IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 5TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 14TH KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 31499 of 2009(F) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- ZAFARUDDIN SHERIFF, MIHAD, FOURTH GATE, UDMA, P.B. NO. 22, KASARGOD, KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.T.MADHU RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR, OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF CALICUT UNIVERSITY, CALICUT UNIVERSITY P.O., MALAPPURAM DIST. 2. THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, CALICUT UNIVERSITY P.O., BY SRI. P.C.SASIDHARAN, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 31499 OF 2009 -------------------------- Dated this the 5th day of November, 2009 J U D G M E N T Heard Sri. Madhu T., the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri. P.C.Sasidharan, the learned standing counsel appearing for the University of Calicut . 2. The petitioner appeared for the supplementary 4th semester B.Tech degree examination in Electrical and Electronics Engineering conducted by the University of Calicut in December, 2008 . The results were published in the last week of August, 2009. The petitioner again failed in the paper “Engineering Mathematics-IV”. He has therefore applied for revaluation of his answer script by submitting Ext.P1 application dated 5.9.2009. It is stated that the requisite fee has also been paid. The petitioner submits that he has completed his course of study and passed all the other semester examinations and the remaining papers of the 4th semester examination and that unless his answer script is revalued expeditiously, he will be put to serious prejudice. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to take steps to revalue his answer script and to publish the result expeditiously. W.P.(C) No. 31499/09 2 3. Sri.P.C.Sasidharan, the learned standing counsel appearing for the University of Calicut submits that the University will take expeditious steps to revalue the petitioner's answer script and to communicate the result to him, if his application is otherwise in order. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to take steps to have the petitioner's answer script descried in Ext.P1 application revalued and to communicate the result to him within eight weeks from today. The petitioner shall, in order to enable the respondents to act as directed above, produce a certified copy of this judgment before the Controller of Examinations, University of Calicut. P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE vps W.P.(C) No. 31499/09 3