IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 149 of 2010 (M/S) Shakuntala Devi Educational Institute, Near Brahmanwala Chowk, Haridwar Bye Pass Road, Dehradun, a body of Shakuntala Devi Lok Kalyan Samiti, 143/8 Karanpur, Dehradun through its Secretary, Sh.S.P. Aggarwal, S/O Late Shri B.N.Aggarwal, R/O 88, Adarsh Vihar, Kargi Road, Dehradun. …… Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand service through Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. 2. Additional Secretary, Higher Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. … Respondents. Mr. Rajendra Tamta, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondents. Date March 30, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 5-2- 2010 passed by the respondent no.2 (Annexure-1 to the petition). The petitioner has further prayed for issue of mandamus directing the respondents to reconsider the matter of issuance of no objection certificate to the petitioner keeping in view the notification of the Government of Uttarakhand (Annexure-8 to the petition) and the norms of Bar Council of India (Annexure-5 to the petition). On 17-3-2010, this Court passed an order as under:- “In rejoinder affidavit, the petitioner has filed the brochure of Libra Law College, which has been run in a rented building on First Floor. By a perusal of annexure No.1 of the rejoinder affidavit i.e. the photocopy of the brochure, it is mentioned in the brochure that 2 presently the College is located in Sandhu Centre near Transport Nagar Crossing, Subhash Nagar, Dehradun, which is just about 10 minutes walk from the ISBT and about 5.5 Kms from the Railway Station and about 25 Kms. from the Jolly Grant Airfield till we shift to our own spacious building within the limits of Dehradun city.” The respondents-State was directed to file supplementary counter affidavit within ten days with a direction to explain why no objection certificate was granted to the Libra Law College and is not granted to the petitioner in the same situation. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel has informed the Court that no official has come forward to file supplementary counter affidavit. In view of the fact that the Government had already issued no objection certificate to the said Libra Law College in the similar facts and circumstances, therefore, the impugned order dated 5- 2-2010 passed by the respondent no.2 (Annexure-1 to the petition) is liable to be set aside and is hereby set aside. The respondent no. 1 is directed to reconsider the case of the petitioner, expeditiously, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order, for issue of no objection certificate in the light of no objection given to the Libra Law College and the norms of the Bar Council of India. With the said observation and direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4 5