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The Securitisation And Reconstruction Of Financial Assets And Enforcement Of Security Interest Act, 2002
Section 32 in The Meghalaya Co-operative Societies Act [Entire Act]
Article 136 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Section 509 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Union Of India & Ors vs B.V.Gopinath on 5 September, 2013
12. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the
petitioners' service are governed by the Statute 28 of the
College Code which has statutory force having been framed
under the C. G. Vishvidyalaya Adhiniyum 1973. To
substantiate this submission he has referred to the judgment of
the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of "Prabhakar
Ramakrishna Jodh -vs- A.L. Pande & other " : 1965 (2)
SCR 713 and would submit that since the respondents have
violated the statutory provisions of the Statute 28 which
provides procedure for conducting enquiry, thus the enquiry is
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bad in law and has been conducted in violation of Principle of
Natural Justice also as such writ petition is maintainable before
this Court. It has also been contended that the punishment
order has been issued by incompetent person as the appointing
authority for the petitioners would be governing body. To
substantiate this submission they have referred to Rule 8(1)(d)
and 30(1) of the Statute 28 and the judgment of Hon'ble
Supreme Court in case of Union of India vs. V. V. Gopinath
{AIR 2014 SC 88}, State of U.P. vs. Saroj Kumar Sinha
{2010 (2) SCC 772}, State of Uttarnchal and Others vs.
Kharak Singh {2008 (8) SCC 236} and judgment of Hon'ble
Division Bench of this Court in case of Gupteshwar Prasad
Sinha vs. State of M.P. {M.C.C. No. 36/2005 dated 04-09-
2014}. It has also been contended that the termination order
has been imposed without approval of Executive Council of the
University which is also violation of Section 31 (3) of the Statue
State Of U.P. & Ors vs Saroj Kumar Sinha on 2 February, 2010
Thus, while it can be said that this Court has
recognised some exceptions to the rule of
alternative remedy i.e. where the statutory
authority has not acted in accordance with the
provisions of the enactment in question, or in
defiance of the fundamental principles of
judicial procedure, or has resorted to invoke
the provisions which are repealed, or when an
order has been passed in total violation of the
principles of natural justice, the proposition laid
down in Thansingh Nathmal case AIR 1964 SC
1419, Titaghur Paper Mills case (1983) 2
SCC 433 , 1983 SCC (Tax) 131 and other
similar judgments that the High Court will not
entertain a petition under Article 226 of the
Constitution if an effective alternative remedy
is available to the aggrieved person or the
statute under which the action complained of
has been taken itself contains a mechanism
for redressal of grievance still holds the field.
Therefore, when a statutory forum is created
by law for redressal of grievances, a writ
petition should not be entertained ignoring the
statutory dispensation."
St. Marys Education Society vs Rajendra Prasad Bhargava on 24 August, 2022
-28. Thus, the termination is void-ab-initio and the submission
raised by the respondents that the petitioners have alternate
remedy of filing appeal also deserves to be rejected. The
learned counsel for the petitioners to substantiate this
submission has referred to paragraph 69 of the judgment
passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in case of St. Mary's
Education Society and Others vs. Rajendra Prasad
Bhargav and Others {AIR Online 2022 SC 1324} and would
pray for allowing the writ petitions.
Phoenix Arc Private Limited vs Vishwa Bharati Vidya Mandir on 12 January, 2022
24. The petitioners have alternate remedy of filing appeal under
Rule 32, without exhausting the alternate statutory remedy
available the writ petition is not maintainable as per law laid
down by the Hon'ble Surpeme Court in case of Foenix (supra).
Hon'ble Supreme Court in paragraphs No. 18 to 20 has held as
under :-