HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition Misc. Single No.647 of 2026

23rd March, 2026 Satendra Chandra Gudiya Law College ……….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and another ……….Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Mr. Dushyant Mainali, learned counsel for the petitioner.

Mr. N.S. Pundir, learned D.A.G. for the State/respondent no.1.

Ms. Vidushi Pandey, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Navin Paneru, learned counsel for the respondent no.2, through video conferencing.

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Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J.

This writ petition has been filed under Article

226 of the Constitution of India, by the petitioner-Law College. In the year 2022, the petitioner-College applied for affiliation for two year LL.M. course before respondent no.2- Kumaon University. An inspection was carried out by the officials of respondent no.2-Kumaon University, on 27.06.2022, and thereafter a recommendation was made by respondent no.2-Kumaon University to grant affiliation for 30 students in the two year LL.M. course in the petitioner-

College on the same date.

2. Learned counsel for the pet