1.) As common questions arise in these five writ petition, this judgment disposes of all of them. . The petitioners in Civil Writ No. 2537 of 1989 are (1) Miss. Ritu Makkar, (2) Mr. Mahesh Kumar N. Chandwani, (3) Mr. Maninder S. Rana. In Civil Writ Petition No. 2700 of 1989 Ms. Seema is the petitioner. In Civil Writ Petition No. 2757 of 1989 Ms. S. Shobha and Ms. S. Pushpa are the petitioners. M/s. Rohit Dewan, Virender Kumar Kaira, Dinesh Sehgal and Ms. Shoma Chatterjee have filed Civil Writ Petition No. 2798 of 1989. The fifth petition (Civil Writ Petition No. 2856 of 1989) has been filed by Dinesh Main. The respondents in alt these petitions arc (1) Delhi College of Engineering, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, (2) Delhi Institute of Technology, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi and (3) Delhi Administration.

(2.) The pelilioners in all the five petitions appeared in the Senior School Certificate Examination (12 years course) of the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the Board) in March, 1989. The petitioners passed the examination securing high percentage of marks. The Rules of the Board permit a candidate to improve the marks obtained in one of the subjects in which he/she had appeared earlier. The case of the petitioners is that they took the "improvement examination" which was conducted in the end of July, 1989. The result of the said examination was declared by the Board on 25th August, 1989. It is claimed by all the petitioners that each one of them improved his/her marks in the subject in which he/she appeared. Alongwith the petitions, the <PG>151</PG> petitioners have annexed statement of marks obtained earlier and the marks obtained after appearing in the "improvement examination".

(3.) All the petitioners who were Science students, were desirous of taking admission in various fields of Engineering taught in the two colleges viz., Delhi College of Engineering and Delhi Institute of Technology, respondents 1 and 2 respectively, which are run by the Delhi Adimistration. These colleges, however, arc affiliated to the University of Delhi. All the petitioners on the strength of the result of the examination conducted by the Board in March, 1989, had submitted their adminission forms as per the prospectus issued by the two colleges for admission in Bachelor of Engineering courses for the year 1989-90, within the time allowed.