IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH OCTOBER 2010 / 21ST ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 31149 of 2010(P) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- NAZEEHA LATHEEF A.N., AL-TASNEEM, SRA-54, OLD KARAKKAMANDAPAM, NEMOM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-20. BY ADV. SRI.S.MOHAMMED AL RAFI RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY REGISTRAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-33. 2. VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-33. *ADDITIONAL R3 IMPLEADED 3. LBS CENTRE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 033. *IMPLEADED AS ADDITIONAL RESPONDENT 3 AS PER THE ORDER DATED 13/10/2010 IN I.A.NO. 14189/2010. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SRI. M. RAJAGOPAL, SC, KERALA UNIVERSITY R3 BY ADV. SRI.P.B.SURESH KUMAR SC, LBS CENTRE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 31149 of 2010 P ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 13th day of October, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner is a graduate in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Kerala. She applied for admission to Post Graduate Courses. According to her, her options were (1) M.Sc Food and Nutrition, (2) M.Sc Home Science and (3) M.Sc Bio Informatics. It is her case that her rank for the aforesaid opted courses were 14, 12 and 225 respectively. Petitioner stated that she was allotted to M.Sc Home Science to the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram and that though she remitted the fee, doubting her eligibility, the college did not permit her to join the course. It is her case that while she was allotted for M.Sc Home Science, candidates with lower ranks were allotted to M.Sc Food and Nutrition, the first option exercised by the petitioner. It is in these circumstances, this writ petition has been filed, praying that her option for the course M.Sc Food WPC.31149/10 : 2 : and Nutrition should be accepted and she should be allotted to that course. 2. Standing Counsel appearing for the additional third respondent has obtained instructions in the matter. According to the learned counsel, in the first and second rounds of allotments, the option exercised by the petitioner were for (1) M.Sc Home Science, (2) M.Sc Food and Nutrition and for (3) M.Sc Bio Informatics respectively. It is stated that accepting her first option, viz, M.Sc Home Science, she was allotted to the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. Counsel submits that the college authorities entertained a doubt regarding the eligibility of the petitioner and it was therefore that the petitioner was not permitted to join the course. It is also his submission that subsequently, the college obtained appropriate clarification from the University, as per which, the petitioner is an eligible candidate and, therefore, she is free to join the said college. It is further submitted that in the third round of allotment, petitioner has WPC.31149/10 : 3 : revised her options in the following order, viz, (1) M.Sc Food and Nutrition, (2) M.Sc Bio Informatics and (3) M.Sc Home Science. It is stated that the third allotment is to take place on 14-10-2010 and that depending upon her ranking and availability of seats, petitioner's candidature will also be considered. 3. From the submissions made, it is obvious that the petitioner is free to join for M.Sc Home Science in the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram to which she already stands allotted and where she has already paid the fee. As far as the grievance that her juniors have been allotted to M.Sc Food and Nutrition is concerned, first of all, that grievance has been raised on the basis that her first option was for M.Sc Food and Nutrition, which is factually wrong. Even otherwise, from the submissions made by the counsel for the additional third respondent, since the petitioner's candidature will also be considered in the third round of allotment depending upon her rank and availability of WPC.31149/10 : 4 : seats, no further directions in this behalf is called for. Writ petition is disposed of as above. Sd/- (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) aks // True Copy // P.A. To Judge