IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN THURSDAY, THE 29TH JULY 2010 / 7TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 23579 of 2010(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- MOHAMMED MUSTHAFA P.K., S/O.AHAMMED KUTTY HAJI P.K., KOTTIYATT HOUSE, CHERUR P.O.,VENGARA (VIA) MALAPPURAM DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.U.K.DEVIDAS RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, HOUSING BUILDING,SANTHI NAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM PIN-695001. 2. THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,PIN-695001. GOVT. PLEADER SRI. P.N. SANTHOSH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. Siri Jagan, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= W.P(C) No. 23579 of 2010 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this, the 29th day of July, 2010. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the father of Ms. Rafath P.K., who sought admission to provisional degree courses this year. The petitioner's daughter got admission to I.T. Engineering course in KMCT Engineering College, Calicut. Later on, she exercised her higher option and she got admission to the Palakkad Institute of Science and Technology, Muthalamada, Palakkad. The principal of that college insists on a dress code for the students. The petitioner submits that his religious tenets require that his daughter wears full sleeve shirts at all times. Therefore, the dress code prescribed by the principal of the college is against the religious tenets of the petitioner, is his contention. The petitioner therefore seeks admission to his daughter either in another college or consideration of his daughter's claim for wearing the dress in accordance with her religious tenets in the college. The petitioner therefore seeks the following reliefs: “i. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the first respondent that allot a seat for an engineering course any one of the Engineering Colleges except the P.I.T, Muthalamada, Govindapuram, Palakkad. ii. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the respondents that consider he Ext. P3 and P4 complaints and dispose he same after availing an opportunity of hearing.” 2. The learned Government Pleader opposes the prayer for admission to another college insofar as all allotments are over and the course has already commenced. In the above circumstances, counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P4 expeditiously. Having heard both sides, I dispose of this writ petition with a W.P.C. No. 23579/10 -: 2 :- direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext. P4 as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- S. Siri Jagan, Judge. Tds/ [TRUE COPY] P.S TO JUDGE.