Meanwhile, the second and third year students of this department said that since the results were already delayed it would not be possible for them to submit the answer scripts for reassessment.

According to a second year student of the department, while most of the students received grace marks, the highest marks scored by any student was 50. Though most of the students failed or received very poor marks, none were able to secure marks according to their expectations, she added.

Another student in the faculty, however, blamed the poor results on the lack of interest on part of the teachers. ``Though classes for the second paper were conducted earlier in the session, the teacher never turned up at the end and it was only on our interest that we studied the subject,'' the student alleged.

According to senior professors of the department, the reason for the poor results in that particular paper was because two bundles of the answer scripts had been sent for checking to an examiner who was not an expert in it.

While most students managed to score passing marks, even the topper did not secure more than 50 per cent, they said, adding the marks of both second and third year students were less than that compared to previous years.

However, Head of the department P C Kar said, ``The results in comparison to previous years were not very poor and there were always 35 per cent results every year.''

According to Kar, students too were to be blamed for the poor results as they enrolled themselves in coaching classes instead of attending the college. He said that the students who were not satisfied with their results could definitely submit their papers for re-assessment and added that there was no reasons for the students to complain as the answer scripts were sent outside the university for checking.