SBS SIKSHAN SANSTHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By way of these writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the action of the State Government, the notification dated 14.08.2019, in particular, whereby the State Government has proposed to hold additional Joint Entrance Examination (JET) for private universities only and not including the private colleges.

(2.) Learned counsel for the petitioners argued that impugned action on the part of the respondent-State is ex-facie arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. He submitted that the State cannot discriminate between the private colleges vis-a-vis private universities. Pointing out that the petitioners and the private Universities participated in the same selection process, however after completion of the counseling, the respondent-State has given fresh chance to the private Universities, while not according such opportunity to the petitioners-private colleges.

(3.) It was argued that the State had no intention to favour private Universities, the notification dated 14.08.2019 was issued as those Universities represented that their seats are lying vacant, whereas none of the private colleges have ever requested to conduct fresh counselling.