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2010 Supreme(Online)(KER) 283
HIGH COURT OF KERALA
T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J
SHERIN NISTHAR AND OTHERS – Appellant
Versus
MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM – Respondent
WP(C)/3763/2010
SMT.R.RANJINI 2) GEETHU R.PRASAD REGENT GARDENS 7
The court emphasized the importance of timely revaluation processes to ensure students' academic rights are respected.
Headnote:
Examination - Academic Results - University Regulations - Revaluation Proceedings - Urgent Direction
Fact of the Case:
Petitioners are final year students who scored less than 40% in their second-year results. They applied for revaluation due to concerns about discrepancies in their scores compared to other students, specifically regarding language subjects.
Finding of the Court:
The court ordered the University to expedite the revaluation process, ensuring results are communicated to the petitioners within six weeks, acknowledging the urgency expressed by the petitioners.
Issues: Whether the University should expedite the revaluation process of the examination papers as requested by the petitioners.
Ratio Decidendi: The urgency in the petitioners' situation justified a directive for timely revaluation by the University to ensure fair academic assessment.
Final Decision: The court directed the University to complete the revaluation process within six weeks.
J U D G M E N T
The petitioners are final year graduation students of 2008-
2010 batch of the 3rd respondent college, doing B.A course with English Literature as main subject. It is pointed out in the writ petition that when the results of the 2nd year examination were published, some of the petitioners have secured less than 40% and some have failed. It is further pointed out that all the students of B.A Degree course with English Literature as main subject and Malayalam or Hindi as second language have got only less than 40% for their main subject, and those students who had opted for French have secured more than 70% in the main subject.
2. The petitioners have applied for revaluation of the subjects namely, Part III-English Language and Literature, Paper II - Linguistics on 21.01.2010, as evidenced by Exhibits P1 to P14. The petitioners submit that they have applied for W.P.(C) No.3763/2010 2 improvement examination also for the above subjects which is scheduled to be conducted in March 2010. Therefore, it is prayed that a direction may be issued to the University to conduct the revaluation of the papers applied for by the petitioners expeditiously.
3. Heard the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the University. It is submitted that sufficient time will be required to complete the process of revaluation.
In the light of the urgency shown by the petitioners, there will be a direction to the University to complete the process of revaluation and communicate the results thereof to the petitioners within a period of six weeks.
This writ petition is disposed of as above.
T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp
