K. Sreedhar Rao, J.

1. The Kuvempu University, established under the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000, had established distant education study centres at Guwahati and also in other places. The respondent-petitioners were admitted to B.Sc. (IT) course. The issue in this case concerns itself to the study centers established at Guwahati. The students who were admitted to B.Sc. (IT) course through distance education programme were attending to the courses at study centers at Guwahati. It is the case of the respondent-petitioners that the courses offered in B.Sc. (IT) as a distance education method at the study centers in Assam was duly recognized by the Distant Education Council constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985. The petitioners successfully completed the course and passed in the examinations and degrees were awarded by the Kuvempu University. The petitioners applied for admission into Master of Computer Application (MCA) course in Cotton College State University. The petitioners successfully passed the entrance examination and took admission. However, about two months after the admission, their admissions were cancelled by the Cotton