Committee of Management Janta Inter College v. State of Uttarakhand
Case brief
What is this about?
BAN ON APPOINTMENTS IN GOVERNMENT-AIDED SCHOOLS SET ASIDE — Uttarakhand School Education Act 2006 (S.36, S.37; Regulations Ch.-II Reg.10, Reg.10(ka), Reg.18); RTE Act 2009 (S.3(2), S.6, S.8, S.9, S.25, Schedule — Pupil-Teacher Ratio); Article 21A, Constitution of India; Committee of Management; District Education Officer; Secretary, Secondary Education, Government of Uttarakhand; Government Order dated 19.09.2023; colourable exercise of power; coordinate-bench judgment dated 16.08.2023 in Writ Petition (M/S) No. 3231 of 2022 followed; writ petitions disposed on 03.09.2025 by Hon’ble Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari; connected matters include W.P.(M/S) Nos. 2471/2025, 2986/2024, 11/2025, 20/2025, 1396/2025, 1501/2025, 1605/2025, 1888/2025, 1890/2025, 2414/2025, 2415/2025, 2416/2025, 2424/2025, 2425/2025, 2426/2025, 2427/2025, 2523/2025 and W.P.(S/S) No. 968/2024.
What did the court decide?
Prayer (i) granted in substance: the order dated 19.09.2023 of the Secretary, Secondary Education banning appointments in Government Aided Educational Institutions is set aside. Authorities directed to deal with applications seeking permission to advertise vacancies as per law and pass necessary orders within four weeks of presentation of certified copy; liberty reserved to the competent authority to issue instructions to plug loopholes and ensure purely merit-based selections. With these observations, all the writ petitions stand disposed of.