C.W.P. No. 19785 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 19785 of 2008 Decided on : 22-12-2008 Ms. Shiwani Singh .... Petitioner VERSUS Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations & others .... Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? -.- Present:- Mr. A.K. Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaideep Bedi, Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. I. William Gosain, Advocate for respondent No.2. HEMANT GUPTA, J The petitioner was a student of Class XI in Chaman Vatika School, Ambala, where she continued her studies till 31.03.2008. It was on 20.08.2008, the petitioner approached respondent No.2 for admission. But as 75% attendance could not have been completed in class XII by the petitioner, the petitioner was not admitted by respondent No.2 in class XII. It is the case of the petitioner that on 09.06.2008, the petitioner was informed by respondent No.1 that she should apply for transfer of school through the Principal of admitting School. On 18.06.2008, the petitioner applied to Mussoorie International School for admission. But C.W.P. No. 19785 of 2008 -2- since no decision was communicated, the petitioner again applied on 21.08.2008. The petitioner, in the meantime, obtained Transfer Certificate on 11.08.2008 from Chaman Vatika School, Ambala. Thus, it is contended that the petitioner was taking steps for her admission to the one or the other school affiliated to respondent No.1. But, the petitioner was not admitted without any justified reason. Therefore, the petitioner be permitted to appear in Class XII Examination to be held in March-April 2009. The undisputed fact is that the petitioner has not attended a single class of Class XII so far. In the absence of regular attendance, we do not find any direction can be issued for permitting the petitioner to appear in the final Examination of Class XII to be held in March-April 2009 at this stage. If the petitioner has the grievance of wrongful deprivation of admission by any Institute, the petitioner may seek damages in an appropriate form as may be considered appropriate by her. With the said direction, the writ petition is disposed of. (Hemant Gupta) Judge 22nd December 2008. (Nawab Singh) Monika Judge