- (1.) The petitioner, student of B.Sc. Agriculture (Honours) in Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (hereinafter referred to as the ''University'), is aggrieved by the order dated 3rd March, 2009 by which his registration in the VIIIth Semester has been cancelled for having failed to clear Elementary Statistics and Mathematics Paper even after four attempts.
(2.) The petitioner was admitted to the B.Sc. Agriculture (Honours) Course in the academic session 2005-06. This is a four years Course comprising eight Semesters. The relevant Regulations regarding conduct of the Examination are as follows:- Examination system: The examination system will be a combination of 30% internal and 70% external components. Grading: The University has adopted 10 points grading with a minimum Average Grade Point (AGP) of 5.00 for passing a subject and an Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of 5.50 for completing the degree progamme. Types of examinations: The examination shall be of the following types :- (1) Short quizzes (announced/unannounced) (2) Hourly examination (3) Practical including viva voce (4) Final examination ; (5) Any other type of examination as may be prescribed by the Academic Council from time to time. .... Grading system adopted: Each course shall have a specified number of periodical examination of various types- two quizzes, one hourly examination, one final laboratory examination and one theory examination. The weightage for the theory examination are (a) 10 % for quizzes (b) 20% for the hourly examination (c) 30% for the practical examination and (d) 40% for the final semester examination. Where there is no practical examination, the weightage for final semester examination shall be 70%. The grading is done for each one of these components of the examination on the conventional percentage basis. The marks for these examinations in the proportion indicated or calculated and added. From this percentage of marks for the entire course is calculated. Conversion of percentage of marks to the grade point in the 10-point scale: The percentage of marks earned in a course is divided by 10 and is expressed correct to one decimal place. This represents the grade point obtained by a student in a particular course. The product of credit hours and grade point obtained by a student is the credit point of a course, which enables one to calculate the grade point average.
(3.) The petitioner appeared at the Ist Semester Examination. He cleared all the subjects except Elementary Statistics and Mathematics. This paper could not be cleared by the petitioner in the subsequent examinations also in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09, as a result of which the order was passed by the University cancelling his registration.;