JUDGMENT

Prateek Jalan, J. (Oral)--The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.

1. The petitioner was admitted to the School of Open Learning ["SOL"] under the respondent No. 1-University of Delhi ["the University"] in the year 2019. He has been pursuing his B.A. degree from the SOL since then. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to migrate the petitioner to some other college under the University.

2. The prospectus of the SOL has been placed on record by the petitioner, in which the relevant rules regarding inter-college/ university migration have been extracted in section 6.2. The said section reads as follows:--

"6.2 INTER COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY MIGRATION

As per the Amended Ordinance IV of the Ordinances of the University of Delhi applicable for necessary compliance w.e.f. the Academic Session 2012-2013:

1. Inter-university migration may be permitted only in the beginning of the III Semester of only B.A. Programme and B.Com Programme under semester mode on production of (i) Leaving Certificate from the Principal of the College or from the Registrar of the University he/she is leaving and