CHANDIGARH, Aug 5: The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion returnable for August 17, to Panjab University and chairman, Department of Mass Communication at the university, on a petition alleging irregularities in the admission to the Master of Mass Communication course.A Division Bench of the court comprising Chief Justice A.B. Saharia and Justice Swatantar Kumar, while taking up a writ petition preferred by an aspirant of the Master of Mass Communication course, who had alleged that inspite of topping the written examination, he had been denied admission to the course.The Bench asked the counsel for Panjab University to accept the notice and reply to the allegations.The candidate Ram Bahadur contended in his petition that the entrance test for the Master of Mass Communication course was held on June 9, in which of the total 300 marks, 260 were for the written exam and 40 for the group discussion and interview.He alleged that even though he topped the written examinations and was called for group discussion and interview, he was not selected as the selection committee which conducted the group discussion and interview, ``adjusted'' 40 marks in such a manner as to select candidates according to their choice.The counsel for the petitioner stated that this was a case of grave injustice and discrimination against the petitioner.
