Dismissed

Director, College Education v. Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.G. College

Rajasthan HC9 Jan 2026SAW/767/2025

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What is this about?

Belated departmental appeals challenging consent orders on grant-in-aid were dismissed following an earlier coordinate-bench order which had found delay condonation reasons misconceived where the Single Judge's order was a consent disposal relying on prior orders.

What did the court decide?

Appeals dismissed; pending applications disposed of.

Director, College Education Vs Managing… — Education and Admissions | Rajasthan HC (2026)

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

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D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 678/2025

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Director, College Education, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur.

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----Appellant

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Versus

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Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.g. College, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Sh. Raj Kumar Bose.

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Managing Committee, Nirmal Sethia Charitable Trust, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Its Secretary.

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Smt. Manju Harijan W/o Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Aged About 45 Years, R/o Harijan Basti, Matasari Ka Mandir Ke Pass, Sujangarh, Rajasthan Churu.

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----Respondents

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Connected With

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D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 691/2025

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Director, College Education, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur.

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----Appellant

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Versus

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Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.g. College, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Sh. Raj Kumar Bose.

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Managing Committee, Nirmal Sethia Charitable Trust, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Its Secretary

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Dr. Nidhi Shrivastava, W/o Sh. Sudhir Kumar, Aged About 61 Years, R/o Haridev Joshi Government Girls College, Banswara, Rajasthan.

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----Respondents

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D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 730/2025

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Director, College Education, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur.

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----Appellant

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Versus

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1. Managing Committee, Smt Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.g. College, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Sh. Raj Kumar Bose.

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Managing Committee, Nirmal Sethia Charitable Trust, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Its Secretary.

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Yadvendra Trivedi S/o Sh. Mahesh Chandra Trivedi, Aged About 54 Years, R/o Behind Railway Mal Godown, Ward No. 40, Sujangarh, Churu, Rajasthan.

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----Respondents

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D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 754/2025

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Director, College Education, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur.

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----Appellant

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Versus

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Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.g. College, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Sh. Raj Kumar Bose.

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Managing Committee, Nirmal Sethia Charitable Trust, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Its Secretary.

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Dr Mona Alambain W/o Sh. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Aged About 57 Years, R/o Opposite Bangali Mandir, Rani Bazar, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

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----Respondents

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D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 755/2025

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Director, College Education, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur.

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----Appellant

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Versus

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Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.g.college, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Sh. Raj Kumar Bose.

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Managing Committee, Nirmal Sethia Charitable Trust, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Its Secretary.

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Dr. Champa Agarwal W/o Sh. Kaushal Kishor Jain, Aged About 45 Years, R/o Government College, Bundi, Rajasthan.

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----Respondents

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D.B. Civil Special Appeal Writ No. 767/2025

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Director, College Education, Shiksha Sankul, Jln Marg, Jaipur

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----Appellant

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Versus

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Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.g. College, Sujangarh, Churu, Through Sh. Raj Kumar Bose.

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Managing Committee, Nirmal Sethia Charitable Trust, Sujangarh, District Churu, Through Its Secretary

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Dr. Rukmani Devi W/o Sh. Sanjay Kulshreshta, Aged About 53 Years, R/o 769, New Kotagoan Colony, G.t Road, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) 201001

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----Respondents

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For Appellant(s) : Mr. Sachin Singh Rathore, AAAG For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vivek Dangi Mr. Ishwar Lal Jain

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HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SANGEETA SHARMA Order

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09/01/2026

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Heard.

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Most of the appeals are belated.

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Learned counsel for the respondents has placed before us the order passed by this Court in D.B. Special Appeal Writ No.683/2025-Director, College Education Vs. Managing Committee and Ors. decided on 29.08.2025, wherein following order has been passed:

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“1.The appeal being belated, an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act has been filed, wherein it is stated that the delay has occurred as on analyzing the facts and circumstances of each institution, it was found that they were already having the advantage of excess grant-in-aid and after making due assessment of the years-long record of the institutions, it was found that the learned Single Judge was erroneous in that sense and the impugned order is thereby required to be assailed.

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2. We find the reasons to be wholly misconceived. The order dated 08.07.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge impugned before us in the appeal, is a consent order and it would be apposite to quote the order as under:-

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"Since the issue involved in these writ petitions is common, they are being tagged.

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As agreed and requested by the learned counsels for the respective parties, these writ petitions are disposed of in terms of order dated 17.02.2022 passed by this Court in S.B. Review Petition (Writ) No.300/2017 in SB Civil Writ Petition No.1556/2017: Managing Committee, S.S. Jain Subodh Shiksha Samiti & Anr. versus Om Prakash Verma & Anr. and other connected matters and modified by this Court vide order dated 14.10.2022 passed in S.B. Writ Miscellaneous Application No.226/2022 in SB Civil Writ Petition No.8665/2019: Managing Committee, Shri Pragya Mahavidyalaya, Bijainagar, Ajmer & Anr. versus Dr. Chandra Prakash Gupta & Anr. and other connected matters.

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Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. "

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3. In view of above, we find that the learned Single Judge has only relied on the earlier orders passed and that to on the consent given by the counsel for the appellant, no error

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can be said to have been committed on merits as well on delay, appeal is dismissed.

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4. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of.”

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In similar appeals also i.e. D.B. Special Appeal Writ Nos.688/2025, 689/2025, 687/2025, 690/2025, 692/2025, 703/2025, 697/2025, 685/2025, 686/2025, 684/2025, 681/2025 and 696/2025, similar orders have been passed.

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In view of the above, these appeals are also dismissed. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

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(SANGEETA SHARMA),J

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(SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA), ACTING CJ

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Director, College Education v. Managing Committee, Smt. Sona Devi Sethia (Girls) P.G. College

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