Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 25-A

(a) Educational institution--- ----Internal governance and affairs of educational institution---Non-interference by Courts---Principle and exceptions---Procedure and conditions of admission for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)---MBBS and BDS Prospectus For Admission to Government Medical and Dental Institutions of Punjab issued by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore, for session 2002-23, Sr. No.5---Petitioner was denied admission solely on the ground that on the target date, he failed to produce all the original documents himself as was required under the MBBS and BDS Prospectus For Admission to Government Medical and Dental Institutions of Punjab issued by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore, for session 2022-23 ('the Prospectus') and instead his father presented photocopies of the required documents---In the prospectus, a detailed procedure and conditions of admission were enumerated---Serial No.5 of the procedure and conditions of admission deals with joining of selected candidates, and clause-I of Serial No. 5 clearly manifests that a candidate who is selected for admission shall be informed through short message service (SMS)/Email---In compliance of the said condition, the petitioner was informed through letter dated 21st March, 2023, which was actually letter dated 21st January, 2023 whereby target date was also wrongly mentioned as 24th January, 2022, which was actually 24th January, 2023---Said letter was dispatched on 25th January, 2023 and delivered on 26th January, 2023---SMS was also conveyed to the petitioner on 24th January, 2023 at 12:58 pm (as is evident from relevant page of the petition, which was not seriously refuted by the respondents (University of Health Sciences Lahore and Rawalpindi Medical University)---It was thus evident without any hint of doubt that the petitioner was informed at the last moment and apparently it was impossible for him to meet the requirements for admission---Apparently, there was no fault on the part of petitioner but he was penalized stringently---There is no cavil that ordinarily courts exercise restraint in interfering with the internal governance and affairs of the educational…

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