SUNIL K S PANWAR Vs. REGISTRAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This judgment will dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos. 93 of 1990 and 17156 of 1989 involving common questions of law and facts. It is considered sufficient to give the facts of Civil Writ Petition No. 93 of 1990.

(2.) The petitioner filed the present writ petition for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to admit him to the LL.B. Course, for the Session 1989-90. The material facts of the case are as follow :

(3.) The stand of the writ-petitioner is that after passing his B.A. examination from the Panjab University by securing 390 marks out of 650, he applied for admission to the LL.B. First Semester in the Department of Laws, Punjab University, for the Session 1989-90, as he fulfilled the minimum qualifications prescribed by the Panjab University. It is also stated in the writ petition that the University advertised that the admission will be for 300 seats i.e. 150 seats in the morning and 150 seats in the evening. It is stated in the writ petition that although there was no provision made in the Prospectus for admission of the wards of the University employees, the Vice-Chancellor issued a Circular No. Misc. 3206-3355, dated 26.7.1989 sanctioning 5% seats in each course for the year 1989-90. The Circular letter issued by the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University (Ann. P-2) reads as under :-