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‘Act against GND varsity Registrar’
Maneesh Chhibber
Our High Court Correspondent

In their application, Saumil Garg and other students have prayed that in view of reports, the Guru Nanak Dev University should be restrained from having anything further to do with the re-valuation of the answer sheets re-evaluated on or before August 17 on the basis of answer-keys corrected by an independent agency.

In their application, Saumil Garg and other students have prayed that in view of reports, the Guru Nanak Dev University should be restrained from having anything further to do with the re-valuation of the answer sheets as ordered by the Bench. They have also prayed that appropriate orders be passed for conduct of an inquiry into the conduct of the second examination.

The petitioners have also sought action against Guru Nanak Dev University Registrar R.S. Bawa and any other officer who may be involved in the attempt to allegedly mislead the court by filing a “false affidavit”.

Media reports had quoted Guru Nanak Dev University experts as saying that they had pointed out ambiguities in the 21 disputed questions and their answers and had not told the university that the answers were correct.

Referring to media reports, the petitioners have accused the university officials of having filed false written statements to claim that Guru Nanak Dev University experts had again checked the 21 controversial questions whose answers were alleged to be wrong or ambiguous by the petitioners. Saying that the respondents, including Mr Bawa, filed false written statements despite having the knowledge that the answer key to some of the questions was wrong, the petitioners have added that the action of the Guru Nanak Dev University officials is “totally contemptuous and an attempt to interfere in the administration of justice’

They have also alleged that Mr Bawa committed perjury and wasted valuable time and money. Mr Bawa has also been accused of concealing material facts, deliberately filing false statements and causing pecuniary loss to the petitioners.

Interestingly, the petitioners have also accused the Guru Nanak Dev University experts of concealing facts from the court. Pointing out that of the eight experts mentioned in the written statement, five experts were present in the courtroom during the hearing. One of the experts even assisted a counsel in answering queries of the Bench. However, not even a single expert informed the court that they had not re-checked the 21 questions and their answers.

The application is likely to be taken up tomorrow for hearing.