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2022 Supreme(All) 1616

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
Committee of Management, Shiraze Hind Inter College and another – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. and others - Respondents
Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 9763 of 2021
Decided on : 30-03-2022

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Raees Ahamad and Sanjay Kumar Om
For the Respondent: Rahul Mishra and Shahla Naz

Headnote:

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 30 – Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 379, 419, 420, 506 – Right to Information Act – U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board Act, 1982 – U.P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921 – Section 16(G)(7) – Criminal Case – Order of termination – Petitioner by means of present writ petition has assailed order passed by respondent No. 3 by which he has stayed order of termination of respondent No. 4 subject to the decision of Criminal Case , under Sections 379, 419, 420 and 506 I.P.C. and directed the petitioner to submit salary bills of respondent No. 4 – Held, Court finds that as admittedly, petitioner's college is a minority college, therefore, District Inspector of School has no jurisdiction to pass order – Now, coming to judgment relied upon by learned counsel for respondents in case of Principal Inter College (supra) – Perusal of paragraphs 32 to 35 of said judgment on which reliance has been placed by learned counsel for respondents does not indicate that Apex Court has held that District Inspector of School has jurisdiction to interfere with power of management of a minority institution to take disciplinary action against their staff –Perusal of aforesaid paragraphs further indicates that Apex Court has elaborated that regulations framed for benefit of public at large and for minority institution don't impinge right of minority to run minority institution under Article 30 of Constitution of India, but it does not deal with a situation as in present case – Writ petition allowed.

JUDGMENT :

Saral Srivastava, J.

Heard Sri S.K. Om, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos. 1 to 3 and Sri Rahul Mishra, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4.

2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition has assailed the order dated 25.2.2021 passed by respondent No. 3 by which he has stayed the order of termination of respondent No. 4 subject to the decision of Criminal Case No. 141 of 2020, under Sections 379, 419, 420 and 506 I.P.C. and directed the petitioner to submit salary bills of respondent No. 4.

3. The petitioner is Committee of Management of Shiraze Hind Inter College, Murki, Kerakat, District Jaunpur (hereinafter referred to as 'college'). The said college is recognized and aided intermediate college governed by the provision of U.P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921 (hereinafter referred to as 'Act, 1921') and also U.P. Act No. 24 of 1971. The petitioner claims that the college is a minority college and the provision of U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board Act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as 'Act, 1982') is not applicable to the college being minority college.

4. The respondent No. 4-Ashutosh Kumar Singh was appointed as Assistant Teacher on 4.8.2010 in the college. The respondent No. 4 failed to discharge his duties properly as he was involved in groupism, politics and also trying to control the management of the college which effected the study of the students and future of the students of the college was at stake.

5. The respondent No. 4 was issued a show-cause notice by the petitioner which was replied by the respondent No. 4 on 10.2.2020. The reply of respondent No. 4 was placed before the petitioner for consideration. The petitioner found the reply of respondent No. 4 to the show-cause notice unsatisfactory and consequently, suspension order dated 17.2.2020 was issued against respondent No. 4.

6. Thereafter, disciplinary committee on 5.5.2020 issued charge-sheet against the respondent No. 4 levelling six charges, which reads as under;-

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7. The respondent No. 4 submitted reply to the aforesaid charge-sheet on 9.5.2020. The respondent No. 4 was aware of the fact that college was minority college and Section 16(G)(7) of the Act, 1921 is not applicable yet he wrote a letter dated 11.5.2020 to respondent No. 3-District Inspector of Schools, Jaunpur.

8. On receiving the letter of respondent No. 4, the respondent No. 3-District Inspector of School passed an order dated 11.5.2020 directing the petitioner to submit salary bills of respondent No. 4 as the suspension order became inoperative on expiry of 60 days in absence of approval of respondent No. 3 in view of Section 16 (G) (7) of the Act, 1921.

9. In the reply to the charge-sheet, the respondent No. 4 denied all the charges levelled against him. However, disciplinary committee did not find the reply of respondent No.

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