JUDGMENT :

MEENAKSHI MADAN RAI, J.

1. The Petitioner, by filing the instant Writ Petition, seeks the following reliefs:

(a) Writ or Direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing the written Communication, dated 08.08.2018 (Annexure P-8), issued by the Human Resource Development Department, Government of Sikkim.

(b) Writ or Direction in the nature of Mandamus declaring the Degree, Master of Arts in Mathematics, obtained by the Petitioner from the Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management University, Sikkim, as legal, genuine and valid for all purposes.

(c) Further orders as this Court may consider necessary.

2. The Petitioner assails the Communication, dated 08.08.2018, vide which the State-Respondents No. 1 and 2 informed the Respondent No. 4-C.M.P. College, Allahabad University, where the Petitioner was employed, that Master of Arts in Mathematics [for short, M.A. (Math)] is not a recognized Course in the University Grants Commission (UGC)/Distance Education Council (DEC) for the Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management University, Sikkim (EIILM University). Therefore, the Degree of the Petitioner in the subject was neither valid nor genuine.

3. Learned Coun