KAILASH GAMBHIR, J. Oral

1. This common order will dispose of three petitions bearing W.P.(C) No. 2640/2011, W.P.(C) No. 2641/2011 and W.P.(C) No. 2765/2011 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking relaxation of attendance and to be allowed to appear in the forthcoming final examinations.

2. The facts shorn of unnecessary details common to the three petitions are that the petitioners are the students pursuing M.A. (Mass Communication) from A.J.K. MCRC of Jamia Millia Islamia University. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No. 2640/2011, a student of Ist year has 71.05% attendance; the petitioner in W.P.(C) 2641/2011 is also a student of the Ist year and has secured 71.05% attendance and the petitioner in W.P.(C) 2765/2011 , a student of IInd year has secured 65.78% attendance. The short point involved in the present petitions is that the requisite attendance for appearing in the annual examinations is 75% as per the relevant rules and therefore, the petitioners herein being short of attendance have been debarred from appearing in the forthcoming annual examinations. Being aggrieved with the said action of the respondent University, the petitioners have preferred the prese