53 S 1 rCWP NO14690 of2009 1 1r INTtlE IIIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDJGARH DATE OF DEC1SlONl 2511 2009 1 r VikhyatMahajan eeePetitioncr 0 0 I VERSUS C5 ThaparUniversityPatialac0 Orse Respondcnts I Z a2 r CORAM I llONBLE MRJUSTICE PERMOD KOHlI oll PRESKNT2 MtSudccpMahajanSr Advocate wilh AlliSham Lal I3halla Advocate for pctitioncr 7 Z MrOS Patwalia Advocate for 0m Permod Kohli eJ Cme Thc petltionerpassedhi s 1042 0SeniorSchool Ccrtiflcate 1xainination 20099in Marcllpril 2009 0oin thc C13SCseculiilg822 marks llc in the All 1ndia Ilngcring l1tratlcc lxaillinatiotl known as A151713 in JuneIuly2009 underGeneral CategolyI Iis over all ranklll was al 72526 and categoryWISC rankingwas53570 and State ranking was 1093 as is cvidcnt from thc score card lnnexurc P Oll Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 54 CWP NO14690 of2009 2 4 the basisof his rankinghc appliedfor adlnission to Bech Coursein the vcrsity pursuanlto the Prospeclusissucd by il for thc Session 2009201 0 hc first counselling was to be hcld ill the lllOllth of June 2009 and the list of selected candidates was lo be displayed on 1662009 After the second counselling the Iistofsclected candidatcswas to be displayed Oll 2662009 and the lisi of selected candidates 117 lhircj 1 counsclling wasto be displayed on 772009 1le petitioner could not get 0 admlssion in the flrsl lhree The lJniversity notified the date C of 41hcounsellingbul the petitioner could not participale in any ofthese I 0 beingbclow in ranknghc rcspondcntJniversitl a publicnoticc for admission ln thc newspaper lhe Tribunc lll ltS ISSUe Z dated31 2009 for furthcr schedulcd to bc hcld on 382009 Ill r theUniversityagainst some vacant scats ln thc said counscll ing candidatcs I wilh Al l India rankingupto 70000 could only his was thc a5 lastcounsclling conductedbythc Univcrsity e The petitioneracquircdmforination that at Ieast 35 scats in varIOUS 7 Z streams of leamill8havc fallen vacant and arc lying unfilIcd in the Ll There are otherlngineelitlg Institutesin the Stale or Punjabsuch as UllI UlCl3J Collcgeof ltlginceiing 2 CCET9 CCA and SCPllRC which conducted lresh to Oll up thcavailablc vacancleS J he pctitionerhas Illcd this pctitionscckine a dircction to the to notiIy the availablc scats in various 137lech courses for admission of lhe candidatcswho arc next in the merit in thc AE51 Oll bcingput 10 noticc thc has 6lcd detailcd Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 55 CWP NO14690 of2009 3 L lt is admitlcdthat alter the Iastcounselliilgnulnber of Ilacancicsale lyingvacan Howcvcrthe admissioncould onlybelnade upto 309 009 e thc cutoff datc as bythe Mcdical Council of India for Illling the strayvacanc Furtherthe cuteoffdatehas beenset to be in placcby thc Honble Supreine Court in case of Mridul Dhar vs Union of Ildia 2 SCC 65 Thc UniversityIlas fullher menlioned that teaching e classeshave coinincnced with effect frolll 2072009 and even lhe mid r testhas been held from 21 009 to 2682009 It is furlher semestcr 0 0 mentionedthat the sccond teachingSCSSlOll IS going on and thc semestcr C5 exainlnatlOll will be held we0 301 12009 and even if the pelitioner 1S I admitted at this stige he will not bc able to complctethe requisite 4 Z atlcndancC e2 r The has however referrcdto Clause l 6 ofthe Prospectus andstatedlhat the availablc unfilled vacancieswill be fillcd up in thc lnonth C45 ofJanuary 2010 on thc basis of Entrance Tesl to bc conductcd by the ao UlliVCrSltv lll thc nlonlh of 19ccclnber2009 Oll its own Evconin thc cvcn 7 Z Semcsterif the is found eligiblchc can be considered at that Om tlll Clause16 of theProspectus reads as underl 1 Adinissions in 