V. BHARGAVA, J. :- This appeal has been filed by Gyan Chandra Mehrotra against the dismissal of a petition filed by him under Article 226 of the Constitution. In the month of May 1962 the appellant appeared as a candidate at the LL.B. Previous Examination of the Allahabad University in which he was required to answer seven papers including one paper on Law of Easements and Torts. In each of the papers he obtained marks which were in excess of the minimum of 36 per cent required in order to qualify him for being declared a successful candidate. The Ordinance further laid, down that in order to succeed he had to obtain a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the aggregate. The total marks being 700, a minimum of 350 marks in the aggregate was needed by him to be declared successful. In fact only 349 marks were assigned to him so that he was not included amongst the list of successful candidates. The contention of the appellant in the petition was that he in fact secured more than 350 marks in the examination and consequently he prayed for issue of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents, the University of Allahabad and the Registrar of the University to rectify the mistake a