Disposed

Shaswati Sinha v. Directorate of Education and Anr.

Delhi HC4 Apr 2018W.P.(C)/3192/2018

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Petitioner challenged removal as school Secretary and ongoing dispute over her position. Court disposed of petition directing school management to resolve the impasse regarding her appointment to ensure timely salary disbursement.

What did the court decide?

Disposed of petition and application, directing petitioner to file a specific complaint with Directorate of Education within two weeks.

Shaswati Sinha Vs Directorate of Education and Anr. — Education and Admissions | Delhi HC (2018)

¶1

$~20

¶2

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

¶3

% Date of Order : April 04, 2018

¶4

W.P.(C) 3192/2018 & CM No.12649/2018

¶5

SHASWATI SINHA ..... Petitioner Through: Mr.Sanjoy Kumar Ghosh, Advocate

¶6

versus

¶7

DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION AND ANR. ..... Respondents Through: Mr.Subrahmanyam BKV, Advocate

¶8

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR

¶9

O R D E R (ORAL)

¶10

Petitioner claims to have been duly elected as Secretary-cum-Manager of the respondent-school in December, 2016 but she was removed from the said position on 20^th March, 2017 and in this regard, petitioner had made a complaint to respondent-Directorate of Education who vide order of 23^rd October, 2017 ( Annexure-C ) has declared that the removal of petitioner as Secretary-cum-Manager of the respondent-school is not as per rules and the school management was directed to follow the rules and approved scheme of management. Grievance of petitioner is that the Managing Committee of respondent-school is insisting upon Mr.Joy Mukherjee to officiate as Secretary-cum-Manager of the Managing Committee of the respondentschool, despite it being resolved in the minutes of meeting of 29^th January, 2018 ( Annexure-F ) that petitioner is to function as Secretary-cum-Manager of the Managing Committee of the respondent-school. In this regard,

¶11

W.P.(C) No.3231/2018

¶12

Page 1

¶13

petitioner has not made any grievance to the Directorate of Education.

¶14

In the facts and circumstances of this case, it is deemed appropriate to dispose of this petition and the application with permission to petitioner to make a complaint to the Directorate of Education in respect of communication of 31^st January, 2018 ( Annexure-G ) inter-se the Managing Committee of the school and its Principal, regarding Mr.Joy Mukherjee functioning as Secretary-cum-Manager of the Managing Committee of the respondent-school. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that a complaint in this regard would be made to the Directorate of Education within two weeks. If such a complaint is received by Directorate of Education, then it be effectively dealt with, within a period of four weeks and its fate be made known to petitioner within a week thereafter, so that petitioner may avail of the remedy as available in law, if need be.

¶15

Directorate of Education be apprised of this order forthwith to ensure its compliance. Needless to say that respondent-Directorate of Education shall ensure that the impasse created due to the impugned communication of 31^st January, 2018 ( Annexure-G ) is resolved at the earliest, so that the salary of the school staff is promptly dispersed.

¶16

With aforesaid directions, this petition and the application are disposed of.

¶17

Copy of this order be given dasti to learned counsel for petitioner.

¶18

(SUNIL GAUR) JUDGE

¶19

APRIL 04, 2018 mamta

¶20

W.P.(C) No.3231/2018

¶21

Page 2

Shaswati Sinha v. Directorate of Education and Anr.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Shaswati Sinha v. Directorate of Education and Anr.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

A compact analysis

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Nilofer Rizvi Vs Jamia Millia Islamia & Ors.

Satya Pal Batra Vs D.D.A.

Sh. Shyam Vs Motilal Nehru College (Evening) and Anr.

Krishan Gopal Bakshi Vs Delhi Development Authority

Sh. Dhanpal Vs Land and Building Department and Anr.

Delhi Jal Board Vs Vimal Kumar

Dev Narayan Vs the Mgmt.of M/S Auto Precision

Rajender Kumar Sharma Vs North Delhi Municipal Corporation

Nilofer Rizvi Vs Jamia Millia Islamia & Ors.

Sh. Shyam Vs Motilal Nehru College (Evening) and Anr.

NTPC Executives Federation of India (Nefi) through Its Secretary General Shri v K Sharma Vs NTPC Ltd.

Pramod Popli Vs Saumya Gupta

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Vs Union of India and Anr.

Binod Kumar Singh Vs Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and Anr.