JUDGMENT :

Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh, J.

1. Heard Sri S.C. Mishra, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Ayush Chaudhary, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Shailendra Kumar Singh, learned Chief Standing Counsel and Sri Vivek Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the opposite party no.5, Sri Krishna Lal Yadav, learned counsel for the opposite party no.1 and Sri Shashank Bhasin, learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 2 to 4.

2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have assailed the order dated 26.02.2024 bearing no. CBSE/Aff. No. 2130934/E-35280/2024 whereby, the affiliation of the petitioners’ school has been withdrawn, while holding it that the petitioners’ school is found responsible for violation of the provisions envisaged under clause 12.2.1, 12.2.11 and 12.2.12 of the affiliation bye-laws.

3. The factual matrix of the case is that the petitioner no. 1, i.e., B.S.S. Public School, Raebareli (hereinafter referred to as an 'Institution'), is an academic institution, established in the year 1987 and is being run by the petitioner no. 2 society, which is a registered society under Societies Registration Act, 1860. The school was granted