20. I may in this regard also notice that though Ordinance VIII under the University Statute provides that the annual examination for all degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University shall be held once a year, in the spring, unless otherwise provided for in any other Ordinance or Appendix thereto or at such other time during the year, as may be fixed by the Academic Council in each case, but the Proviso thereto provides that a Supplementary Examination, in addition to the annual examination, shall be held in the final year of the undergraduate courses. However, vide Amendment dated 14th June, 2010, the following was added to Ordinance VIII: “1(b). Examinations for the courses covered under the semester scheme shall be held at the end of each semester in accordance with the academic calendar prescribed by the Academic Council from time to time. Unless otherwise provided specifically in any other Ordinance, there will be no Supplementary Examination for any of the semester examinations.” It is clearly borne out from the above that the provision for holding of Supplementary Examinations for the final year of the undergraduate courses was made when examinations were conducted annually and while providing for the Semester scheme, the Supplementary Examination for any of the Semester examinations have been done away with.
