IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 17.03.2026 Armaan Chahal …Petitioner Versus Panjab University, Chandigarh and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Atinderpal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Akshay Kumar Goel, Advocate for the respondents.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

1. The request of the petitioner, for relaxation/modification of October 15, cut off rule for admission to next class in re-evaluation case, was declined by the Controller of Examinations, through an order dated 11.03.2026 (Annexure P-9), which is put to challenge before this Court, by filing the instant writ petition, cast under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is pursuing B.A/B.Com LL.B (Hons.), Five Year Integrated Course with respondents University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Punjab University, examinations. He further submits that immediately after declaration of the result of 2^nd Semester, the petitioner applied for re-evaluation/re-checking of two papers, i.e. English-II (compulsory) and Business Economics Minor (a), which yielded fruits and