C/M Sri Triveni Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 35 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 19482 of 2023 Petitioner :- C/M Sri Triveni Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Mishra,Aniruddha Ojha Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C,Vineet Sankalp Hon'ble Vikas Budhwar,J.

¶1On the oral request of learned counsel for the writ petitioner he is permitted to implead Sampoornanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi through its Registrar as fourth respondent.

¶2Heard learned counsel for the parties.

¶3The case of the writ petitioner is that it is an institution by the name of Sri Triveni Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Daraganj, Prayagraj which has been established by the University Grants Commission, 1958 under the provisions of U.P. State Universities Act, 1973 as well as of the fourth respondent University stand applicable. According to the writ petitioner in pursuance of the Government Orders issued from time to time and various decisions, the selections have to be conducted pursuant to the nomination of the experts by the University.

¶4Prayer in the present petition is for a direction to the respondents to nominate the subject experts holding selections on the post of Principal in the institution in question.

¶5Learned Standing Counsel as well as Sri Vineet Sankalp, learned counsel who appears for respondents No. 3 and 4 submit that it is the respondent University who has to take an appropriate decision in this regard and the third respondent, Vice Chancellor, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi is an authority competent in that regard.

¶6Considering the submission of the rival parties as well as the stand taken them and in view of the nature of the relief sought, the writ petition is being disposed of granting liberty to the writ petitioner to approach the third respondent, Vice Chancellor, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi and after completing the formalities as prescribed under the statute and on the receipt of the same the third respondent shall take appropriate decision for nomination of subject experts for selection on the post of Principal within a period of three months.

¶7With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 23.11.2023 Rajesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad