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70-06-11-2025
JUDGMENT :
SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.
1. Initially in present bunch of cases there were in all thirteen Writ Petitions, oldest being of year 2012 and latest being of year 2024. Dispute in present bunch of writ petitions is of a society named as “The Allahabad High School Society, Allahabad” a registered Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, probably registered in the year 1888 (bye-laws were registered in the year 1952), which runs two premier institutions situated at Prayagraj, namely “Boys High School and College” and “Girls High School and College.”
2. Writ-C No. 4121 of 2022 was decided vide order dated 03.04.2025 and Writ-C Nos. 31962 of 2012; 29001 of 2022; 30896 of 2022; and, 11959 of 2024 were decided vide orders dated 30.10.2025 and Writ-C No. 38374 of 2023 was de-tagged with the bunch vide order dated 30.10.2025. The aforesaid orders passed in respective writ petitions are reproduced hereinafter:
(I) Order dated 03.04.2025 in Writ-C No. 4121 of 2022:
“Sahi, Sankalp Narain, learned counsel for the petitioner states that no cause of action survives in the present petition and he prays that the writ petition may be dismissed as infructuous.
Consequently, the writ pe
A Manager of a Committee of Management cannot initiate a writ petition without prior authorization from the Committee, thus impacting the maintainability of such petitions.
The court affirmed that the Assistant Registrar must assess the bona fides of disputes before deciding on their referral to the Prescribed Authority under the Societies Registration Act.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the requirement of genuine rival claims or disputes and the need for prima facie material before the Registrar can validly exercise jurisdiction....
Elections for the Committee of Management of an educational institution must be conducted in accordance with the approved Scheme of Administration, and the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Intermediat....
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