DHARMENDRA KUMAR Vs. VICE CHANCELLOR KANPUR UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In this group of petitions, the various petitioners have assailed the validity of the admissions made by the Kulbhaskar Ashram Degree College on 27-12-85 to the M.Sc. (Ag) course for the year 1985-86. Each of the petitioners claims that if the respondent-College had conducted the process of admission fairly and in accordance with the norms laid down by the Admission Committee under S.28(4) of the U.P. State Universities Act, he would have been entitled to be admitted in preference to those who were admitted on that date. The petitions are being disposed of by common judgement as the controversies raised therein are substantially similar.

(2.) The Kulbhaskar Ashram Degree College, Allahabad is affiliated to the Kanpur University. Admissions to various courses of study in this College are hence regulated by S.28 of the U.P. State Universities Act. Sub-Section 4 of S.28 lays down that the Admission Committee of the concerned University may issue directions as regards criteria or methods of admissions to the affiliated colleges and such directions shall be binding on such colleges. The Admission Committee of the Kanpur University accordingly laid down the criteria or norms for admission to the various courses of study including M.Sc. (Ag) for academic session 1985-86. The relevant part of the norms is being reproduced herein :

(3.) These norms also lay down the reservations allowed to various categories of candidates including, inter alia, scheduled castes candidates and those coming from other States.