CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS

1. Date, Place, etc. of Examination –

(1) All Examinations shall be conducted at such places, at such times and on such dates as the Syndicate may decide, from time to time. A list of the Centres at which Examinations will be held shall ordinarily be published in the first week of January for the March-April Examinations, and in the second week of July for the September-October Examinations.

(2) All Examinations shall ordinarily be held twice in the academic year, unless otherwise decided by the Academic Council from time to time.

2. Notification of dates: -

The Controller of Examinations shall notify the last date of receipt of applications for Examinations together with the prescribed fees, the last date of receipt of Term Certificates, the dates of Conduct of Examinations and the dates of Publication of Results.

3. Method of Examinations: -

(1) Unless otherwise provided for, Examinations shall be conducted by one or more of the following methods: -

(a) Written (b) Practical (c) Oral

(2) Where there is more than one centre for written examinations in one paper of the same examination, the question papers shall be given out to candidates on the same day and at the same hour in every centre.

(3) Candidates must answer question papers, except in the case of languages other than English, in English, unless otherwise stated therein.

4. Standard of question papers:-

The papers set in any subject shall be such as, a candidate of decided ability, well prepared in the subject, can reasonably be expected to answer, within the time allotted.

5. Prohibition of religious belief or profession or political views: –

No question shall be put at any University Examination calling for a declaration of religious belief or profession or political views on the part of the candidates and no answer given by any candidate shall be objected to on the ground of its giving expression to any particular form of religious belief, profession or political views.

6. Arrangements: -

Subject to the laws of the University, the Controller of Examinations shall, under the direction of the Vice-Chancellor, make all arrangements for the Conduct of the Examination at the various Centres of Examination.

7. Appointment of Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, etc.-

It shall be competent for the Controller of Examinations to appoint a Chief Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents and such other staff as required for the conduct of the examinations at each centre of examinations, subject to guidelines. Such persons shall be paid such remuneration, as may be fixed by the Syndicate, from time to time.

8. Appointment and duties-

The guidelines relating to the appointment and duties of the Chief Superintendent and Assistant superintendent shall be made by the Syndicate.

9. Issuance of Hall Tickets: -

Every candidate who has been registered for an Examination shall be given a Hall Ticket issued by the Controller of Examinations in the prescribed form. The Hall Tickets shall be issued to each private candidate through the Chief Superintendent of the centre at which the candidate proposes to take the Examination and to the candidate presented by Colleges through the Principals. The Hall Ticket of a candidate issued by the University shall not be cancelled or withheld except as provided for in the Ordinances.

10. Photographs where necessary:-

All candidates except candidates presented by Colleges, shall submit two copies of their photographs together with their applications for registration as candidates for Examinations. The photographs shall be of passport size and taken not earlier than six months prior to the date of application.

11. Centre not to be changed for first time:-

Except with the special permission of the Vice-Chancellor, no candidate for an Examination who has undergone the prescribed course of study in a College and who is presented by the College for an Examination for the first time shall be allowed to take the Examination from any centre, other than the centre allotted to the students of the College in which he has undergone the course.

12. Production of Hall Tickets:-

Candidates shall bring with them their Hall Tickets, on each day of the Examination and shall produce the same when demanded for inspection by the Chief Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent or any other person authorised by the University for the purpose.

13. Cancellation of Hall Tickets:-

It shall be competent for the Vice-Chancellor to cancel the Hall Ticket issued in the name of any candidate for misconduct or if it is found out that he is ineligible to take the Examination.

14. Exclusion of candidates for disease:-

It shall be competent for the Chief Superintendent to exclude any candidate from an Examination, on being satisfied that he is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease. Such cases shall immediately be reported to the Controller of Examinations.

15. Provisional admission:-

No candidate shall be admitted to an Examination hall without his Hall Ticket, provided, however, that the Chief Superintendent shall have power provisionally to admit a candidate who has lost his Hall Ticket or a candidate whose Hall Ticket has not been found among those issued by the University due to some mistake in transmission or in the registration of the candidate. Such cases shall be reported to the Controller of Examinations forthwith.

16. Exclusion of candidates for misbehaviour:-

Candidates taking an Examination shall be under the disciplinary control of the Chief Superintendent, and shall obey his instructions. In the event of a candidate disobeying instructions of the Chief Superintendent or Assistant Superintendents or behaving insolently towards the Chief Superintendent or any Assistant Superintendent, the candidate may be excluded from the day’s examination and if he persists in misbehaviour, he may be excluded from the rest of the examinations by the Chief Superintendent of the Centre. In all such cases, a full report of each case shall be sent to the Controller of Examinations and the Syndicate, may, according to the gravity of the offence ratify the action taken by the Chief Superintendent or further punish a candidate by cancelling the Examination taken by him either in whole or in part or debarring him from appearing for any University Examination for a specified period or permanently.

