JUDGMENT :

Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, J.

1. This appeal once again raises the continuing legal strife on behalf of the minority institutions claiming protection under Article 30 of the Constitution of India to urge that their inviolable protected rights are being infringed by an effort of the State by impinging upon their existing rights to continue to enjoy the status of a minority institution established and administered by a religious minority, without there being any violation of law or mismanagement or any concern of public or national interest. The litigation again brings to the fore an assertion of such rights by educational institutions claiming protection under Article 30 of the Constitution of India as against State control being imposed in the manner of recognition and continuing recognition of minority status of such institutions.

2. A learned single Judge allowed the petition of the respondent institution assailing the time limit of five years fixed by the State in the Government Order dated 16-07-2012 to the validity of a certificate recognising the minority status of the institution. This appeal has been preferred by the State, assailing the judgment dated 10.03.2016 of the