India, Dec. 14 -- Question papers for several discipline-specific electives (DSE) across several colleges of Delhi University were not dispatched on time, causing chaos and creating confusion among students, and inviting severe criticism from faculty members.

Some of the morning session examinations, which were supposed to be conducted between 9.30am and 12.30pm, did not start till 2pm.

In the latter half of the day, the university issued a notice, saying, "This is to notify all concerned that approx. 800 papers were scheduled for the morning session today and due to some logistical issues, few papers could not be dispatched and the same could not be conducted at some examination centres."

The notice, signed by the controller of examin...