The Allahabad High Court has issued a stern directive to the Vice-Chancellor of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, seeking a personal affidavit explaining his failure to comply with earlier court orders regarding the recognition of a college’s management committee.
Justice Saral Srivastava, while hearing a writ petition filed by the Committee of Management of Gandhi Smarak Devnagri Uchchatar Madhyamik Vidyalaya, expressed strong disapproval of the vice-chancellor’s conduct. The court noted that the action amounted to a violation of the principles of natural justice and a disregard of binding judicial directions.
The court had earlier, on November 8, 2024, directed the university to provide the petitioner with notice and a fair opportunity to be heard. However, the vice-chancellor reportedly rejected the petitioner’s objections through an order dated February 24, 2025, “in a cursory manner” and without assigning reasons.
Taking exception to this approach, the court directed the vice-chancellor to submit a personal affidavit clarifying the rationale behind the February order and justifying why the court’s earlier instructions were not followed in both letter and spirit.
In the interim, the High Court has stayed the operation of both the impugned orders dated September 20, 2024, and February 24, 2025.
