Judgment

CHINNAPPA REDDY, J. :- The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, in all good faith and in their zest to pursue what they apparently consider a just cause have filed the present application for the issue of a writ to consider the claims of graduates who have undergone the (10+2+2) course of study for admission to the written entrance examination to acquire eligibility to be admitted into the Post-graduate course of study in the Jawaharlal Nehru University. We have tried to take the most sympathetic view possible but we find it impossible to intrude into the academic arena and accept responsibility for any amateur tinkering with matters of educational policy.

2. According to the present policy of the University, eligibility for admission to the entrance examination for post-graduate courses is now confined to those graduates who have undergone a (10+2+3) years course of study, that is those who have undergone a course of study for three years in an University after 10 years schooling and Intermediate. Although the 10+2+3 years course of study has been introduced in many States, it has not been so done in the State of Bihar. What prevails there is a course of study of (10