Himanshu vs University of Delhi

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATEEK JALAN
Himanshu – Appellant
Versus
University of Delhi – Respondent

Table of Content
1. petitioner seeks migration under university rules. (Para 1 , 2)
2. covid-19 affected exam timelines and migration requests. (Para 3 , 4)
3. arguments on application competency and lack of specifics. (Para 5 , 6)
4. no vested right to migrate without valid reasons. (Para 8 , 12 , 13)
5. migration rules and discretion of principals emphasized. (Para 10 , 11)
6. writ petition is dismissed. (Para 14 , 15)

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 Ord