Prince Kumar v. The Patna University Patna And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.547 of 2015 =========================================================== Prince Kumar Son of Ramesh Kumar resident of village - Mohanpur, Ward No. 26 Typist Gali, P.O. and P.S. Jamalpur, District - Munger. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The Patna University Patna through its Registrar

2. The Vice - Chancellor, Patna University, Patna

3. The Registrar, Patna University, Patna

4. The Controller of Examination, Patna University, Patna .... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Yash Chandra Gupta, Advocate For the University :

Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advocate =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 21-01-2016 In absence of any statute/regulation by which the Court can command and order grant of grace marks to a student, the Court is not willing to exercise his discretion only for mercy or because the Court is supposed to have certain discretion in such issues raised by the petitioner. Right of the petitioner will flow from regulation governing such award of grace marks in the interest of maintenance of standards of education. Grace marks should not be granted as a matter of rule or even on demand.

Writ is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) Sanjay/- U