S.S.SANDHAWALIA, J.

1. Can compassion for an unfortunate student of an unrecognised and unaffiliated educational institution warrant a mandamus for the declaration of his examination result contrary to the statutory provisions or University Regulations - is in essence the core question before the Full Bench in this reference.

2. The facts lie in a narrow compass and may be noticed with relative brevity from C.W.J.C. No. 2445 of 1986 in these two connected writ petitions. The two petitioners therein were the students of a proposed L.N. Mishra Teachers Training College which admittedly is neither a recognised nor an affiliated institution of the respondent L.N. Mithila University. Nevertheless it is averred on their behalf that they were allowed to sit in the Bachelor of Education examination in the month of December, 1980 by the aforesaid respondent University as private candidates and admit cards were also issued to them by the University on a provisional basis along with others. It is claimed that though the petitioners had been able to pass the said examination successfully, their result is not being declared on the ground that their applications were not in confirmity wi