IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT WRIT PETITION No. 40601/2018 (EDN-RES) BETWEEN:
Darshan Gowda C.S, S/o Shankaregowda. B, Aged 20 years, 3rd Semester, Civil Engineering Department, Government Engineering College, B.M. Road, Ramanagara-562159. PERMANENT ADDRESS Chandagalu Village, Basaralu Hobli, Mandya Taluk, Mandya District-571446. …. Petitioner (By Sri Hariprasad M B, Advocate) AND 1. Government Engineering College, B.M. Road, Ramanagara-562 159. Represented by its Principal.
2. Visvesvaraya Technological University, Jnana Sangama, Belagavi-590 018.
Represented by its Vice-Chancellor.
3. The Registrar, Administration, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Jnana Sangama, Belagavi District-590 018. ... Respondents (By Smt. Pramodhini Kishan, AGA for R1 Sri. Santosh S Nagarale, Advocate for R2 & R3) This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to direct the 1st respondent to issue No Objection Certificate to get transfer of college, unconditionally without delay at the earliest to the petitioner and etc.
This Writ Petition coming on for Preliminary Hearing in ‘B’ Group this day, the court made the following:-
ORDER The petitioner, then the third semester student of Engineering is grieving against the endorsement dated 03.09.2018 issued by the respondent-college at Annexure-J, which reads as under:
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2. By the said endorsement, the petitioner is denying the facility of transfer from the present college to the other college on the ground that such a transfer if acceded to, will result into the minimum students strength prescribed by Law being diminished. The permitted strength of the Institution in which the petitioner has been prosecuting the studies being 60 and the actual intake being 40, if the petitioner is permitted to migrate from the college in question to some other college, there will be a shortfall by one and therefore, the strength would eventually go below, the prescribed 75% as mentioned in the All India Council For Technical Education, New Delhi Guidelines dated 30.08.2001 at Annexure-R2 to the Statement of Objections filed by the respondent-University as contended by its learned panel counsel Sri. Santosh S. Nagarale.
3. However, learned Panel Counsel for the University submits that the petitioner is now studying the fourth Semester of Engineering course and therefore, if he gives a representation furnishing all the material particulars as are required for consideration of request for migration from one college to another, the same would be considered in accordance with the aforesaid guidelines, forthwith at fifth semester level.
4. In view of the above, this Writ Petition succeeds in part; a Writ of Mandamus issues to the respondent- University to consider petitioner’s representation after hearing is provided both the petitioner and concerned Colleges in accordance with the aforesaid Guidelines, and to inform the petitioner the result of such consideration without brooking delay.
Costs made easy.
Sd/- JUDGE DS/-