Rajendra Prasad Mathur Etc vs Karnataka University & Anr on 1 May, 1986
In this connection, we may refer to a decision of this Court in Rajendra Prasad Mathur v. Kamataka University . In that case, the appellants were admitted to certain private engineering colleges for the B.E. Degree course, although they were not eligible for admission. In that case, this Court dismissed the appeals preferred by the students whose admissions were subsequently cancelled and the order of cancellation was upheld by the High Court. At the same time, this Court took the view that the fault lay with the engineering colleges which admitted the appellants and that there was no reason why the appellants should suffer for the sins of the management of these engineering colleges. Accordingly, this Court allowed the appellants to continue their studies in the respective engineering colleges in which they were granted admission. The same principle which weighed with this Court in the instant case. The appellant was not at fault and we do not see why he should suffer for the mistake committed by the Vice-Chancellor and the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.