Mumbai, Nov. 18 -- A few third year students of Information Technology (IT) from Government Polytechnic, Bandra, were unable to take the first exam of the fifth semester on Monday, as hall tickets were not issued. They could not be generated as expletives were printed in spaces allocated for their names in the pre-filled data of their exam forms, based on which hall tickets are issued. As soon as they discovered this anomaly last week, the students complained to the college administration verbally, but it remained unresolved. One of the affected students, who did not wish to be named, said, "We were told the problem would be solved by Monday, but when we reached the exam hall, the issue persisted. None of us were not allowed to appear for the exam because our details in the system were wrong." A couple of students also told HT that following several complaints last week, the college shut down its MIS, saying it needed time to fix the error. On Monday evening, they said the system was still not working and there was no clarity on when the problem would be resolved. The anxious students have now demanded that the college clarify "how such swear words appeared in the first place and why it was not corrected before the examinations began". Some said they were paying the price of an error for which they are not responsible. Calls by HT to the institute's principal, Nitiket Mhala, seeking clarifications went unanswered. Meanwhile, Pramod Naik, joint director of the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), has issued a letter to Mhala, seeking an explanation by Tuesday afternoon. Naik told HT, as the college is autonomous, it conducts its exams and issues hall tickets through its own system....