Kerala High Court
WP(C)/33353/2024 of GOUTHAM CHANDRASEKHAR Vs VICE- CHANCELLOR on 11 April 2025
COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH FRIDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 21ST CHAITHRA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 33353 OF 2024 PETITIONERS: 1 GOUTHAM CHANDRASEKHAR AGED 23 YEARS S/O MANOJ VASU, SURYA HOUSE, U.C COLLEGE P.O., EAST KODUNGALLUR, ALUVA, ERNAKULAM, PIN -
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH
FRIDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 21ST CHAITHRA, 1947
WP(C) NO. 33353 OF 2024
PETITIONERS:
GOUTHAM CHANDRASEKHAR
AGED 23 YEARS
S/O MANOJ VASU, SURYA HOUSE,
U.C COLLEGE P.O., EAST KODUNGALLUR,
ALUVA, ERNAKULAM, PIN - 683102
GAYATHRI GIRI
AGED 23 YEARS
D/O P.V GIRI, PATTALI HOUSE,
VALAPPAD BEACH P.O THRISSUR, PIN - 680567
BY ADV RAJIT
RESPONDENTS:
VICE- CHANCELLOR
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, THENHIPALAM P.O,
MALAPPURAM, PIN - 673635
THE REGISTRAR
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, THENHIPALAM P.O,
MALAPPURAM, PIN - 673635
THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS
PAREEKSHA BHAVAN, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, THENHIPALAM PO, MALAPPURAM, PIN - 673635
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THE PRINCIPAL
GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE THRISSUR,
AYYANTHOLE, THRISSUR, PIN – 680003
BY ADV. SRI. P.C. SASIDHARAN
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR
ADMISSION ON 10.04.2025, THE COURT ON 11.04.2025
DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The petitioners, who are 10th Semester Law Students of 2019-2024 Batch studying at Government Law College, Thrissur, seek to direct respondents 1 to 3 to include the students of 2019-2024 Batch to write the 10th Semester Supplementary Examination as notified in Ext.P5.
2. The petitioners were unable to clear one Paper each in their Final Semester Examination. The 3rd respondent issued Ext.P4 Circular introducing “Save a Year Scheme” for LLB Courses. Later, Ext.P5 Notification was issued on 11.09.2024 allowing students of 2016-2018 Batches to register for 10th Semester Examinations /
2025:KER:31618 W.P.(C) No.33353/2024 : 4 : Supplementary Examinations.
3. The petitioners submitted
Ext.P6 representation requesting to extend the benefit granted by Ext.P4 order to the petitioners also by including 2019-2024 Batch in Ext.P5 Notification granting them the opportunity to reappear for the Final Semester Examinations. The respondents are not inclined to allow the request.
4. The petitioners state that 2019-2024 Integrated Five Year BBA LLB Batch will graduate in the month of March, whereas other regular Batches will graduate in the month of October. This would mean that the next Five Year Batch will be graduating after a gap of 1.5 years. Therefore, the students, who are unable to clear a Paper in the 10th Semester, will have to wait for another 1.5 years to reattempt examinations. This would cause considerable delay in their academic progress.
5. The 2nd respondent has already issued Circular to hold “Save a Year” Examination. There is no
2025:KER:31618 W.P.(C) No.33353/2024 : 5 : rhyme or reason to deny the petitioners a chance to appear for the Final Semester Examination.
6. Respondents 1 to 3 resisted the writ petition. The respondents submitted that candidates who failed to clear the 10th Semester April, 2024 Session Regular Examinations can apply and appear for the next Supplementary Examination only when the 10th Semester April, 2025 Session Supplementary Examination Notification is issued for the candidates belonging to 2019 admission. The petitioners cannot expect the University to conduct Supplementary Examinations at their convenience.
7. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel representing respondents 1 to 3. I have also heard the learned Government Pleader appearing for the 4th respondent.
8. The petitioners are 2019-2024 Batch students studying the Integrated Five Year BBA LLB Course. The petitioners failed in one Paper in the 10th Semester
2025:KER:31618 W.P.(C) No.33353/2024 : 6 : Examination. The next Batch (2020-2025) is yet to appear for their 8th Semester Regular Examinations. The students of 2019 Batch, who are unable to clear a Paper in the 10th Semester, will have to wait for another 18 months to reattempt the examination along with 2020-2025 Batch.
9. The petitioners state that the 3rd respondent has issued Notification giving option to appear in the Supplementary Examination, to 2016-2018 Batch students. The petitioners seek to write examination along with them.
10. It is to be noted that the 10th Semester Classes of 2020 admission will be completed only by the end of October, 2025. There is a delay in commencement of Classes for 2022 admission due to Covid-19 pandemic. The respondents submit that the 10th Semester BBA LLB (Hons) Regular (2020 Admission) / Supplementary (2019 Admission) Examinations, April, 2025 at best can be scheduled only in the month of October, 2025. If the request of the petitioners is to be accepted, the conduct of Examinations of the same
2025:KER:31618 W.P.(C) No.33353/2024 : 7 : session will have to be done in two phases which is not feasible. In the circumstances, I do not find any merit in the writ petition. The writ petition is dismissed. Sd/- N. NAGARESH, JUDGE aks/11.04.2025
2025:KER:31618 W.P.(C) No.33353/2024 : 8 : APPENDIX OF WP(C) 33353/2024 PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE REVALUATION RESULT OF THE 1ST PETITIONER PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY Exhibit P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE REVALUATION RESULT OF THE 2ND PETITIONER PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY Exhibit P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE EXAM NOTIFICATION NO.
32/EG-I-ASST-1/2016/PB
DATED 20.09.2024 ISSUED BY THE CALICUT UNIVERSITY Exhibit P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO. 15266/2019/ADMN
DATED
29.10.2019 ISSUED BY THE CALICUT UNIVERSITY Exhibit P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION NO.32/EG-I-ASST-1/2016/PB
DATED 11.09.2024 CALICUT UNIVERSITY Exhibit P6 A TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION FILED BY SOME OF THE STUDENTS OF THE 2019-2024 BBA LLB BATCH DATED 08.08.2024