Dibya Sundar Das v. State of Odisha
Writ Petition – Direction to University to announce MCA examination results
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack — W.P.(C) No.23867 of 2022, Dibya Sundar Das v. State of Odisha and others — Coram: Dixit Krishna Shripad, J. — Order dated 11.11.2025 — MCA examination results — University statutes timeline of three years plus two more years — no direction contrary to statutory provisions — estoppel plea against University rejected — Maharishi Dayanand University v. Surjeet Kaur (2010) 11 SCC 159 followed; Sanatan Gowda v. Berhampur University AIR 1990 SC 1075 referred by petitioner — writ petition dismissed, costs made easy.
What did the court decide?
This Court is broadly in agreement with the submission advanced by the Panel Counsel representing the University — that a court has no competence to issue a direction contrary to law or in contravention of statutory provisions, so the statutory timeline for the course governs — since the same has been the law declared consistently by the Apex Court in a catena of decisions including Maharishi Dayanand University.