Subhash Chandra Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Principal appointment; affiliated college; Anooplal Yadav Mahavidyalaya, Triveniganj, Supaul; B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura; Section 57(B), Bihar State Universities Act, 1976; revised statute for selection of Teachers and Principals; comparative marks 73 versus 42; U.G.C. regulation 55% in Post Graduate; upper age limit of sixty years; Chairman of Selection Committee cousin of appointee; malafide and bias; fair and impartial selection; enquiry directed by Vice Chancellor; eight weeks; reasoned and speaking order; C.W.J.C. No. 2463 of 2011; L.P.A. No. 1225 of 2016; CWJC No. 17513 of 2025; decided 03-02-2026; Harish Kumar, J.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to the Vice Chancellor, B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura to (i) examine the requisite qualification and eligibility of respondent no. 7 for the post of Principal in terms of the statutes and notification referred in the order, and (ii) cause an enquiry whether respondent nos. 5 and 6 are cousins of respondent no. 7 and whether the selection process was fair and impartial; entire exercise preferably within eight weeks; reasoned and speaking order expected. The impugned appointment was not quashed and the merits were not decided.