SUNITA RANI Vs. PANJAB UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is a Scheduled Castes candidate having graduated from the Panjab University, as a private candidate, in the year 2006.

(2.) The respondent-University, issued Prospectus for admission in B.Ed. (Regular)-2008 for Colleges of Education, situated in Chandigarh. The petitioner applied for admission to such course under Union Territory Pool Category, considering herself to be eligible on the basis of her B.A. Qualification. On the basis of Entrance Test conducted on 6.7.2008, the petitioner was ranked 453.

(3.) It is the case of the petitioner that the candidates who are lower in merit have been admitted, whereas the petitioner has been denied admission and thus, aggrieved, she has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court. It is pointed out by the petitioner that in the Prospectus, there are two sources for filling up the seats for admission. One is 60% Union Territory Pool, which is meant for students who passed their qualifying examination from Colleges recognised by the Chandigarh Administration and situated in the Union Territory, Chandigarh, as a regular student of the said College/Institution. It is further subject to the condition that such students must have studied for two years at Chandigarh and have passed one lower qualifying examination from the Colleges/Institutions situated in the Union Territory Chandigarh. All other students, who have not passed their qualifying examination from the Institutions located in Union Territory Chandigarh, fall within 40% General Pool, which is the second source of admission. The relevant conditions contained in the Prospectus, read as under :-