REGENT COMPUTRONICS PVT. LTD.

VIJAY LAKSHMI Appellant

V/S

PUNJAB UNIVERSITY Respondents

Referred Judgements :-

B. R. ACHARYA V. STATE OF GUJARAT [REFERRED 10]
YUSUF ABDUL AZIZ VS. STATE OF BOMBAY [REFERRED]
M R BALAJI THE MYSORE STATE CHATHADA VAISH NAYA ASSOCIATION MYSORE ARYA VYSYA MAHASABHA BANGALORE VS. STATE OF MYSORE [REFERRED]
WESTERN M P ELECTRIC POWER AND SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [REFERRED]
STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR VS. TRILOKI NATH KHOSA [REFERRED]
AIR INDIA LIMITED VS. NERGESH MEERZA [REFERRED]
ST STEPHENS COLLEGE VS. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI [REFERRED]
TOGURU SUDHAKAR REDDY VS. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [REFERRED]
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH VS. P B VIJAYAKUMAR [REFERRED]
UNION OF INDIA VS. K P PRABHAKARAN [REFERRED]
DATTATRAYA MOTIRAM MORE VS. STATE OF BOMBAY [REFERRED]

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Preference given to a woman for being appointed as a Principal of the Government College for Girls is held to be violative of Arts. 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India.- On the face of it, it appears that such reservation in favour of a woman for being appointed as Principal of exclusive Girls College cannot be held to be violative of right to equality.

(2.) However, this question is required to be decided in view of the judgment rendered by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Writ Petition No. 11694 of 1994 holding that Rules providing reservation/preference in favour of a woman is violative of Arts. 15 and 16 of the Constitution. That judgment is challenged by filing this appeal.

(3.) For this purpose, the High Court interpreted Rules 5, 8 and 10 of the Punjab University Calendar Volume III, which are as under :-

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VIJAY LAKSHMI Vs. PUNJAB UNIVERSITY

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