IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN TUESDAY, THE 26TH JULY 2011 / 4TH SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).No. 20335 of 2011(N) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- ASHOK ABRAHAM KADAVIL S/O.ABRAHAM ITTY KADAVIL, AGED 21 YEARS, PARAKKADAVIL P.O.,(PRA-46)PAROTTUKONAM, NALANCHIRA, TRIVANDRUM-695015 BY ADV. SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR SRI.K.JOHN MATHAI SRI.P.BENNY THOMAS SRI.P.GOPINATH RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. UNIVERSITY OF KERALA SENATE HOUSE CAMPUS, PALAYAM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695034 REP.BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR 2. CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATION UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, SENATE HOUSE CAMPUS, PALAYAM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695034 BY SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/07/2011 ALONG WITH W.P.(C) NOS. 20357 & 20382/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C) No. 20335/11 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : TRUE COPY OF ADMIT CARD ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER BY THE RESPONDENTS FOR THE 8TH SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS FOR THE B.TECH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSE CONDUCTED BY IN APRIL, 2011 EXT.P2 : TRUE COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF MARKS DATED 11.7.2011 ISSUED TO THE PETITIONER BY THE RESPONDENTS EXT.P3 : TRUE COPY OF THE PETITIONER'S REVALUATION APPLICATION DATED 19.7.2011 SUBMITTED TO THE RESPONDENTS EXT.P4 : TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT DATED 19.7.2011 EVIDENCING PAYMENT BY THE PETITIONER OF THE REQUISITE FEES FOR REVALUATION EXT.P5 : TRUE COPY OF E-MAIL RECEIVED BY THE PETITIONER FROM UST GLOBAL RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE vps P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P.(C) Nos. 20335, 20357 & 20382 OF 2011 -------------------------- Dated this the 26th day of July, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioners in these writ petitions underwent the B.Tech degree course in Information Technology from Mar Basellious College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, during the period 2007-2011. The said college is affiliated to the University of Kerala. They appeared for the 8th semester B.Tech degree examination conducted by the University in April, 2011. The results were published on 11.7.2011. 2. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.20335 of 2011 failed in the papers E-Security, Cryptography and Datamining and Warehousing. He has passed all the other semester examinations and has also been offered employment by a leading software company, UST Global. The petitioner has in view of the fact that he has failed in three papers of the 8th semester B.Tech degree examination submitted Ext.P3 application dated 19.7.2011 for revaluation of his answer scripts in the aforesaid papers. The requisite fee was also paid on the same day. This writ petition is filed seeking expeditious revaluation of the petitioner's answer scripts in the aforesaid papers. It is contended that the petitioner had done well in the examination and if his answer scripts are revalued, he is sure to secure a pass in the examination. 3. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.20357 of 2011 appeared for the 8th WPC Nos.20335, 20357 & 20382/2011 2 semester B.Tech degree examination in April, 2011. He failed in the papers Enterprise Networking and Datamining and Warehousing. He has therefore submitted Ext.P3 application dated 19.7.2011 for revaluation of his answer scripts in the aforesaid papers. The requisite fee was also paid on the same day. The petitioner has been offered employment by a leading software company, HCL Technologies. Ext.P5 letter of appointment establishes the said fact. This writ petition is filed seeking expeditious revaluation of the petitioner's answer scripts in the aforesaid papers. It is contended that the petitioner had done well in the examination and if his answer scripts are revalued, he is sure to secure a pass in the examination. 4. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.20382 of 2011 appeared for the 8th semester B.Tech degree examination in April, 2011 along with the petitioners in other two cases. She failed in the papers Enterprise Networking, E-Commerce and Cryptography. She has therefore submitted Ext.P3 application dated 19.7.2011 for revaluation of her answer scripts in the aforesaid papers. The requisite fee was also paid on the same day. The petitioner herein has been offered employment by a leading software company, HCL Technologies. Ext.P5 letter of appointment establishes the said fact. This writ petition is filed seeking expeditious revaluation of the petitioner's answer scripts in the aforesaid papers. It is contended that the WPC Nos.20335, 20357 & 20382/2011 3 petitioner had done well in the examination and if her answer scripts are revalued, she is sure to secure a pass in the examination. 5. The petitioners in these writ petitions seek expeditious revaluation of their answer scripts on the ground that unless their answer scripts are revalued expeditiously the employment offered to them will be lost to them. The learned standing counsel appearing for the Kerala University submitted that the results of the examination were published on 11.7.2011 and that the last date stipulated for submission of applications for revaluation is 11.8.2011. He also submitted that the University will expeditiously revalue the answer scripts within five weeks from the last date stipulated for receipt of applications for revaluation. 6. More than two decades back, a learned single Judge of this Court held in University of Kerala v. Sandhya P.Pai (1991 (1) KLT 812) that in a country where unemployment is acute, the tension in a growing child facing grave and grey uncertainties of future, cannot be underrated and therefore the University should hurry with applications for revaluation without wasting a second. The learned Judge also took note of the fact that a large section among the students would have their own assessment of the performance and if they could not get through contrary to their own hopes entertained in that behalf, many will not bother to challenge the examination results with an application for revaluation and the reasonably WPC Nos.20335, 20357 & 20382/2011 4 confident among them would move for such revaluation. The learned Judge held that applications for revaluation would ordinarily be expected from only persons who would have really fared well, and are confident of their good performance in the examination. 7. The petitioners in these three cases have established the fact that they have been offered employment by two software companies. The offer letters are also produced. It is stated that they have passed all the other semester examinations and that even in the papers in which they have failed, they had done well in the examinations. In such circumstances, I am of the opinion that the University should expeditiously revalue their answer scripts and communicate the results to them. I accordingly dispose of these writ petitions with a direction to the respondents to take steps to have the answer scripts of the petitioners revalued and to communicate the results to them expeditiously and in any event before 31st August, 2011. P.N.RAVINDRAN, (JUDGE) vps