RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY Vs. RAMESH KUMAR SHARMA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard.

(2.) The complainant-respondent had appeared at the M. A. Final (Sanskrit) examination held by the appellant University in the year 1999-2000, after having paid the examination fee of Rs.1,190/-. He had been allotted Roll No.37201 and the examination was to be held on 19.5.2000 at a college in Sikar. The case of the complainant was that for paper third he was to be examined in Kavi Athava Lekhak Ka Vishesh Adhayanan subject as had been filled in by him in his application form, but the invigilator/examiner in the examination hall delivered to him the paper of Kavya (Gadya, Padya and Champu ). On a demand by the complainant-respondent, the paper on Kavi Athava Lekhak Ka Vishesh Adhayanan was not delivered to him and hence he could not answer the question paper third. The respondent thus attributed deficiency in service on the part of the appellant in the matter of examining him. The case of the appellant was that in his application form the respondent had not specified the name of the poet or writer on whose work he was to be examined and, therefore, the paper on Kavya (Gadya, Padya and Champu) was delivered to him. The Forum held that the appellant had rendered deficient services to the respondent and, therefore, required the appellant to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- as compensation for mental agony, Rs.1,180/- refund of the examination fee and Rs.500/- as cost of litigation.

(3.) Paper third of M. A. Previous and Final was to be answered by the students on Friday, May 19, 2000 from 3.00 p. m. to 6.00 p. m. The subject matter of such paper was as under : " Friday, May 19, 2000 3.00 p. m. to 6.00 p. m. Sanskrit (Final) Group A Sahitya Paper III (ka) Kavya (Gadya, Padya and Champu)or (kha) Kavi Athava Lekhak Ka Vishesh Adhayanan (1) Mass or (2) Kalidas sanskrit (Final) Group B Vaidik Sahitya paper III Vaidik Dharam, Dev Shastra Evam Vaidiki Prakriya or rigved ke kisi mandal ka vishishtha adhayanan Sanskrit (Final) Group C Darshan Shastra paper III Vedant aur Meemansa Darshan sanskrit (Final) Group D Dharmshastra paper III Nibandh Sahitya, Vyavhar evam prayashchit gyan paper III (old) Dharam Shastra ka Itihas tatha sambadh sahitya sankrit (Final) Group E Vaidik Vigyan paper III Itihas evam Bhashyakar"