Dipak Misra, J.

1. Invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has prayed for issue of a writ of certiorari for quashment of Annexure-P-3 and to command the respondents to give admission card to him and to allow him to appear in the examination and to declare his results.

2. The facts as have been unfolded are that the petitioner is a student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Mandla and was regularly attending his classes in the school. The respondent-school is affiliated to respondent No. 2, Central Beard of Secondary Education, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as 'the Board'). The petitioner took admission in the school in the year 1995 and his performance in the school was excellent. He had passed all examinations with high percentage and there was never any complaint against him from any quarter. The academic session of 2000-2001 commenced in April, 2000 and the petitioner started attending the school regularly from 15-5-2000 to 30-6-2000. Thereafter, summer vacation intervened and after summer vacation he started regularly attending the classes and according to him his percentage of attendance would exc