LAWS(SC)-2013-3-53

DAYANAND ANGLO VEDIC Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided On March 22, 2013
Dayanand Anglo Vedic Appellant
V/S
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The appellant Dayanand Anglo Vedic (DAV) College Trust and Management Society has challenged the order dated 24.2.2010 passed by a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court in Writ Petition No.1053 of 2010. By the said order, the Division Bench dismissed the writ petition and refused to interfere with the order dated 26.10.2009 passed by respondent No.2 (The Principal Secretary and Competent Authority, Minority Development Department, Government of Maharashtra) withdrawing the linguistic minority status of the appellant institution which was earlier granted by order dated 11.7.2008.

(3.) The withdrawal of the recommendation for the appellantSociety as linguistic minority institution was on the ground that the earlier order granting recommendation was under the mistake that the trustees of the appellant were residing in the State of Maharashtra.