Judgement

SHANKAR, C.J. :- In this petition under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution the petitioner, a student of M. P. C. College, Baripada, has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the opposite party, Utkal University, to publish his results of the B. Sc. Examination.

2. The petitioner appeared in the Annual B. Sc. Examination of the College held in 1974 and secured pass marks in the total and compartmental marks in all subjects except in Chemistry and Mathematics. He was thereafter entitled to appear in these two subjects only and had the right to claim exemption from being examined in the other subjects in which he had passed according to R. 31 of Chapter III of the University Regulations (extracted hereafter). Consequently for the next supplementary examination held in 1974 he filled up the form and deposited the fees etc. to take the papers in Chemistry and Mathematics. According to the petitioner he fell ill and did not appear in this examination. For the next Annual examination of 1975 he again filled up the form to appear compartmentally in the same two subjects, namely, Chemistry and Mathematics. This time he could pass in Chemistry only. For the third examination whi