13venScinester he Univcrsityif deemsflt may admit studentslo the first ycar of UG ogramlne 111 January2010 by conducting lts own 6 cntrancc test in lhc month o f IOecelnber 2009 11lis adlnissiotl will be inade lor thc vacanciesthat lnay cxist in the first vear 34 In view of thc above said replyof the this Courtpasscdfollowingordcr on 211020091 Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 56 teEWPNO14690 of2009 4 V Mrudccp MahajanAdvocalc MrlOS PatwaliaAdvocatc Onconsideration of the rcplyand hearingthe learncd counsel for the partiesit appears that cven if the succeedsin this petilionhe would nol be able to makcrcquisitcIecturcs oftilne and inid 1 semester exanllnation lS alreadyover The prospcctus howcvcr provide underClausc l 6 that the admisslonsin 0 0 cven scnleslcr arc also pemssibleif the Uni vcrsltv so C5 decidcs I Learnedcounsel for the statcs at theI3arthat Z manyas 35 vacancics arc lying vacanl and the as r lJnivcrsilyintendsto Iill up thcsc vacancics in lcrlns of Clauscaforcsaid 08 In vielv of the above the arc dirccted to flle an allldavit in this rcgardwIthin a period01 one week 7 Z 1ist on 31 12009 5m The Universitythroughits Rcgistrar has filed aflidavit in with thc aforesaid order ln thc aflldavit dated 2710 009 availabilityof 54 vacancics is adinitted which are Iyingvacanl in thc followingdisciplincsl C Nulnbcr ofScats available Seatsavailablc as on October 14 2009 No of Vacant Scats Branch Gell SCIS Pll Total 08 03 Ol 12 Cheinical Enginccring 02 00 Oo 02 Clvil 02 oo oo 02 Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 57 J 0 CWP NO146911of2009 5 eP Comptitcr EllgillCClllg 06 02 oo 08 Eleclronics 82 Commuilication05 02 00 07 Engineering 1IcctrOlllCS llSl Ctrll lngineeriilg 05 02 oo 07 iIcctrlcal llnginecring 04 Ol 00 05 lndustrial Ol Ol Oo 02 Mcchanical l nginccrlng 06 02 Ol 09 Total 39 13 02 54 85 Ycarsintceratcd dcgrecprogranllllC 19 r hc affldavit also states that pursuantto Clausc l 6 thc rcsponder 0 C Univcrsityis conducting its own Entrancc Test hc detalls of thc samc I C5 have becn givenin Annexure to this affldavit The Schedule I Ior cxaillination in AIlncxLirc I is as 1oIlowSl Z ast daleofrcceiptofapplication forlllS November202009 DateofIntrance Test Dcccnlber 27 2009 6101JOAMto OOPMI Declarationofthe rcsult January04 2010 Counselling for admission O deposlloffee January09 2010 a5 NolcNo scparatelctter for Counselling shall be issued C 7 Annexurc l also prcscribes cligibilityOor lll lhc 11ntrancc 7 0 Tcst to bc hcld bytheUnivcrsity Thc cligibiljtyCriteriais as undcr 1hcllIc should havc bccn studcnt o first scmcstcr of Orst vear of I3E1i31cch programine of a recognizcd dutingJllly Deccmbcr 2009 and have passcd102 or equivalent exalnination frolTl board and have secured at Icast 60Io 655Iofor SCIST inarks lll aggregate01 Mathenoatics Physics and 2SheIHe should have appearedin thc Entrance Testto bc conducted by ThaparlJniversityThc cutinarks in thc Entrancc 1cst sllall be 20 15Iofor SCIST1 Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document t 58 7 J PrCWPNO4690 of2009 6 2 1 3hclhc should bc a citizcn of India 4Shclhe should bear a goodcharactcr and satisfythe prcscribed oflhe lJnivcrsity lrolll the abovC conditionsof eligibilityil appcars thal only a Ivho is alrcady adinitted to l sl Semcster of Orst year of 132ech Proerarnineof a and has passed1042 or m exanlinationIiotn the recognizcd board with at Ieast604 marks CL for General Categoryand 55 inarks for SCIST Categories is eligibleln 0 C view01 thc above Annexure appcnded 10 the aITldavit thc petllonerhas I C5 bccn rendered lneligible he bcingnol adnlittcd 10 anv Coursc Ill flrst I Semcster Z 1 havcheard Icarncd counscl