DR. SMT. KUNTESH GUPTA vs MANAGEMENT OF HINDU KANYA MAHAVIDYALAYA, SITAPUR (U.P) &ORS

The Supreme Court held that the Vice Chancellor acted without jurisdiction in reviewing her earlier dismissal order, as no statutory power of review was conferred upon her by the U.P. State Universities Act, 1973. The Court emphasized that the existence of an alternative remedy under Section 68 of the Act does not bar the maintainability of a writ petition when an authority acts wholly without jurisdiction. Consequently, the High Court's dismissal of the writ petition was deemed unjustified, and the appeal was allowed.