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Reportable HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR Judgment reserved on : 28.10.2026 Judgment delivered on: 03.11.2026 Judgment (Full) uploaded on 3.11.2026 D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1153/2024 CNR: RJHC010056572024 | URN: CW / 2422U / 2024 Vijay Singh Sheron S/o Shri Lal, Aged About 39 Years, C/o Shri Andaram Patel, Near Main Temple, Lordi Panditji Village, Karwar, Jodhpur-342307 (Raj.)

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary Higher Education, State Secretariat, Bhagwan Das Road, Jaipur.

2. The Secretary, Department Of Home, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur.

3. The Chancellor, Sardar Patel University Of Police, Security And Criminal Justice, Jodhpur, Through Its Secretary, Government House, Civil Lines, Jaipur.

4. Sardar Patel University Of Police, Security And Criminal Justice, Jodhpur, Through Its Registrar, Near Main Temple, Lordi Panditji Village, Karwar, Jodhpur-342307.

5. University Grants Commission, Through Its Secretary, Bahdurshad Zafar Marg New Delhi-111002.

6. Dr. Alok Tripathi, Vice-Chancellor, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur, Near Main Temple, Lordi Panjitji, Village Karwar, Jodhpur-

342307 ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Satya Prakash Sharma with Ms. Mamta Joshi For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajesh Joshi, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. Venkat Poonia Mr. Ravindra Jala for Mr. S.S. Ladrecha, AAG Mr. Deepak Chandak, AAAG for Mr. B.L. Bhati, AAG Mr. Akshay Nagori HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINIT KUMAR MATHUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR SHARMA

Order

BY THE COURT: (PER HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VINIT KUMAR MATHUR)

1. The present public interest litigation has been preferred by the petitioner assailing the constitutional validity of Section 11(1) of the Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur Act, 2012 (Act No. 32 of 2012), which received the assent of the His Excellency the Governor on 14.10.2012, as well as the legality and validity of the advertisement dated 12.12.2023, issued for appointment to the post of Vice-Chancellor of the respondent-University.

2. The grievance of the petitioner is that Section 11(1) Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 2012’) does not prescribe the requisite eligibility criteria for appointment to the post of Vice-Chancellor and, allegedly, fails to ensure compliance with the regulations framed by the University Grants Commission,2018. It is contended that the provision confers unguided discretion upon the Chancellor to appoint a person as Vice-Chancellor without adherence to the requisite academic qualifications and eligibility conditions prescribed under the applicable regulatory framework. On these grounds, the petitioner has questioned the validity of the statutory provision and the consequential advertisement as being arbitrary and contrary to the applicable legal framework and consequently, the prayer has been made for removal of respondent No.6 from the post of Vice Chancellor of the Sardar Patel University of Police.

3. At the outset, learned counsel appearing for the respondents raised a preliminary objection with respect to the maintainability of the writ petition on the account of non-disclosure of the pendency of criminal cases against the petitioner in the wake of Rule 385F of the Rajasthan High Court Rules, 1952.

4. After raising of the preliminary objection by the learned counsel for the respondents, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has made the following submissions:

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that respondent No. 6, who is presently holding the post of Vice-Chancellor of Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur (hereinafter referred to as ‘the respondent-University’), does not possess the requisite qualifications prescribed under the University Grants