P BALAMURUGAN Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE prayer in this writ petition is to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to permit the petitioner to write 6th semester examination for B.E.(CSE) scheduled to be held from 29.4.2008 and arrear examination to be held from 22.5.2008 by issuing the hall ticket and to conduct practical examinations for the 6th semester in B.E.(CSE) and also to permit the petitioner to continue his fourth year studies in the fourth respondent college.

(2.) THE case of the petitioner is that he is a regular student of B.E. (CSE) course in the fourth respondent Engineering College and in the past four semesters, he has obtained 65 percentage of marks and for the 6th semester, he was having sufficient attendance. On 15.2.2008, the college bus of the fourth respondent was allegedly driven by the driver in a negligent manner and one of the petitioner's classmate suffered multiple fractures and he was admitted in the hospital. Since the petitioner was on the spot, he took the said injured student to the Life Line Hospital, Perungudi and some of the students raised voice against the college management and damaged bus mirrors. According to the petitioner, the fourth respondent management in order to avoid further student-unrest closed the college for two days. On 18.2.2008, the petitioner went to the hospital to know the status of his classmate, who was undergoing treatment. According to the petitioner, about 37 classmates of the petitioner prevented the petitioner to enter into the college by standing outside the college. THE fourth respondent management directed the students to bring the parents next day. THE petitioner along with his guardian went to the college next day and it is alleged that the management directed to give an undertaking that no strike would be called. All the students including the petitioner from Computer Science branch gave a signed undertaking in writing as directed by the fourth respondent.

(3.) M.P.No.2 of 2008 was filed to issue an interim direction directing the respondents to conduct practical examinations for the 6th semester B.E. (CSE) examination separately.