Rajendra Prasad Mathur Etc vs Karnataka University & Anr on 1 May, 1986
In this connection, we may refer to a deci-
sion of
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this Court in Rajendra Prasad Mathur v. Karnataka University
and another, [1986] Suppl. SCC 740. In that case, the appel-
lants 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 ap-
peals preferred by the students whose admissions were subse-
quently 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 that
case should also be applied in the instant case. The appel-
lant 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.