ANUJ GUPTA AND ORS. Vs. STATE AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Civil writ Petitions No. 325 of 90, 355 of 90, 332 of 90, 335 of 90, 336 of 90 and 347 of 90 are by students seeking admission for the Engineering Courses commencing from 1990 -91. All these students have passed the 10 plus 2 examination conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education and have secured very high percentage of marks. Some of these students seek admission in the Regional Engineering College (for short R.E.C.) Hamirpur or in other R.E. Cs outside the State. Others seek nomination by the Government of Himachal Pradesh for the under -graduate courses in Engineering and Architecture against the seats allotted by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India for candidates from the State of Himachal Pradesh. Some of the Petitioners have sought admission either for the course of studies in the R.E.C. or in Engineering Colleges outside the State. C.W.P. No. 327 of 90 and 363 of 90 are based on letters addressed to the Chief justice of this Court. C.W.P. No. 327 of 90 purports to be by the "Parents of students v/ho figured in the merit list of +2 HP Edu. Board Exa., 90". C.W.P. No. 363 of 90 is by "a student of 10+2 passed from H.P. Board, Bonafide Himachal Securing 88% in PCM in 1990 and as aspirant or admission in REC Hamirpur". Since all these writ petitions raise the common questions of law these petitions are disposed of by a common judgment.

(2.) Annexure P -1 produced along with C.W.P. No. 332 of 90 is the admission brochure for 1990 -91 (Prospectus) issued by the R.E.C. Hamirpur. Page -1 of the prospectus shows that the R.E.C. Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) is a joint enterprise of the Government of India and the State Government of Himachal Pradesh and it is run by a Society registered under the Registration of Societies Act XXI of 1860 by name the Regional Engineering College (Hamirpur) Society. The administrative control of the Society which runs the college is vested in a Governing Body i.e. the Board of Governors. The college is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University. The college offers degree -courses in; (i) Civil Engineering, (ii) Electrical Engineering, (iii) Electronics and Communication Engineering and (iv) Computer Science and Engineering.

(3.) The Board of Governors of the Society consist of the following persons namely;