SHOBHIT UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri Ram Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Pankaj Patel, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and its authorities.

(2.) THIS is a bunch of writ petitions challenging similar orders, involving similar facts and issues, therefore, they have been heard together and are being decided by a common judgment. Writ Petition No.159 (MS) of 2015 has been heard as the leading writ petition.

(3.) BY means of these writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the government order dated 15.12.2014 and the consequential order of the Director, Social Welfare, U.P. Lucknow dated 19.12.2014 whereby the authorities have been ordered to take appropriate action as per the procedure prescribed in the G.O. dated 03.12.2014 for blacklisting and cancellation of recognition of seven institutions including the petitioners herein and lodging of FIRs, considering the irregularities/ illegalities detected in the disbursement of scholarship and fee under the U.P. Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe Post Matric Scholarship Rules, 2012 for the academic year 2013 -14.