Anna university exams in flood-hit areas postponed to Dec 28
Posted on: 15/Dec/2015 9:24:33 AM
Anna University today informed the Madras High Court that it was postponing the first semester exams for engineering courses to December 28 in view of the heavy rains and floods.
This rescheduling will be applicable to the engineering colleges situated in flood-hit areas of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Cuddalore districts only, the Government Pleader (GP) informed the first Bench of Chief Justice SK Kaul and Justice TS Sivagnanam on Monday afternoon.
Initially, S Kumar, trustee, Abdul Kalam Vision India Trust, Kodambakkam, made a declare before the Bench in the morning to order postponement of the exams scheduled to begin on December 15. He submitted that the students in the affected areas could not get prepare for the exam given the extraordinary rains and floods.
Besides, the first year students, who had joined directly after completing schooling, we`re going to face a university exam for the first time and they should not be placed in an uncomfortable situation and the exam should not make them fear. The bench directed the GP to attain instructions from the university and inform the court of its stand.
Consequently, the GP informed the Bench in the afternoon that the University was agreeable to postpone the exams to December 28. There were 625 affiliated engineering colleges in the State. The exam for students studying in colleges situated in the rain-hit districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Cuddalore alone might be postponed.
For all other colleges, the examination will begin as scheduled for December 15, the GP added. The Bench orally directed the University to publish the decision in its website today and file an affidavit in this connection to the court tomorrow.
