Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 27: Observing that the candidates of B Ed courses have taken admission in different colleges of the Valley on their own and without following the procedure of University of Kashmir, High Court rejected their plea of regularizing their admissions in these colleges and said, their admission by these colleges make an effort to get their irregularities condoned in the name of academic interest and career of students.
Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey while dismissing a batch of petitions filed by the students of B. Ed course seeking that their admissions in different colleges be accepted and regularized accordingly, said, they did not respond to the admission notice issued by the University in time and secured the admission for B. Ed course in different colleges on their own after expiry of stipulated time period which the court said, is contrary to the admission policy of the respondent-University.
“Besides, admittedly, no Registration Returns (RRs) have been forwarded to the respondent-University within the fixed timeframe by the concerned Colleges regarding the admission of the petitioners. In such circumstances, the action of the Respondent-University in denying the regularization/ confirmation of the admission of the petitioners cannot be said to be illegal or contrary to the procedure governing the field”, Justice Magrey recorded in the judgment.
Court said that in terms of the statute in vogue in the respondent-University, a B. Ed College affiliated with the University is prohibited from making admission to B. Ed course on its own as such any admission made in violation of the University Statutes would not be binding on the University and that the University would be under no obligation to regularize/ confirm such admission.
Once the petitioners, court added, did not follow this procedure for seeking admission to the B. Ed course and purportedly sought admission from the Colleges on their own, the respondent-University is under no obligation to regularize/ confirm such admission.
Court on admitting the students in wilful disregard of statute of University said, the erring educational institutions try to give the controversy the colour and complexion of an emotional issue and argue that the students, though enrolled in violation of University Statutes, should not be exposed to any penalty for the wrong committed by the institution.
“The Courts often fall prey to such persuasion made by the educational institutions and permit something that is not permissible under the Statutes. Such practices have been deprecated by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a catena of judgments”, Justice Magrey added.
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