JUDGMENT

Rekha Palli, J. The present intra court appeal impugns the order dated 3rd January, 2017, passed by the learned Single Judge in WP (C) No. 5408/2012, whereby the Appellant's writ petition challenging the order dated 18th August, 2012, expelling him from Respondent No. 1/College, has been dismissed.

2. The facts necessary for the adjudication of the present appeal are that the Appellant, the son of an Ex. Havildar of the Indian Army, had joined the MBBS course of the Respondent No. 1/College in July, 2008, based on his outstanding performance in the entrance examination conducted by the Respondent No. 5/Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIP), to which the Respondent No. 1/College is affiliated. The Appellant, having secured 94.4% marks in Class X and 93.8% marks in Class XII, already had an outstanding academic record when he joined the Respondent No. 1/College. He continued his excellent academic streak while undergoing his MBBS course, and was even awarded a scholarship by the Respondent No. 5/University for the academic session 2009-10, under its scheme for the economically weaker sections of society.

3. As per the Graduate Medical Regulations, 1997 laid d