( 1 ) IN this appeal the appellant Smt. Aparna Basu Mallick has challenged the propriety of the judgment of a single Judge of this Court discharging the Rule Nisi issued on her application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

( 2 ) THE appellant is an M. A. in Political Science of the Calcutta Universily and an M. A. in Modern History of the Rabindra Bharati University. After obtaining the Master's Degree, the appellant started prosecuting her studies in L. L. B. Course of the Calcutta University. At that time, Regulation 35 of the Calcutta University First Regulations, 1951 framed under the Calcutta University Act, 1951 was as follows :"a woman candidate may be allowed to appear as a non-collegiate student (1) at the preliminary Law Examination one year after her graduation from this University. (2) at the Intermediate Law Examination one year after passing the Preliminary Law Examination, and (3) at the Final Law Examination one year after her passing the Intermediate Law Examination of this University. There is no prescribed application Form for this purpose. Intending candidates must apply in plain sheet of paper, together with the usual non-Collegia