SHIV KUMAR Vs. THE PUNJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner took his examination for B. Com. Part I Class held in April 1973. At the time when he was appearing in the subject of English and Current Affairs, the seating arrangement shows that he was given a seat at the head of row No. 3 and Roll No. 3809 was given the last but one seat at the end of row No. 2. In other words, both the candidates were sitting at a considerable distance. It is also the admitted case of the parties that neither the Superintendent nor the invigilators made any report about acts of misconduct indulged in by the examinees. The petitioner was served with a questionnaire and asked to explain that the answer to Question No. 1 written by him tallied with the answer written by Roll No. 3809. In his reply, the petitioner submitted that both the candidates were occupying seats at considerable distance from each other and the precis in question had been selected from the lesson, "The Planned Society" which was included in their text book. According to him this para had been taught to them in their Tutorial Group and he had crammed it. The Standing Committee considered this explanation in the following terms : - -