HC grants relief to Namakkal college ME candidates

M Manjurekar doing his ME Manufacturing Engineering at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, had moved the plea seeking to quash the impugned order issued by Anna University on March 19, 2019 and the consequential communication of the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and to direct both to permit him to pursue the ME programme and take the periodical examinations.

Anna University had passed an order whereby the result of the petitioner in a subject in respect of third semester examinations, which he has passed in arrears is cancelled. The records revealed that based on certain allegations of malpractices that is said to have taken place in Gnanamani College of Technology, Namakkal, the Anna University on holding an enquiry had disqualified all the candidates appeared for examination on that day.

Justice RMT Teekaa Raman before whom the plea came said, “It is seen from the impugned order that there is no indication of finding as to whether the petitioner in question had committed any malpractice or not and there is no specific communication attributing any allegation to the petitioner herein and hence the impugned order is no speaking order in so far as the non-disclosure of any allegation against the petitioner herein.”

However, the judge on observing that Anna University has passed a common order whereby all students who have attended the arrears examination, was penalised by cancelling their result in respect of paper they have appeared on that date, said, “ I am of the considered view that the impugned order is liable to be set aside. The matter is remitted back to both Anna University and PSG College of Technology, only in respect of the petitioner and to hold an enquiry as to whether the petitioner has committed any malpractice or not and to dispose of the matter in accordance with law, within four weeks.”