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W.P(C).No.19716/2019-L
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17 provides that every student shall inform the Principal his place of residence and
shall also report the change of residence, if any. As per Clause 7 it is the duty of
the managing council/governing bodies of the college to manage the collegiate
hostel. There shall be a warden in every such hostel, a superintendent or proprietor
working under the immediate direction, control or supervision of the Principal of
the college. Students living in such hostels shall be under the disciplinary control
of the warden, superintendent or proprietor, as the case may be. For every 50
students in a hostel, there shall be one resident tutor or assistant warden. The
Principals of the college concerned have to frame rules for their collegiate hostel
and get it approved by the syndicate. Students who have been rusticated shall not
be permitted to reside in a recognized hostel or lodging during the period of
rustication . Therefore, going by the aforesaid provisions the students have a right
to residence in the college hostel/a hostel recognised by the syndicate and the
college has an obligation to provide accommodation in the hostel, to the students
who are residing far away from the college/away from their parents. The
provisions in the ordinance also provide that every student residing in the hostel
would
be
subject
to
the
disciplinary
control
of
the
warden/superintendent/proprietor of the hostel. It is well settled proposition, in the
light of a series of judgments like Unnirajas' case (supra), Manu Vilson's case,
Sojan Francis' case, Indulekha Joseph's case (supra), etc., that the Principal of
the College is the supreme authority to control the students and to enforce
discipline in the college. Similar is the case with the hostel also, where the
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