JUDGMENT/ORDER

The review petition and writ petition agitate the very same cause. The petitioner was concerned with the refusal of the respondent-University to grant equivalence to the B.Sc.Visual Communication Course, he obtained through Distance Education from the Annamalai University. The Academic Council and the Syndicate sought the opinion of an expert, the Academic Chairman of a College affiliated to the 2nd respondent University. He was also the Chairman of the Core Committee of Visual Arts, which is a Committee appointed by the University to assist the Academic Council. The expert opinion was that the syllabus of the Annamalai University is inadequate, especially considering the emphasis and thrust given to practical lessons in the concerned subject insofar as a Degree issued in the same subject from the respondent- University. The Academic Council and the Syndicate & 4 accepted the expert opinion and rejected the claim of equivalence raised by the petitioner; which stood affirmed by the judgment, from which review petition is filed.

2. The petitioner relied on the communications issued by the University Grants Commission [for brevity, 'the UGC'] enclosed as Annexure A2 serie