Mumbai University: Diploma students still to get marksheets

Close to three years after they wrote their exams, students of Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) under the Mumbai University (MU) are still left in lurch as the university fails to issue their marksheets despite an order from the office of the governor.

In February, the office of the governor wrote to MU's Vice Chancellor directing the varsity to address the pending issue. Students are awaiting their marksheets due to the varsity's confusion about revaluation norms for them. In November 2017, DNA had reported on the plight of several students who were initially allowed to submit their papers for revaluation but their case was later stayed citing that diploma courses had no revaluation norm.

Ever since, the students have been running from pillar to post to get their three-year-old marksheets. Advocate Dhanpal Solanki, one of the students who wrote to the governor to look into the issue, said, "We have been running from one place to another and are being told that our case is still under consideration. If there is any such law against revaluation, why were applications taken from us and results declared?" Solanki said that even after the letter from the governor's office there has been no action from the varsity.

When DNA tried contacting the university administration, a senior varsity official said that the case would have to be presented in the Board of Examinations for a decision.