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HC dismisses plea to cancel PGAT
THE ALLAHABAD High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking cancellation of the entire Post Graduate Admission Test (PGAT) 2006 of the Allahabad University. The cancellation was sought on the ground of alleged leakage of question papers.
THE ALLAHABAD High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking cancellation of the entire Post Graduate Admission Test (PGAT) 2006 of the Allahabad University. The cancellation was sought on the ground of alleged leakage of question papers.
Allahabad University Students’ Union (AUSU) president Ajit Kumar Yadav had filed the petition.
He had also requested the court to issue a direction to conduct the re-examination of the PGAT in a proper, fair and transparent manner. He also requested the court to order an inquiry by an independent agency, or judicial authority into the PGAT leakage scandal. Besides, the petitioner demanded stern action against the culprits.
Dismissing the writ petition, Justice Rakesh Tiwari said the allegations made in the petition raised questions of fact, therefore, they could not be adjudicated under writ jurisdiction.
The counsel for the petitioner had alleged that the PGAT Political Science question paper had been leaked.
Since the Hindi PGAT paper was cancelled on the ground of alleged leakage, the other papers should also be cancelled by the AU administration, it was contended.
Appearing on behalf of the Allahabad University, its counsels ABL Gaur and Ram Gopal Tripathi said allegations made in the petition had already been inquired into by the AU authorities and all the allegations made in the petition had been found to be false.
Therefore, the petition was misconceived and deserved to be dismissed, they said.
The petitioner had taken the plea that the question papers of PGAT were leaked by some employees and authorities of Allahabad University, but no action had been taken against them.
Besides, this episode of leakage had lowered the prestige of the AU and shaken the faith of meritorious students.
Ajit Kumar Yadav also said that he had handed over a copy of the leaked question paper to the AU authorities on the morning of June 26,2006, just before the PGAT, but no action was taken.
