ORDER

Date : 21-01-2021 (Sudhanshu Dhulia, CJ)

Heard Mr. M. H. Laskar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. S. C. Keyal, learned Assistant Solicitor General of India, appearing for the respondents.

The petitioner before this court by means of this present writ petition, which is a Public Interest Litigation, has raised concern about the rules and norms alleged to have been violated on the 18th convocation ceremony of the Assam University at Silchar, Assam, which was held on 25.12.2020. The allegations made by the petitioner are that under the Ordinance and Regulations of the university, procedures have been prescribed as to how a convocation ceremony has to be held. It has also been prescribed as to which person in the convocation ceremony will wear gowns/scarfs/scroll prescribed by the university. Primarily what is being alleged in the present petition is that persons who were not authorized to wear either gown, or scarf, or scroll were allowed to wear the same!

Presuming that such due procedure has been violated by the concerned authorities and even presuming that the persons present in the convocation ceremony were not authorized to wear gowns/scarfs/scroll and yet wer