{"id":168356,"date":"2009-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jobby-jose-vs-the-mahatma-gandhi-university-on-23-september-2009"},"modified":"2017-06-23T13:33:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T08:03:16","slug":"jobby-jose-vs-the-mahatma-gandhi-university-on-23-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jobby-jose-vs-the-mahatma-gandhi-university-on-23-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"Jobby Jose vs The Mahatma Gandhi University – on 23 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Jobby Jose vs The Mahatma Gandhi University – on 23 September, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 26657 of 2009(B)\n\n\n1. JOBBY JOSE, NADUVILEDATH HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY -\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE REGISTRAR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.ELVIN PETER P.J.\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :23\/09\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                      P.N. RAVINDRAN, J.\n\n               ````````````````````````````````\n                    W.P.(C) No. 26657 of 2009 B\n              `````````````````````````````````\n             Dated this the 23rd day of September, 2009\n\n                         J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
            Heard Smt.Pooja Surendran, the learned counsel appearing<\/p>\n
for the petitioner and Sri.T.A.Shaji, the learned standing counsel<\/p>\n
appearing for the Mahatma Gandhi University.\n<\/p>\n
      2.    The petitioner appeared for the eighth semester B.Tech<\/p>\n
degree examination in Computer Science and Engineering conducted by<\/p>\n
the Mahatma Gandhi University in May-June 2009. The results were<\/p>\n
published in August 2009. The petitioner failed in the paper “Security in<\/p>\n
Computing Code-A”. He has, therefore, applied for revaluation of his<\/p>\n
answer script in the said paper on 14.9.2009. He has also paid the<\/p>\n
requisite fee as can be seen from Ext.P1. The petitioner submits that<\/p>\n
he has passed all the other semester examinations and the other papers<\/p>\n
of the eighth semester examination and that he has got appointment as<\/p>\n
Software Engineer in a private firm at Bangalore.        The petitioner<\/p>\n
submits that unless his answer script in the paper “Security in<\/p>\n
Computing Code-A” for which he had appeared for the eighth semester<\/p>\n
examination is expeditiously revalued and the results communicated to<\/p>\n
WPC.26657\/09
\n                                      : 2 :<\/span><\/p>\n
him, he will be put to serious prejudice.         In this writ petition, the<\/p>\n
petitioner seeks a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the<\/p>\n
respondents to revalue his answer script in “Security in Computing<\/p>\n
Code-A” for which he had appeared in the eighth semester examination<\/p>\n
held in June 2009 within a time limit to be fixed by this Court.<\/p>\n
       3.    Sri.T.A.Shaji, the learned standing counsel appearing for<\/p>\n
the Mahatma Gandhi University submits that petitioner’s answer script<\/p>\n
cannot be singled out and revalued as it will lead to loss of<\/p>\n
confidentiality. He also submits that as per the Examination Manual,<\/p>\n
the University requires 81 clear days from the date of publication of the<\/p>\n
results to complete the revaluation process. He further submits that the<\/p>\n
petitioner’s application for revaluation will be considered and his answer<\/p>\n
script revalued, if his application is in order, within the aforesaid period.<\/p>\n
       4.    The Examination Manual is not a statutory regulation. It is<\/p>\n
a Manual prepared by the University for its guidance. The stipulations<\/p>\n
in the Examination Manual cannot, in my opinion, operate to the<\/p>\n
detriment of students. A Division Bench of this Court has in University<\/p>\n
of Kerala Vs. Sandhya P. Pai [1991 (1) KLT 812] held that the<\/p>\n
University should hurry with applications for revaluation without wasting<\/p>\n
any time and that unless applications for revaluation are expeditiously<\/p>\n
WPC.26657\/09
\n                                   : 3 :<\/span><\/p>\n
disposed of, it will cause serious prejudice to students. I am therefore<\/p>\n
of the considered opinion that University should not wait for the expiry<\/p>\n
of 81 clear days from the date of publication of the results to complete<\/p>\n
the revaluation process.\n<\/p>\n
             I accordingly dispose of this writ petition with a direction to<\/p>\n
the respondents to complete the revaluation of the petitioner’s answer<\/p>\n
script in ‘Security in Computing Code – A’ for which he had appeared in<\/p>\n
the eighth semester examination held in May – June, 2009 and to<\/p>\n
communicate the result to him, within six weeks from the date on which<\/p>\n
he produces a certified copy of this judgment before the Controller of<\/p>\n
Examinations, Mahatma Gandhi University.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                        (P.N. RAVINDRAN, JUDGE)<\/p>\n
aks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Jobby Jose vs The Mahatma Gandhi University – on 23 September, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 26657 of 2009(B) 1. JOBBY JOSE, NADUVILEDATH HOUSE, … Petitioner Vs 1. THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY – … Respondent 2. THE REGISTRAR, For Petitioner :SRI.ELVIN PETER P.J. 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