( 1 ) THIS is a special appeal against a decision of Mr. Justice Mathur dated the 6th October 1961 dismissing a writ petition filed by the appellant. The appellant was formerly a student of class xii of the Vasant Girls intermediate College, Varanasi in the 1959-60 session. She appeared at the Intermediate Examination from that institution and failed in I960. She then joined the government Intermediate College for Girls at Jaunpur and was admitted to the Intermediate examination of 1961 from that institution in March/april 1961. Her result for that examination was, however, not declared and by a letter dated the 6th July 1961 her guardian was informed that her examination had been cancelled by the respondent Board. The reason given for the cancellation was that the appellant was not eligible to appear at the examination because she was short of attendance by seven lectures in the subject of Griha Vigyan. It was held that the principal of the institution could in the case of the appellant condone the absence of five lectures only but had wrongly purported to condone all the seven lectures which she had no jurisdiction to do. By the writ petition which has given rise to thi