Patna High CourtCWJC/11391/2016dismissed

Jagannath University And ANR v. The Union Of India And ORS

2016-10-04Mr. Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11391 of 2016 ===========================================================

1. Jagannath University, Jaipur having registered office at NH-12, Chaksu Bypass, Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan represented through its Registrar, Tanmay Pattanayak.

2. Jagannath University, Bahadurgarh having registered office at State Highway 22, Bhadurgarh-Jhajjar Road Jhajjar, Haryana represented through its Registrar, Mr. Deepak Gupta.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.

2. The Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi.

3. The Director, The Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India, New Delhi.

4. The National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar through its Registrar.

5. The Central Seat Allocation Board-cum-Self Financed Technical Institutes represented through Director, National Institute of Technology, Patna, Biharcum-Chairman Central Seat Allocation Board. .... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate For UOI :

Mr. S.D. Sanjay, ASG For Res. Nos.4 & 5 :

Mr. Y.V. Giri, Senior Advocate =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 04-10-2016 The dispute arises out of a contract entered between respondent no.5 and the petitioners. The agreement is dated 23.06.2015. If there is breach of the said agreement, a writ under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not the answer for the petitioners.

Writ application is dismissed. But, dismissal of the writ application will not come in the way of the petitioners invoking

Patna High Court CWJC No.11391 of 2016 dt.04-10-2016 2 / 2 jurisdiction of other forums including jurisdictions of common law remedy.

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