FACTS
The petitioner-individual, final year student of C.M.A. course, appeared in the final year examination conducted by the Institute and scored more than 60 % marks in the Business Valuation paper of Group IV but could not clear the other papers in the same group. The petitioner was granted with an exemption from appearing in the Business Valuation paper in the subsequent exams/attempts.
Thereafter, in May 2012 an amendment was carried out by the Institute in the Regulation 41(2) vide Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and the said exemption was revoked. Thereafter, petitioner availed exemption for three consecutive terms and when he appeared for forth term, exemption had been denied to him.
The petitioner filed writ on ground that the Institute arbitrarily and mala fidely revoked the exemption granted to the petitioner from appearing in subsequent attempts.
The High Court held that:
An apparent reading of the Hindi and English version of the regulation show they are at variance, in as much as the Hindi version refers to the exemption being applicable to three consecutive years, whereas the English version depicts, the same is applicable to three consecutive terms.
In any case, the said plea would be of no help to the petitioner, inasmuch as it is not the case of the petitioner that he is entitled to the benefit of exemption for a period of three years and not three consecutive terms and, hence it would not be necessary, to go into an issue as to which version would prevail. - [2017] 81 taxmann.com 7 (Delhi)
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