JUDGMENT :

SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR, J.

1. This writ petition has been filed by one Mr. Arun Kumar Agrawal under Article 32 of the Constitution of India; seeks the issuance of a writ of quo warranto or any other direction against Mr. U.K. Sinha, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI’) and his consequential removal from the post of Chairman.

2. Stated concisely, the petitioner challenges the appointment of respondent No.4 on the following grounds :-

a) Mr. Sinha failed to fulfill one of the eligibility condition as laid down in sub-section (5) of Section 4 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’), as well as the qualification contained in Government communication, which required that the Chairman shall be a person of high integrity.

b) The appointment of respondent No.4 is the result of manipulation, misrepresentation and suppression of vital material before the Search-cum-Selection Committee and the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (hereinafter referred to as ‘ACC’).

c) The appointment of respondent No.4, a Chairman of SEBI, is mala fide.

3. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned counsel appe