WRIT - A No. 16734 of 2012 at Allahabad

AFR Reserved on 06.11.2025 Delivered on 15.11.2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 16734 of 2012 Dr. S.K. Pant Professor and others …..Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India and others …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Alok Mishra, Ishir Sripat, Rahul Sripat (Senior Adv.) Counsel for Respondent(s) : Amrendra Pratap Singh, C.S.C., Chandan Sharma, Manoj Kumar Singh, Radhey Krishna Pandey, Ram Gopal Tripathi, Ritvik Upadhyay, Shailendra, Shashi Prakash Singh, V.K.Singh Court No. - 32 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J. 1. Petitioners were admittedly appointed on different posts in an autonomous institution registered under the provisions of Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 1860”), namely, Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad and being an autonomous institution it’s finances were catered jointly by Government of India (through ICSSR) and Government of Uttar Pradesh. 2 Writ A No. 16734 of 2012 2. In the year 2005 the University of Allahabad was conferred status of a Central University and vide Section 30(5) 1, 2 and 3 of University of Allahabad Act, 2005 it was adopted as constituent institution of