for the particsat IcngthMratwal ia Icarncdcounsel for lhc rcspondentJn ivcrsity has argucdthat the 0 admissionsunder Clausc 1 6 of thc prospectusarc in fact Iatcral adnllssion I 08 2ndSelnesterto accotnnlodatcsuch studcntswho are studying in any other I tl lnstitutein 1 st Scmesterand thc pctitioncris not eligibleor such adinission 7 Z thoughthe petitioncrmay have lnore than 60 marks 11 Gcneral evcn Il Category in thc 1042 or has in the Entrancc test This contention of the learned counscl for the is contraryto the slandtakcn in thc writtcn stateinent and also tlot in collsonailcc wilh Clause 1 6 It inay bc useliil to refer le standof thc lJnivcrsityin the Written 6 statementflIed to the writ pctitionwhich rcadsas undcrl 3hat further it is subinittcd that as per Clause l 6 of thc prospcctusthe pctitioncris cligiblcto applyin aily of the lJndeGraduatc progranllnc in January2010 on thc basis of thc own cnlrancc tcst conducted by the Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 59 9 CWP NO14690 of2009 7 P answering for the vacancies which have cxistcdin thepresclllvear 1rom thc abovc rcplyof thc thc pctitioncrs eligibilityto applyagainstlhc unfilled avaiIable vacancics lll lerllls of Clause 16 of the Prospectusis and admitled Even Clause 16 for admission ofsludents to the Ilrst year ofUG Prograinlne 111 1 2010 through lhe Entrance1esl lo be conductedbythc lJniversity Q at its own level in December2009 What arc the basis for inlroduction of 0 C the fresh cligibility in Annexureal has not been disclosed As a malter of I C5 factthccigibilityofcandidatcs is notiOcd in thc Prospcclusissucd 1711tllc I ycar 200e2010 Thc vacancicssought to bc Iilled up ulldct Clause l 6 are Z theunlled vacancics forthc Session 200Ca2010The cligibility m 111thc Prospcctusalonc can fornl the basis for adnlission hc University I cannot bc pcnnittcdto imposelurthcr conditions of cligibility so as lo 08 rendcr a candidate eligiblcunder thcProspcctus as ineligiblewilh a vicw to deprive hlln of his rightfor seekingconsiderationfor admission Clause l 6 mno Z docsnot cnvisagc adnlission from the studentswho arc alrcadyadmittedlll Ll flrst seincster here is no such condition or stipulalionnor anv clnbargo for the studcntswho arc not undergoing any coursc or are to be studentsof first sclnestcr ln any case the cligibilityof lhe petitioner has bccnspccillcallyadmitlecoaragraph 3 ofthc rcply he petitionel callllOt CJ be dcnicd thc rightof consideration Orl lhe basis of Anncxure whcn he otherwiseis fullyeligiblcunderthe Prospcctus In vicw of thc abovc this petitionis allowcd and the pctitioncr 1S dcclared as cligiblc Jor 15ntranccTcsl lo bc hcld in Deccinbcr 2009 in terms of Clausc l6 of thc ProspectUSI n thc Schcdulc notiflcd for Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 60 P 7 0 CWP NO14690 of2009 8 adiTlissionlhc Iasl datc lor making was 20 2009 13ecauscof pendency of this writ petitionand thc illegalcondition imposcdby the thc pctitioncrhas not bccn able to aIoply he datc of lnlrance tcsl for adinission to available vacancics IS 27 22009 ll is almost a lllOlllh from now The shall supplythe appllcatioll form The petitioner will applywithin a daythereafterand the of 1 the pctitioncrshall bc entertained l1e shall bc pcrinittcd lo appear in the r 1nlrance cst scheduled to be hcid on 271 22009 or on anv Olherdayand 0 1 0 be consideredfor adlnission upon his meiit in tlle Iilttatlce tesl I C I 1 100 e Z PERMOD KOllUl 4 JUDGE 2 112009 I MVK C45 lI NOTEWhether to be refcrrcd to the ReporterES 7 Z 0m 4 hrV Gupta Suruchi 2014.04.12 16: 17 True Scanned Copy of Original PHHC,Chandigarh Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document