IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 12332 of 2007 Anil Kumar, son of Dahu Bhagat, resident of village-Chhoti Pahari, P S - Sohsarai, Biharsharif, Dist - Nalanda - Petitioner Versus 1 The Indira Gandhi National Open University through its Registrar, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110 068 2 The Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110 068 3 The Regional Director, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre, Patna, II Floor, Biscomaun Tower, P S - Gandhi Maidan, Dist - Patna 4 The Director (SR & ED), Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110 068 - Respondents ----------- 3 28.02.2009 The petitioner was a student of Distant Education under Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He undertook to pursue Bachelor of Computer Application Course. It is not in dispute that he took six and half years to complete the said course. IGNOU has an integrated BCA/MCA Course as well. The curriculum of that integrated course provides that a student must complete BCA Course in six years in order to enable him to get admission into 3 years’ MCA Course in second year directly. Even though petitioner had completed BCA in more than six years, he managed to get his application for admission to MCA second year forwarded to Delhi on basis whereof, he was enrolled in MCA second year. When this mistake was detected at Delhi, entire tuition money and other fees paid by him had been refunded and his admission cancelled as he was ineligible. He lacked the basic eligibility to be admitted in second year. He had to clear all three years of MCA Course. Petitioner states that under the BCA curriculum, it is provided that ordinarily, a person should clear BCA Course in six years but two 2 years’ course period is also given. Thus, the total time available for a person to clear BCA is eight years. If that be so, petitioner, having cleared BCA in six and half years, should get admission in MCA in second year instead of first year. I am not impressed. BCA, by itself, is a separate course and BCA/MCA integrated course is a separate course itself. They are both governed by different curriculum and different sets of rule. A person joining integrated course of BCA/MCA and having completed BCA in six years, gets a remission of one year in MCA. That is not available to other students. The writ petition, thus, merits no consideration and is dismissed accordingly. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)