IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 7712 of 2011 Date of Decision: 18.10.2011 Surender Kumar ...Petitioner Versus Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and another ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Vivek Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ramesh Hooda, Advocate, for the respondents. **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) The petitioner seeks a direction to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra to waive off the admission/course fee for doing the M.A. History through Correspondence Course for the academic session 2011-2013. The petitioner is a convict under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and is undergoing life imprisonment and is presently lodged in District Jail, Karnal. It is not in dispute that he has done Graduation while undergoing the sentence. It may be true that the petitioner earlier sought waiving off the course fee for doing M.B.A. and could not pass the said course. It, however, does not mean that the petitioner would not have seriously take up his academic CWP No. 7712 of 2011 [2] pursuit for the M.A. in history. The University has filed its reply/affidavit pointing out that there is a scheme to provide financial aid to those who firstly seek admission and thereafter apply for the said aid. In this view of the matter I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents that application form of the petitioner for M.A. History through Correspondence Course may be provisionally entertained advising the petitioner to apply for the financial aid as per the university scheme. Keeping in view the attending circumstances it appears to be a fit case where the University authorities should extend their helping hand and release the financial aid to the petitioner. The University authorities shall be at liberty to deduct the admission/course fee out of the financial aid to be released to the petitioner. The needful shall be done as per the admission/course schedule already prescribed by the University. Dasti to petitioner free of cost. 18.10.2011 (SURYA KANT) 'ravinder' JUDGE