Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199,2A,4,8,25

(a) Constitution of Pakistan--- ----Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Educational institution---Admission in medical college---Admission policy---Candidate claimed that he was eligible to have admission in medical college on the basis of "Hifz-e-Quran" certificate---Contention of the candidate was that authorities did not allow him to append the certificate to his application---Validity---Contention of the candidate was not borne out from the record---Even if the candidate had appended his "Hifz-e-Quran" certificate to his application he could not have been considered as Hifz-e-Quran candidate because as per criteria laid down in the prospectus, candidate was required to have secured at least 75% or above marks weighted aggregate marks to be eligible to be called for the "Hifz-e-Quran" test---Candidate had only secured 66.5727% weighted aggregate marks, therefore, he was ineligible to be called for the test---Candidate failed to establish or make out a case for interference by High Court in exercise of constitutional jurisdiction---Petition was dismissed in circumstances. (b) Educational institution--- ---Criteria, fixing of---Examination/admission---Scope---In matters of examinations and/or admissions to educational institutions, authorities of the concerned institution are the sole judges of the criteria laid down by the institution in its prospectus and/or calendar---Courts normally do not interfere in such like matters unless a case of grave injustice is made out, otherwise it would be difficult for the institution to run its affairs. Muhammad Ilyas v. Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan and another 2005 SCMR 961; Memoona Noureen v. The V.C. Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi 2011 CLC 230; Maria Wazir v. Principal of UHS, Lahore and others Writ Petition No.22356 of 2009 and Rahila Shabbir v. University of Health Sciences Writ Petition No.1527 of 2010 rel. JUDGMENT MAMOON RASHID SHEIKH, J.--With the consent of the parties this petition is being treated as a Pacca matter and shall be decided on the basis of the available record. 2. The brief facts of the case as given in the petition are to the effect that the petitioner is a student who applied…

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