JUDGMENT :

The petitioners herein had pursued their B.Sc. Computer Science Degree during the year 2016-2019 from various colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala, the 2nd respondent herein. The grievance raised by them in this writ petition concerns the delay in issuing the original degree certificate to the petitioners and the migration certificate to the 4th petitioner.

2. The brief facts of the case are as under: The petitioners pursued the B.Sc. Computer Science Degree under the Choice Based Credit and Semester System (CBCSS) and as is evident from Ext.P1 series, they have completed the course and provisional certificates have been issued to them by the 2nd respondent. The petitioners wanted to pursue higher studies and they got themselves registered for public examinations. Based on Ext.P1 certificate, enrollment in PG courses was granted. When the colleges demanded the petitioners to submit the original degree certificates, they approached the 1st respondent and submitted Ext.P3 representation. However, the issuance of certificates was delayed for one reason or the other.