1. The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition, challenging a show-cause notice issued by the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, calling upon him to show cause as to whether or not he fulfilled the eligibility criteria for admission to a three year B.L. Degree Course in the Government Law College, Tirunelveli.

2. I have heard Mr. V.Lakshminarayanan, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. V.M.G.Ramakannan, learned counsel for the first respondent and Mr. S.Y.Masood, learned counsel for the second respondent.

3. The petitioner passed the X Standard in April 1997. He joined the Higher Secondary Course and completed the Course in March 1999. But he failed in one subject.

4. Without clearing the arrear paper and thereby completing the Higher Secondary Course, the petitioner joined the Bachelor's Degree Course in Arts, in the Alagappa University, under the Distance Education Program. In January 2010, the petitioner obtained a degree from the Alagappa University in Bachelor of Arts in History.

5. Thereafter, the petitioner appeared for the arrear paper in the Higher Secondary Examination in March 2010 and cleared it.

6. During the academic year 2010-11, the petitio