The High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Patna University Act, 2012. The court directed petitioners not to be reverted pending the outcome of a related Supreme Court appeal.
Petitioners directed not to be reverted pending disposal of SLPs 9234-9237/2014.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17758 of 2013
.... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, Through The Principal Secretary, Education Department, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna
.... .... Respondent/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. RajeshKumar Verma For the University : Mrs. Soni Srivastava For the respondents : Mr.Ranjeet Kumar, J.C. to P.A.A.G ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)
Patna High Court CWJC No.17758 of 2013 (2) dt.01-05-2015
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petitioners, Mrs.Soni Srivastava, learned counsel for the University and Mr.Ranjeet Kumar, J.C. to P.A.A.G.
Both the counsel have brought to our notice that the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the very Act was challenged in C.W.J.C.No. 4395 of 2013 batch and through judgment dated 06.01.2014 this Court dismissed the writ petitions. It is also brought to our notice that Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos. 9234-9237/2014 are pending before the Hon’ble Supreme
Court against the said common judgment of the High Court, referred to above, and that an ad interim order was passed to the effect that the appellants therein shall not be reverted from the post held by them at the relevant time.
In view of this, the writ petition is dismissed, but we direct that the petitioners herein shall not be reverted till the disposal of aforesaid S.L.P.Nos. 9234-9237/2014 pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The nature of the steps to be taken against them would depend upon the purport of the order, which the Supreme Court may pass.
B.Roy/-
(L. Narasimha Reddy,CJ)
(Sudhir Singh, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition against the Patna University (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2012 should be dismissed in view of a common judgment in a batch petition and pending Supreme Court appeals?
Kanchan Sinha
Jai Hind Pandit
The State Of Bihar
Patna University
Narasimha Reddy
Sudhir Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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