Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 7: Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Tashi Rabstan today dismissed the appeal filed by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Jammu and Others against the order of the Single Judge and imposed Rs 10,000 cost on varsity for erroneous approach.
The Single Judge had directed the Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University and Others to provisionally admit Shafqat Mir in Law School for pursuing five year LLB course under “Bharat Scouts and Guides” category for the session 2015-16.
However, University preferred to challenge the order of Single Judge and accordingly an appeal was filed in the Division Bench, which today dismissed the same.
“The petitioner is declared entitled to be adjusted in the Law School of University of Jammu under the reserved seat of “Bharat Scouts & Guides” category. How to adjust Pranav Sharma, if any candidate has been admitted against the Self Financing vacancy which was initially occupied by the Pranav Sharma, has to be decided by the University as the authorities of the University are responsible for creating such a situation”, DB said.
“The petitioner is admittedly undergoing the very same course in private Law College affiliated to Jammu University. Hence, he can be given admission now in the Law School of University of Jammu”, DB said and directed respondents to transfer and admit the petitioner forthwith in the Law School of the Jammu University against the reserved category seat in the current semester and count the attendance earned by the petitioner in the private college as attendance earned in the Law School of Jammu University for purposes of appearing in the examination.
“The petitioner is also held entitled to cost of Rs 10,000 to be paid by the University as he was forced to study law course hitherto in a private Law College due to erroneous approach of the University officials”, the DB said.
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