Jadavpur: The high court on Tuesday declined to hear a case moved by a student alleging irregularities in the process followed by Jadavpur University's history department in admitting students to its undergraduate course after learning that the petitioner had been enrolled for the programme.

Rupak Chatterjee, the petitioner, had been among the first 70 students on the first merit list published on August 6. On the revised list, which was published on August 17 following a review of all 344 answer scripts, his rank slipped to 74.

The university had announced that it would admit 70 students to the course.

Lawyer Sourav Chakrabarty, who appeared for the petitioner, submitted before Justice Arindam Sinha on Tuesday that the admission process had been irregular and pleaded for an order to the university to hold a fresh test.

"Even though my client was selected for admission on the first merit list, the university deleted his name from the final list," Chakraborty submitted.

Lawyer Billadwadal Bhattacharya, who appeared for university, intervened at this point saying the petitioner had been admitted to the course.

"Just now I received information that the university authorities have decided to enrol the petitioner student," Bhattacharya said.

On hearing this, the judge decided to drop the case.

Chatterjee's was among the 15 names that got pushed out of the first 70 on the revised merit list.

The acting registrar of JU, Chiranjeeb Bhattacharya, said: "We were sure Chatterjee would secure admission because his name was towards the top of the waiting list."

He said 72 candidates had been admitted to the undergraduate course in history. Two students have been admitted under the sports quota.

Sources said 12 of the 15 students whose names were pushed out of the first 70 had been admitted. Which means 12 candidates whose names had figured among the first 70 on the revised list did not opt for admission.

The university had decided to get the scripts reviewed by external examiners following complaints that 55 candidates who had scored 90 per cent or more in the Plus II board exams were awarded 10 or less, out of 100, in the admission test. The first evaluation was done by teachers of the department.

The university had on Monday announced that it would start an inquiry to find out what caused "variation between the marks initially awarded to the admission test scripts in history and the marks awarded to the same scripts" after the re-evaluation.