Shiv Charitable Trust Thru. Its Trustee Shri Lal Babu Singh and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. of Technical Education Civil Sectt. Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9923 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shiv Charitable Trust Thru. Its Trustee Shri Lal Babu Singh And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Technical Education Civil Sectt. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Tanay Chaudhary,Mohd.Altaf Mansoor,Pallavi Singh,Sumit Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,D.K. Singh Chauhan,Ravi Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Nitin Mathur, learned Additional Chief Standing cousnel for the respondents no. 1 to 3, Shri Ravi Singh, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2 and Shri D. K. Singh Chauhan, learned cousnel for the respondent no. 4. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally decided. The instant writ petition has been filed praying for a writ of mandamus to be issued to the respondent no. 3 to extend the affiliation of the petitioner college for the academic session 2023-24 and the petitioner college be permitted to participate in the counselling conducted for making admission in Diploma in Pharmacy course and certain other reliefs. The contention of learned cousnel for the petitioner is that the petitioner had applied for affiliation which is still pending at the end of the respondent no. 3. It is prayed that a decision with regard to affiliation of the petitioner institution be taken within a specified time. Shri Nitin Mathur, learned counsel appearing for the respondents no.3 states that a decision would be taken expeditiously. Considering the aforesaid, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 3 to take a fresh decision for affiliation of the petitioner college for academic session 2023-24 in accordance with law and relevant rules within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Order Date :- 8.11.2023 J.K. Dinkar High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench