Cuttack, Nov. 11: Orissa High Court today gave strong indications that it would constitute a committee to restore normalcy in Ravenshaw University.

Tomorrow, the high court will take up two public interest litigations (PIL), seeking judicial intervention to resolve dispute over the East Hostel of Ravenshaw University, for analogous hearing.

The outcome of the PILs assumes significance as all academic activities continue to remain paralysed owing to students’ agitation.

Demanding a rollback in the decision to allot East Hostel to girl students, the male students have kept the main gates locked since October 28.

Two former student union presidents of Ravenshaw College — Akshaya Kumar Das (1971-72) and Chittaranjan Mohanty (1970-71) — filed the PIL on October 8.

The PIL, seeking direction to declare the ongoing agitation as “illegal” and “restore normalcy on the campus”, came up for hearing today before the two-judge bench of Chief Justice V Gopal Gowda and Justice B.N. Mohapatra.

During the course of hearing, it was pointed out that another PIL of similar nature had been filed but was yet to be listed for hearing.

Taking note of it, the bench adjourned the hearing till tomorrow to take up both petitions for analogous hearing. Subendu Mohanty, a former student of Ravenshaw, filed the other PIL on September 29. The petition has sought direction for accommodating the 35 former boarders of the hostel and 62 first-year students, who have already paid the hostel admission fees, after completion of the renovation work of East Hostel.

Ravenshaw authorities have expressed concern over the adverse impact of the ongoing agitation on the functioning of the university.

“The faculty members and staff are not being allowed to enter the campus. This has resulted in complete breakdown of educational and other activities of the institution,” registrar Smarapriya Mishra said.

Cuttack, Nov. 11: The Orissa High Court today gave strong indications that it would constitute a Committee to restore normalcy in Ravenshaw University.

The High Court gave the indication while deciding to take up for analogous hearing tomorrow two public interest litigations seeking judicial intervention to resolve the dispute over East Hostel of Ravenshaw University.

The outcome of the PILs assume significance as classes have remained disrupted and all academic activities have continued to remain virtually paralysed as the agitating students have kept the main gates locked since October 28 demanding a rollback in the decision to allot the East Hostel to the girl students.

Two former student union presidents of Ravenshaw College – Akshaya Kumar Das (1971-72) and Chittaranjan Mohanty (1970-71) filed the PIL on October 8.

The PIL seeking direction to declare the ongoing agitation as “illegal” and “restore normalcy in the campus” had come up for hearing today before the two judge bench of Chief Justice V.Gopal Gowda and Justice B.N.Mohapatra.

During the course of hearing it was pointed out that another PIL of similar nature had been filed but was yet to be listed for hearing. Taking note of it the bench adjourned hearing till tomorrow to take up both petitions for analogous hearing.

The other PIL was filed by Subendu Mohanty, an ex-student of Ravenshaw on September 29, 2010. The petition has sought direction for accommodating after completion of renovation work of East Hostel the 35 ex-boarders of the Hostel and the 62 first year students from whom fees for admission to the hostel has been taken by the University.

Meanwhile, as the deadlock over the East Hostel issue has continued Ravenshaw authorities have expressed concern over the adverse impact the ongoing agitation was having on the functioning of the University.

“The faculty members and staffs are not being allowed inside. This has resulted in complete breakdown of educational and other activities of the institution”, University Registrar Smarapriya Mishra said.