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In Re: W.P. No. 3226 (W) of 2012

8. The facts in this case are similar to the facts involved in W.P. No. 22032(w) of 2011. However, this case relates to the Prafulla Chandra College, Gariahat. Fourteen (14) Writ Petitioners have filed this Writ Petition with a statement that they are willing to contest the forthcoming students' election for the Session 2012-13. It is their case that the College had issued a Notice on 19.1.2012 notifying that a students' Union election would be held as per the Schedule contained therein. They have also stated that the Writ Petitioners went to the College to collect their nomination forms on 30.1.12. They were threatened by a number of outsiders who blocked the entry to the College and when efforts were made to enter into the College, they manhandled some of the Petitioners. The Petitioners lodged a Complaint being Lake P. S. Case No. 35 dated 31.1.2012 but the Police remained inactive and did not take any action. Thereafter, complaints were again lodged with the same Police Station on 1.2.2012 when they were prevented for the second time from entering into the College to obtain the nomination forms for contesting the elections.

Paragraph 2 describes them as espousing the cause of "maintaining academic discipline in the College campus" with a further qualification that they are looking after the interests of the students at large and have formed a Democratic Students Organization known as the "Baam Chatra Aikya (SFI, AISF, PSU and AISB)". Let it be recorded that the word "Baam" in Bengali means, "Left".

11. The Petitioner No. 1 is the Union Secretary of the AISF Organization in the Jhargram Raj College and the Petitioner nos. 2 to 4 are proposed candidates who wish to contest the students' election belonging to the said "Bam Chatra Aikya". According to the Petitioners, they represent 33 candidates contesting the students' election.

13. In CAN No. 1143 of 2012, one Soumen Acharya has prayed that he be added as a party respondent. He has stated that the Petitioners have filed the Writ Petition in collusion with some political parties with an ulterior motive of scuttling the students' election.

In Re: W.P. No. 21691 (W) of 2011 with CAN No. 622 of 2012

14. This Writ Petition has been filed by nine (9) students of the Dinobandhu Andrews College, Baishnabghata, P.O. Garia. They have also stated that they are willing to contest the forthcoming students' election on the basis of an election Notice issued on 7.12.2011. In Paragraph 5, these Petitioners have stated that the anti-social elements, in collusion and connivance with the local Police Station, physically prevented the Petitioners from entering the College premises and these "hooligans sponsored by ruling party" physically tortured the Petitioners and as such, 21 students received injuries and were admitted to hospital for treatment. They have also stated that the College authorities as well as Officers of the local Police Station were merely playing the role of silent spectators.

You may be aware of the Media reports about disturbance in some of the colleges in connection with holding of the Students' Election. Such elections are held as per regulatory framework laid down in the Statute/Ordinance/Regulations of the universities. It is felt that such regulatory framework needs to be revised to align it with the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India issued on 22nd September, 2006 wherein Hon'ble Supreme Court has directed that the recommendations of the committee under Shri J. M. Lyngdoh be implemented. It is requested that your University may kindly take necessary action in this regard so that the consequent modified regulatory framework is ready by June 2012 so that the Students' Election in the next academic year (2012-13) can be held as per such modified framework. If it is felt by the University that assistance of West Bengal State Council of Higher Education is needed in preparing/modifying such framework, the Council may be approached with suitable proposal.