AMIR HUSSAIN Vs. ALLAHABAD AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN all these writ petitions common questions of law and facts have been raised and as such are being decided by one common judgment. With the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, Writ Petition No. 31985 of 1991, Amir Husain v. Allahabad Agriculture Institute, Naini, Allahabad has been made the leading case.

(2.) BEING aggrieved by refusal of admission to B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) and B. SC. (Agriculture) in the academic year 1990 -91 and 1991 -92 by Allahabad Agriculture Institute, Naini, Allahabad (hereinafter referred to as the Institute), Petitioners have filed these writ petitions for appropriate relief.

(3.) THE Institute, which is a minority institution established by Christians Religious Minority, imparts education in Agriculture Science. For the academic years 1990 -91 and 1991 -92 it published the admission policy laying down rules for admission to various courses including B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) and B Sc. (Agriculture) providing for entrance test for selecting candidates for admission. Although, in the rules there is no reservation of seats in favour of any person, certain classes of candidates are given weightage, which is liable to be added in the entrance test score. The relevant Rules are reproduced below :