Hemlata Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9983 of 2023 ====================================================== Hemlata Kumari, W/o Sri Chandeshwar Prasad Kushwaha, Resident of village- Bankat Puraina, P.O.- Puraina, P.S. and District- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna.

2.

The Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3.

The Vice-chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

4.

The Registrar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

5.

The Examination Controller, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shashi Bhushan Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Roy 1, SC- 13 Mr. Jai Prabhat Kishore, AC to SC-13 For the University :

Mr. Md. Nadim Seraj, Advocate Mr. Shahbaj Alam, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 07-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and Mr. Md. Nadim Seraj, learned counsel for the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga (hereinafter referred to as the 'University').

2. The petitioner in the present case is seeking a direction to the respondent authorities to accept the research thesis of the petitioner for awarding her Ph.D. degree. She has further prayed for conducting the viva and provide her the award of Ph.D. degree in case she is declared successful in the viva-voce.

Patna High Court CWJC No.9983 of 2023(3) dt.07-08-2023 2/2

3. The University has filed a counter affidavit. In paragraph '6' of the counter affidavit, a specific statement has been made that the claim of the petitioner has been allowed. She has been allowed to submit her thesis along with requisite fee through proper channel with all required documents.

4. Learned counsel for the University has placed before this Court Annexure 'R3/A' which is Letter No. Ph.D. 1493/2023 dated 27.07.2023 issued under the signature of the Deputy Controller of Exams (Research) to the petitioner requesting her to submit her Ph.D. thesis.

5. In the aforesaid view of the matter, this writ application has become infructuous and is being disposed of accordingly.

(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) lekhi/- U