IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21598 of 2011 Date of Decision : November 22, 2011. Dhiren Arora .....Petitioner versus Guru Nanak Dev University and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vishal Rattan, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is a student of 7th semester of Master in Computer Application (Five Years Integrated Course). He has been denied permission to appear in the 7th semester examination for the reason that uptill now he has not been able to clear one of the papers of the first semester. What is the status of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th semesters, is not known as the averments in relation thereto are conspicuously missing in the writ petition. On a literal interpretation and applying its Ordinance, the University is justified to deny permission to the petitioner to appear in the 7th semester examination. He, however, relies upon a decision of this Court dated 13.09.2010 passed in Civil Writ Petition No.12069 of 2010 (Anudeep CWP No.21598 of 2011 [2] Randhawa and otheres versus Guru Nanak Dev University and otheres) wherein a direction was issued to give one more chance to the similarly situated students on the premise that an additional chance was given by the Vice Chancellor to other similarly placed students. Unfortunately, no such instance in the present case has been disclosed by the petitioner. Be that as it may, no mandamus can be issued to relax the rules and grant an additional chance. The power to this effect, if any, is vested with the Vice Chancellor of the University to whom the petitioner, if so advised, may approach. With liberty afore-mentioned, the writ petition is dismissed. November 22, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE