IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22553 of 2011 Date of Decision : December 06, 2011. Rohit Thakur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Sonia G.Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is a student of Computer Engineering in respondent No.3-College and while studying in 4th Semester, he was arrested in a case under Section 302 IPC registered vide FIR No.72 dated 12.3.2011, Police Station Sector-11, Chandigarh. The petitioner has been acquitted in that case vide judgment dated 28.9.2011 as the eye witness of the occurrence turned hostile. Be that as it may, due to shortage of lectures, respondent No.3- Poly-technic has not permitted the petitioner to appear in the 4th Semester examination scheduled in December, 2011. The aggrieved petitioner has approached this Court. CWP No.22553 of 2011 [2] Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and after going through the records, I am of the considered view that since the petitioner, due to his involvement in the criminal case, did not attend the classes, no fault can be found with the decision taken by respondent No.3 that there is shortage of lectures. So far as condonation of shortage in lectures is concerned, only the Principal of the Poly-Technic or the Chairman of its Governing Body are competent to exercise their discretion as per the Rules/Policies. In this regard, the petitioner has already approached the authorities vide representation dated 2.11.2011 (Annexure P-4) also. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Chairman of the Governing Body of respondent No.3 and the Principal of the Poly-Technic-respondent No.3 to consider the petitioner's above mentioned representation in accordance with the Rules/Policies and dispose of the same within a period of three days from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. December 06, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE