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PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, RAJARSHI BHARADWAJ
Anupam Bera – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Prakash Shrivastava, C.J.
1. The petitioner being General Secretary of one Jatiyatabadi Adhyapak O Gabeshak Sangha, a registered society and organization of educationist, has filed the present public interest petition challenging the validity of West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 and West Bengal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014 and has prayed for writ of quo warranto questioning the appointments of respondent nos. 5 to 35 as Vice-Chancellors of different Universities within the State of West Bengal.
2. The plea of the petitioner is that the provisions of the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 (for short, ‘Act of 2012’) and West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014 (for short, ‘Act of 2014’) are ultra vires of the provisions of the Constitution of India, University Grants Commission Act and the UGC Regulations of 2010 and 2018. Further plea of the petitioner is that the respondent Vice-Chancellors have been appointed either by a Search Committee which was not properly constituted or without constituting any such Committee. Some of the appointments are also being challenged on the ground that they do not fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria o
The UGC Regulations, 2018 prevail over the conflicting provisions of the concerned State Universities Act relating to the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.
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The appointment of Vice-Chancellors must comply with statutory provisions and UGC regulations, ensuring lawful and independent decision-making by the Chancellor.
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