1.This petition under Art.226 of the Constitution of India by a student of M. A. (Previous) of the University of Delhi, in the Department of Sociology, is directed against orders of the Head of the Department of Sociology detaining the petitioner on the ground that on account of shortfall in attendance for the full - time regular course of study, she was not eligible to appear for the M.A. (Previous) Examination in Sociology in April, 1978.

2. The facts and circumstances leading to the petition may be briefly stated. The petitioner has been a student of M. A. (Previous) in the Department of Sociology of the University of Delhi for a two - year course. The examination at the end of the first academic year of the course was scheduled to commence on April 22, 1978. On Jan. 17, 1978, a notice was put up on the notice board requiring the petitioner and a number of other students to meet the members of the Committee on Jan. 20, 1978, in connection with their "tutorial attendance". The petitioner, however, arrived late for the meeting, but subsequent to the meeting met two of the members of the Committee but allegedly had no explanation for irregular attendance. On March 27, 1978, a number