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The petitioner was a student of M.A. Gandhian Studies in the respondent university. He had passed M.A degree with 54% marks in the examination. According to the petitioner, he had succeeded in securing 1102 marks out of 1900. Therefore, according to the petitioner, he had obtained 58% marks. If that be so, under the grading system he is entitled to get "B+". But the University authorities awarded him the grade of "B Only" and therefore he preferred this writ petition to quash Ext.P9. It is also prayed that for issuing a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ directing the respondents to issue corrected mark list and also sought for a general direction to the respondents to take sincere and effective steps to make the credit and semester system more transparent and student friendly.

2. On behalf of the respondents a detailed counter affidavit is filed by the Controller of Examinations of the M.G.University in which it is elaborately stated about the various mode of calculation and method adopted in fixing the grade. According to the counter affidavit, the Credit and Semester System (CSS) following in the University is scientific and was approved by the Academic Council of the University as per Section 25 of the M.G.University Act. According to the counter affidavit, as per the CSS Regulations which govern the CSS, the SPI (Semester Performance Index) is the weighted average of the numerical value (grade point) obtained by the candidate in the semester. Weighted average is calculated by dividing the sum of the product of the grade point or numerical value obtained for each course (paper) and the credits that it carries by the total number of credits earned. Each letter grades has been assigned a numerical value as shown in the Clause 10 of CSS Regulation. The final grade will be awarded to the student as per the CPI (Cumulative Performance Index) obtained by him/her in the final end semester examination. The CPI for the whole programme will be calculated in the same way as that of SPI, which is calculated as per the following formula:

5. In page 4 of the counter affidavit, the respondents have stated the mode of grading system in which grade 'B Only' indicates performance as average and percentage of marks between 45 - 54 and then given grade point as 5. Fixing the grade is merely on the basis of the marks actually obtained in the examination after converting those marks into percentage. Thus, as pointed out by the respondents, in grading system, grade has to be calculated by calculating the percentage , that is, a deviation from the conventional system. Thus, actual percentage of marks obtained by the candidate/petitioner is only 54 % when actually calculated under the grading system. Thus, the percentage of marks obtained by the petitioner is 54% that will come in between 45 -54 and the grade is 'B Only, for which the petitioner actually deserves.