Elections are also to be held in six other city colleges Friday.

Meanwhile, Chandigarh police registered a case against several students of DAV College in Sector 10 here for creating ruckus in the college Thursday.

'Members of various students' political groups clashed in the campus over some election dispute. Following this, some miscreants created ruckus in the college premises and damaged the college property. Four students sustained injuries during the melee,' Har Sahai Sharma, investigating officer of the case, told IANS.

'We have registered a case against unknown miscreants and started our investigation,' he added.

Panjab University is one of the oldest universities in India, having been established in 1882 at Lahore. In 1956, it was relocated at Chandigarh.