Ms. Naina Dwivedi v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Medical Education, Lucknow and 5 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 8434 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ms. Naina Dwivedi Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Medical Education, Lucknow And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Syed Aftab Ahmad,Asma Shamim Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Dharmendra Kumar Dixit,Shubham Tripathi Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 1, Sri Shubham Tripathi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents no. 2 & 3 and Sri Asit Kumar Chaturvedi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Kirti B. Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents no. 4 & 5.

¶2No notice need be issued to the respondent no. 6 taking into consideration the nature of order proposed to be passed.

¶3Admittedly, against the order impugned dated 30.08.2023, a copy of which is annexure 1 to the writ petition, the petition has a remedy of filing of an appeal before the respondent no. 5 i.e The Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi within a period of sixty days in terms of Clause 12 of the Guidelines for Ethics in Research and in Governance.

¶4Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to the pursue the remedy of appeal as provided under Clause 12 of the Guidelines for Ethics in Research and in Governance. It is provided that in case an appeal is filed within a period of two weeks from today then the appellate authority shall consider the same and pass a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law after giving due opportunity of hearing to all the concerned parties within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of said appeal along with certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 18.10.2023 Pachhere/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench