IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 197 of 2005 M/s Committee of Management Vidya Niketan Junior High School, Muni-ki-reti, Rishikesh, Tehri Garhwal and another ….Petitioners Versus The District Basic Education Officer, Tehri Garhwal and others ..Respondents Present : Mr. B.P. Nautiyal, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Mohd. Matloob, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. Mr. N.S. Negi, Advocate present for respondent nos. 3 and 4. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. (Oral) 1. Heard Mr. B.P. Nautiyal, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Mohd. Matloob, Advocate for the petitioners, Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand and Mr. N.S. Negi, Advocate present for respondent nos. 3 and 4. 2. The petitioners, by means of the present writ petition, have challenged the election of the Management Committee of a school, which was elected in January, 2005. Admittedly, by now the term of the Management Committee has already come to an end. Statement has also been made by Mr. B.P. Nautiyal, Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners that presently there is an authorized controller which is administering the school management. The only contention of the petitioners is that there are certain members of the society who are appointed as members of society by the Administrator and as per the settled law, an Administrator does not have any right to induct new members, as members can only be inducted by the committee of management. 3. Be that as it may, such is not the prayer made by the petitioners in the present writ petition. The petitioners though are given liberty to challenge the membership of such members before the appropriate forum. The District Education Officer, Tehri Gahrwal, is hereby directed to ensure that the elections of the committee of management are conducted in accordance with law, as early as possible. 4. With the above observations, writ petition is disposed of. 5. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 21.12.2011 Avneet