- (1.) Heard Sri Rakesh Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner.
(2.) The petitioner has been admitted in the B.A. LL.B. Course of the Aligarh Muslim University and has been allocated the campus of Malappuram in Kerala. The petitioner while filling his option had given his first preference for the Aligarh University Campus, for Murshidabad in West Bengal in the second place and Malappuram Kerala in the third place.
(3.) The revision of such an option is governed by Clause 31 of the Guide to Admissions 2012-13 quoted herein under:- "31. A candidate provisionally admitted to a Course/ Branch/ Main Subject/ Stream/ Specialization of lower preference as mentioned in the Application Form, may be upgraded to a Course/ Branch/ Main Subject/ Stream/ Specialization of higher preference as mentioned in the Application Form in the event of a vacancy arising therein. A candidate provisionally admitted to a Course/ Branch/ Main Subject/ Stream/ Specialization over and above the preferences as indicated in his/her Application Form may be upgraded to a Course/ Branch/ Main Subject/ Stream/ Specialization over and above the preferences as indicated in the Application Form or to a preference as mentioned in the Application Form in the event of a vacancy arising therein. A candidate who wants to retain the Course/ Branch/ Main Subject/ Stream/ Specialization, in which he/she has been admitted, shall submit an undertaking on Notary Public Affidavit to the Deputy/Assistant Controller (Admissions), Admission Section, A.M.U., Aligarh on the same date of admission for not upgrading his/her Course/ Branch/ Main Subject/ Stream/Specialization in which he/she was originally admitted.";