The writ petition has been filed challenging the prospectus issued for 3 year B.L. Degree Course 2009-2010 issued by the respondent and to quash the same and consequently for a direction to the respondent to accept the petitioners application for 3 year B.L. Course admission by relaxing the instructions specified in Column No.2 (iii) and to condone the excess 8 days.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he applied for B.L. Degree Course in the year 2008 and he was selected. Though the order of selection was communicated to the residential address of the petitioner and the same was received by his neighbour when he was out of station. By that time when he got the communication and went to Law University, some other candidate already joined the course.

3. The petitioner states that when he applied for Law College admission for the year 2009-2010, he was surprised to see the condition in Column No.2 prescribing the age limit for joining Law College. As per Column 2 (iii) of the notification/instruction, a candidate should not have completed 30 years of Age as on 1st June 2009 (i.e., the candidate must have born on or after 01.06.1979) whereas the petitioner was born on 23