IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 15977 of 2009 Date of Decision: 21.10.2009. Dezy Vaidya --Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. Ashok Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. P.C. Goyal, Addl. A.G., Punjab has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondent no.1 and Mr. Amrit Paul, Advocate, who is present in the Court has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents no.2 to 4. The petitioner is pursuing B.Pharmacy Course in respondent no.5-institute, which is affiliated to respondent no.2-university. At the time of admission the minimum pass percentage for each semester was 50% under the ordinance, framed by the respondent-university. The petitioner, however, could not secure the minimum 50% marks in the university examination in the 2nd semester. In the meantime, the university amended the ordinance vide amendment dated 26.10.2004 and the pass percentage has been reduced from 50% to 40%. The petitioner has filed this petition seeking a direction that the amended ordinance should be applied in his case and he be declared pass with 40% and above percentage. CWP. No. 15977 of 2009 -2- Mr. Amrit Paul, learned counsel appearing for the respondent- university submits that the university has already taken a decision to apply the amended ordinance in such cases. He further submits that the petitioner will also be granted the benefit of amended ordinance and his result will be declared. In view of the above statement, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent-university to apply the amended ordinance and declare the result of the petitioner. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 21.10.2009 lucky