GANESH DAS MAJUMDAR Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ALTHOUGH , all these aforesaid 26 writ petitions are posted today, for admission but with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, I propose to decide these writ petitions on merit, at admission stage.

(2.) IN the aforesaid writ petitions, common questions of law and fact are involved, therefore, all these writ petitions can be disposed of by a composite order. While deciding these writ petitions, by a composite order, SB Civil Writ Petition No. 624/2000 is treated as a leading case.

(3.) IT is pertinent to mention here that vide notification dated 30.8.2000, Annexure -R/6 to the reply, the State Government has withdrawn the notification dated 21.7.1999, Annexure -R/5. A mention is made on behalf of the State Government that since the notification, Annexure -R/5, dated 21.7.1999, has been withdrawn, therefore, the instant writ petitions have become infructuous. The aforesaid submission made on behalf of State Government by Mr. Narendra Jain is not acceptable to the learned Counsel for the petitioners which necessitated to decide these writ petitions on merits, at admission stage, taking into account the administrative exigency in this regard and laxity of State Government, not constituting State Dental Council within the meaning of Section 21 of Dentists Act, 1948, even after expiry of more than 51 years.