17. Report of Results:-

The Board of Examiners shall report to the Controller of Examinations provisionally the results of the Examination conducted by them or supervised by them.

18. Publication of Results:-

(1) The Controller of Examinations shall submit the results to the Syndicate. The Syndicate shall have power to approve the results and publish the same.

(2) In all Examinations, the numbers of successful candidates shall be published class-wise

(1 Class, II Class, III Class, etc.)

19. Diplomas and Certificates:-

A Diploma under the seal of the University and signed by the Vice-Chancellor shall be issued to each successful candidate at an Examination for a Degree. The Diploma shall set forth the date of the Examination, the subject in which the candidate was examined, the Class in which he was placed and the subjects in which he gained distinction, if any. A Certificate signed by the Controller of Examinations, shall be given to each successful candidate at an Examination, other than for a Degree. The Certificate shall set forth the date of Examination, the subjects in which the candidate was examined, the Class in which he was placed and the subjects in which he gained distinction, if any.

A Certificate signed by the Controller of Examinations shall also be given to candidates whose original Degrees, Diplomas have been irrecoverably lost or destroyed;

Provided that it shall be competent for the University to issue a Provisional Certificate to a candidate on payment of the prescribed fee during the period after publication of the results in the University Office and before the issue of the Original Certificates.

20. Change of results for malpractice:-

In any case where it is found that the result of an Examination has been ascertained and published, and it is found that such result has been affected by any malpractice, fraud, or any other improper conduct whereby an examinee has benefited, and that such examinee, has, in the opinion of the Syndicate, been party or privy to, or connived at, such malpractice, fraud, or improper conduct, the Syndicate shall have power at any time, notwithstanding the issue of a Certificate or the award of a Prize or Scholarship, to amend the result of such examinee and to make such declaration as the Syndicate may consider necessary in that behalf.

21. Scrutiny of marks:-

(1) A candidate who has appeared at an Examination may apply to the Controller of Examinations for scrutiny of his marks i.e., for checking whether any answers had been not given marks and whether there are mistakes in totalling. Such applications if any, shall be made within one month from the date of publication of the results of the examination in the University Office and shall be accompanied by treasury receipts for the prescribed fee. The fee is only for scrutiny and not for revaluation of the paper.

(2) A candidate shall not be entitled to a refund of the fee, remitted by him.

(3) The result of the scrutiny and the marks obtained for the paper/subject shall be communicated to the candidate and in case the result is affected by such scrutiny, the corrected results shall be published in the University Office and in such other manner as the Syndicate, may decide.

22. Revaluation of Answer Books at University Examinations:-

*(1) A candidate who has taken an Examination (other than for the Post-Graduate Examinations, Practical Examinations and Examinations for which there is provision for double valuation) conducted by the University may, if he/she thinks fit, apply to the Controller of Examinations for revaluation of his/her answer book.

* Substituted vide Amendment No. 172

(2) Every application for revaluation shall be submitted to the Controller of Examinations within 15 days from the date of publication of results of the Examinations concerned or within ten days from the date of receipt of marklist at the respective centre of Examination with fee of Rs.125/- (Rupees one hundred and twenty five) only per answer script in such manner and subject to such conditions as the University, may from time to time specify.

23. Debarring candidates and quashing results:–

If at any time after the publication of results, it is found that a candidate was not eligible for taking the Examination, or that he has secured admission to the course or the Examination, on production of false information in the application form or that he has used unfair means at an Examination, the Syndicate shall have power to quash the results of the Examination, taken by the candidate, and/or debar him from appearing for any Examination of the University permanently or for a specified period according to the gravity of the offence committed by the candidate;

* Provided however that it shall be competent for the Syndicate to suspend the results already published of a candidate suspected of having resorted to unfair means at an Examination taken by him, pending an enquiry into the same.

On the basis of the enquiry report, the Syndicate shall also have the power to quash or cancel the results of the candidate in the Examination taken by him and duly published while the enquiry proceedings for the use of unfair means at that Examination were pending.

24. Punishment for malpractice:-

If the Syndicate is satisfied after enquiry that as a consequence of the conduct of any person connected with the conduct of the Examination at any Centre, there have been malpractices in the conduct of Examinations in the Centre, the Syndicate may punish such person in such manner as it may deem fit and may also abolish the Centre for Conduct of Examinations for such period as it may deem fit.

25. Power to frame guidelines, etc:-

The Syndicate shall have power to frame guidelines or issue directions or instructions for the efficient conduct of the Examination and to keep up the integrity of the Examinations.

* Proviso introduced vide Amendment No. 12.