STUTI VERMA Vs. C C S UNIVERSITY MEERUT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Smt. M.R. Chauhan, learned Counsel for the Petitioners in all the writ petitions except Writ Petition No. 56187 of 2009 (at Serial No. 5). No one appeared on behalf of Petitioners in the said writ petition and Smt. M.R. Chauhan, learned Counsel, categorically stated that she was not appearing for the Petitioners in the said writ petition.

(2.) The Petitioners of these nine writ petitions (34 in total) are students of Bachelor of Dental Science (BDS) course which they are pursuing from four dental colleges affiliated to Chaudhery Charan Singh University, Meerut, Respondent No. 1 in all the writ petitions. The colleges are run by Maharaji Educational Trust, Santosh Nagar, Ghaziabad (Respondent No. 2 in the I and II writ petitions), Dayanand Pushpadevi Charitable Trust, Ghaziabad (Respondent No. 2 in the III, IV & VII writ petitions), Hindustan Institute of Dental Science, Greater NOIDA, Gautam Buddh Nagar (Respondent No. 4 in the v. writ petition) and Kunj Behari Lal Charitable Trust Indraprasth Dental College and Hospital, Shahibabad, District Ghaziabad (Respondent No. 2 in the VI, VIII and IX writ petitions). All these colleges are affiliated to Respondent No. 1 University. Apart from these, 7 or 8 other dental colleges are also affiliated to the same University.

(3.) All the Petitioners took admission in or about August, 2006. The BDS course is of four years. First year examination was held in December, 2007 and second year examination was held in December, 2008. All the Petitioners were promoted/ carried over to next year even if they had failed in more than one paper of the previous year. This was done in spite of clear prohibition in that regard by Regulations of 1983 & 2007. The Regulations have been framed by Dental Council of India (D.C.I.). The Regulations of 1983 and of 2007 have been quoted in a letter sent by D.C.I. on 08.06.2009 to Secretary/ Registrar, Chaudhery Charan Singh University, Meerut, which is Annexure CA-IV to the counter affidavit filed by the University in the first writ petition. Both the Regulations are quoted below: