' S. A. NUSRAT, J.-This petition challenges the action of the respondent No, in refusing admission to the petitioner's daughter Mst. Qomar Jehan for studies in B. Sc. Part I, in the Government Women's College. The relevant [facts leading to the filing of this petition are as under:-
2. Mst. Qamar Jehan, who holds permanent domicile of Karachi, passed her Secondary School Certificate Examination for the year 1975, securing 1st division. She joined Government Women's College from where he passed the Intermediate Board Examination in 1978, in second division.
She decided to secure admission in B. Sc. Part I in the said College and I alleged to have approached the respondent with her admission from on 13-12-1978, but the respondent declined to accept or entertain the same. The University of Karachi had extended the date for admissions in all the affiliated colleges for the Academic year 1978-79 on payment of late fees up to 28-12-1978.
Such decision was made public through local newspapers and the petitioner has produced a copy of Daily Jang dated 17-12-78. It is alleged that the respondent fixed the date for admission for the students from other Colleges up to 15-12-1978 but the admission for the students of the College itself was closed after 13-12-1978. The petitioner is stated to have personally gone to see the respondent No. 1 who declined to see him on the ground that the last date for admissions had expired on 13-12-1978. The petitioner, in the circumstances approached the Director of Colleges, Government of Sind, with an application on 14-12-1978, which was forwarded with compliments to the respondent with the following remarks:- "In view of the recent notification issued by the University of Karachi, the date has since been extended and, therefore, the head of the Institution concerned is competent enough to dispose it of at her own."
' It is alleged that the petitioner vainly tried his level best to approach the respondent for seeking admission of his daughter. The petitioner, thereafter, made another application dated 18-12-1978 to the Secretary Education, Government of Sind which too was forwarded with compliments to the respondent. It is alleged that the respondent did not find it proper to look at the aforesaid recommendations and declined to interview the petitioner or give any indication in writing as to why she was admitting fresh candidates,' who were outsiders in preference to the old deserving students of her own college. The petitioner unsuccessfully made a final attempt for seeking admission of her daughter to the college by making an application dated 19-12-1978 to the respondent and finally filed this petition under Article 199 of the Constitution.
3. The respondent was asked to furnish comments on the petition on 26-12-1978 and in spite of two reminders the same were not furnished. This petition was accordingly admitted on 17-1-1979 to examine the contention that even if the petitioner's daughter, Mst. Qamar Jehan, was to be treated as an outsider, she having tendered application for admission on 13th and 14th of December, 1978, was entitled to admission in the College. The comments on the petition were belatedly submitted by the respondent on 11-2-1979. It is admitted in the comments that admission for outsiders was kept open up to 15-12-78 while for the students of the College such admission was closed on 13-12- 1978, and the reason given is that the case in respect of the students from the other colleges was decided after 13-12-1978. The allegation of the petitioner in paragraph No, 10 of the petition that he was refused interview by the respondent No. 1 after 13th December, 1978, is not denied in the comments and it is admitted that the respondent had instructed her office not to accept any applications for admission. From the above facts it is clear that the respondent had applied double standard for admission to the college i. e. One for the students of the college itself and the other for outsiders and that the admission was kept open for the outside students up to 15-12-1978. This was definitely disadvantageous to the students of the college who, in all fairness, should have been treated at par, if not on a better footing, than the outside students.
4. Mr. Abdul Sattar Shaikh, learned Additional Advocate-General, who appeared on behalf of the respondent, could not controvert the fact that the date for admission to all the affiliated colleges was extended up to 28-12-1978, as notified by the University.
There is no denial to the same in the comments which only state that Miss Qamar Jehan had missed her chance as she did not abide by "or admission policy". The stand of the respondent, therefore, boils down to this that while the University had extended the date for admissions up to 28-12-1978, she had adopted an independent policy of her own for admissions to her college.
Needless to say that such a decision on the part of the respondent was unwarranted and was without lawful authority and has resulted in depriving admission to Miss Qamar Jehan.
5. The respondent No. 1 in the circumstances, acted without lawful authority in refusing admission to Mst. Qamar Jehan in the college by not accepting her admission form even by 15-12-1978, when the admission was admittedly kept open for outside students. Even otherwise the action of the respondent was without lawful authority as the same was against the directive of the University extending the date of admissions up to 28-12-78 on payment of late fee.
6. In the result, we would direct the respondent to accept the application of Mst. Qamar Jehan for admission to the college and dispose of the same on merits in the light of the observations made hereinabove. The respondent shall also bear the costs of this petition. revisions by the competent authorities. Therefore, it is advisable to consult the official sources or legal professionals for the most up-to-date and accurate information.