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RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD
Shashi Bhushan – Appellant
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Lalit Narayan Mithila University – Respondent
Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.—Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned senior counsel for the Bihar State University Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Commission’), the University and the State of Bihar.
2. These cases are though listed under the heading ‘For Judgment’ but at this stage also, this Court has heard learned counsel for the parties. Mr. P.K. Shahi, learned Senior Advocate has entered appearance on behalf of the Commission and assisted this Court.
3. These writ applications are involving a common issue, therefore, as agreed by the parties, all these matters have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
For sake of clarity on facts, this Court would briefly mention the facts of each of the writ applications hereunder:—
CWJC No.20839 of 2021
4. There are altogether six petitioners in this case who are seeking a direction in the nature of a writ of mandamus to the respondent University to declare the petitioners eligible for appointment in the subject of Botany against the Advertisement No.PTT-01/2021 dated 18.08.2021. They are also praying for a writ in the nature of a writ of Certiorari to quash and cancel the list of candi
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Courts have a limited role in academic matters and cannot act as an appellate authority over the decisions of expert bodies unless there is evidence of arbitrariness or mala fide.
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a candidate for recruitment to any post must possess the requisite qualification statutorily prescribed and the Court exercising the power of judicial review cannot expand upon the ambit of prescribe....
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