St.Joseph'S G.H.School, Purana v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9349 of 2008 ===========================================================

1. St. Joseph's Girls High School, Purana Bhojpur, Buxar, through its Secretary, Fr. Jose Madathezhath, resident of Catholic Church, Purana Bhojpur, Police Station Dumraon, District Buxar .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Department of Human Resources Development, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna

2. The Secretary -cum- Commissioner, Department of Human Resource Development, Government of Bihar, Patna

3. The Director, Secondary Education, Department of Human Resource Development, Government of Bihar, New Secretariate, Patna .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : NONE For the Respondent/s : Mr. (AAG3) =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH JUDGMENT AND ORDER ORAL Date: 25-04-2017 There is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Yesterday also, on repeated call, no one turned up to represent the petitioner.

2. The sole petitioner claims to be Christian Minority High School, established and administered by the Shahabad Parish Society, a society established by the Catholic Diocese of Patna. The School was granted recognition as Minority School in the year 2007 by the State Government of Bihar.

3. The petitioner seeks quashing of the conditions laid down in the orders of recognition so granted to the said

Patna High Court CWJC No.9349 of 2008 dt.25-04-2017 2/2 school. The recognition to minority schools is granted under Chapter-V of the Bihar Non-Government Secondary Schools (Taking Over of Control and Management) Act, 1981. Section 18, under Chapter V of the said Act, lays down provisions to regulate, management and control of such minority institutions, which cannot be said to be unreasonable.

4. This application has no merit and is, accordingly, dismissed.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE N.A.

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