IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC MONDAY, THE 9TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 20TH MAGHA 1930 WP(C).No. 4174 of 2009(V) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- JINS ANTONY, S/O.ANTONY.N.A., AGED 32 YEARS, RESIDING AT JINS VILASAM, EZHACHERRY P.O., VELLILAPPALLY VILLAGE, MEENACHIL TALUK, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SMT.C.R.SARADAMANI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR, PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, ATHIRAMPUZHA P.O., KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY SC SRI. T.A. SHAJI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC,J. ----------------------- W.P.(C).No.4174 OF 2009 ------------------------ Dated this the 9th day of February, 2009. JUDGMENT Petitioner submits that he is a law graduate from the Government Law College, Ernakulam, affiliated to the respondent University. According to the petitioner he lost his original certificate and therefore on 16.1.2008 he applied for a duplicate copy of the certificate. There was no response. Finally, in answer to the query raised by the petitioner invoking the provisions in the Right to Information Act, by Ext.P4 the University informed that the application is pending and that the delay occurred for want of format of the degree certificate. It is there upon that the writ petition is field praying for a direction to the University to issue the certificate expeditiously. 2. In my view, the justification for delay stated in Ext.P2 is totally unacceptable. Therefore, I direct the WP(c).No.4174/09 /2/ respondent University to issue duplicate copy of the certificate as sought for by the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within 2 weeks from the date of production of a copy of the judgment. Writ petition is disposed of as above. (ANTONY DOMINIC) JUDGE vi/