The Law Faculty Students Union had called for an examination boycott yesterday, alleging that professor-in-charge (PIC) Nomita Aggarwal had withheld the roll number of around 70 students. They are also demanding the removal of ad hoc teachers and implementation of re-evaluation of answer sheets.

Members of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) were also a part of the protest and took the lead in the sloganeering against Aggarwal. There was a heavy police presence on the campus. However, the police have clarified that they will not take any action against the agitating students unless the university gives in a written request for the same.

Aggarwal has not given this written letter to the police yet and does not plan to either. ``We will hold the examinations tomorrow. If there is a problem, we will use our contingency plan. But, I will not ask for police intervention because they are my students,'' Aggarwal clarified.

``What has happened is really unfair. There are students who have got their roll numbers despite low attendance,'' said a first year student. ``With ad-hoc teachers taking classes, students find it a waste of time to attend classes. Half of them can't teach and being post-graduate students we expect quality.''

However, Aggarwal claimed that the students were given sufficient warning about their attendance and she is going by the rule book. ``In my one-year tenure, I have made it very clear right from the beginning that in case of shortage of attendance, students will not be given their roll numbers for the examinations,'' says Aggarwal. ``In fact, we display every student's attendance on a board each month. At the beginning of the session there was a one-to-one orientation programme for all the students, where they were told the importance of having 66 per cent attendance.''

In a memorandum given to the Vice-Chancellor, the students' union has asked for the immediate resignation of PIC Aggarwal. They have also informed him that they will continue with the boycott till their demands are accepted.``The roll number problem was the immediate issue. The faculty has been infested with problems,'' alleges Manoj Kumar Singh, president of the union. ``There is no point of putting up an attendance board when half the time ad hoc teachers are the ones not taking classes. Also, a number of students prefer to attend lectures of senior professors, rather then sit in an ad hoc teacher's class.''