.... 23268 of 2011, on 26-8-2011 praying for issue of writ of “quo warranto” for quashing of the order of the Commission entrusting the functions of CEO of CESU to the fifth respondent. It was contended...Chairman being higher in rank than the CEO could not have been asked to discharge the function of CEO and granting honorarium of Rs 70,000 in addition to his usual perquisites, a writ of quo warranto would...:14.1 In relation to a service matter a public interest litigation is not maintainable except as far as it relates to a writ of quo warranto and in the case at hand, the High Court has...

...(a) Issue a writ of quo warranto directing the sixth respondent to vacate the office of the Adhyaksha, Zila Panchayat, Bellary.(b) Set aside the proceedings dated...favour of the appellant by the competent authority after completing all the formalities and procedure. So long as the said certificate was valid and in force, issuance of writ of quo warranto was...much less to entertain the prayer for issuance of a writ of quo warranto on the assumption that the said certificate was fraudulent because of some fortuitous circumstances. It was pointed out by the...

...lacked the two essential qualifications came to their light for the first time in 1990 and, therefore, they moved the High Court by a writ of quo warranto against the 1st respondent. The High Court...the Principal was published before the 1st respondent was selected as the Principal.3. Learned counsel appearing for the 1st respondent contended that no writ of quo warranto could...should find itself impelled to interfere with the appointment by a writ of quo warranto even assuming that such a writ is maintainable. This is particularly so when the incumbent has been discharging his...

...this case, concerned with the question whether the High Court was justified in issuing a writ of quo warranto holding that the appellant has no authority in continuing as the Chairperson of U.P State...Act.4. The first respondent herein who was the General Secretary, Jal Vidyut Unit, filed a writ petition before the High Court of Allahabad, Lucknow Bench seeking a writ of quo warranto, challenging...to that post. The High Court, therefore, allowed the writ petition, issued a writ of quo warranto and quashed the appointment of the appellant declaring the same as illegal and void...

...interpretation of certain provisions of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board Act, 1973 (for short “the Act”) and the Rules made thereunder and also the principles of law governing the writ of quo warranto and...further orders on 1-2-2004. Writ Petition No. 9852 of 2004 was filed for a writ of certiorari, writ of quo warranto and any other writ, order or direction under Article 226. The learned Single...;3. No writ of quo warranto unless there are violations of statutory provisions in making appointment;4. No violation of Section 4(2) and...

...the Constitution in which he prayed that a writ of quo warranto be issued calling upon appellant no. 2 to show cause under what authority he was holding the post of a Reader in English. He also prayed...not have applied tests which are applicable in the case of writ of certian; The writ of quo warranto gives the judiciary a weapon to control the executive from making appointments...might be 577 allowed to continue either with the connivance of the executive or by the reason of its apathy. Before a person can effectively claim a writ of quo warranto, he...

...S.N Andley, C.J:— These four writ petitions were heard together. Substantially, they raise the same questions. Primarily the writ petitioners have prayed for a writ of quo warranto to...the allegations are correct. Says the Attorney General: A writ of quo warranto is a writ of technical nature. It is in the discretion of Court to refuse or grant it according to the facts and...were filed and the writ petitions are an abuse of the process of Court. The Solicitor General has urged that in effect a writ of quo warranto issued against the Chief Justice of India would be a writ...

...Date: 27th November, 2015 K.M. Joseph, C.J. (Oral) Petitioners have approached this Court seeking a writ of quo warranto. The factual matrix, in which the question arises for...consideration, briefly is as follows :- Petitioners question in this quo warranto proceeding the appointment of 5th respondent as a District Government Counsel (Revenue). The grounds, which have been taken in the writ petition...allegedly secured hundred per cent success, which is questioned. In fact, suitability also is beyond quo warranto. Apart from the fact that a writ of quo warranto can not be successfully premised on the questionability of the decision regarding suitability of the candidate concerned, there is an insuperable obstacle, in our view, in the path of the petitioners succeeding. A writ of...

...Nagar Colony, Allahabad. He has prayed for a writ of quo warranto challenging the appointment of Respondent No. 1 as Professor in Paediatrics at S.N Medical College, Agra. In our opinion the petitioner...Bindra Ban v. Sham Sunder, AIR 1959 Punjab 83 it was observed that it is not necessary in the case of an application for quo warranto that the applicant should have suffered a personal injury or should seek redress of a personal grievance. In our opinion no doubt the rule of locus standi is to some extent relaxed in writ of...quo warranto and it is not as strict as in a writ of...

...petitioner has prayed for a writ of quo warranto challenging the appointment of Respondent 4 as a Vice-Chancellor of Respondent 2 Sardar Patel University (hereinafter referred to as “SP University”) and to...absolutely illegal and in violation of the UGC Regulations, 2010 and the UGC Regulations, 2018. Therefore, the present writ petition has been preferred for a writ of quo warranto challenging the appointment...to be quashed and set aside by issuing a writ of quo warranto.7.4. It is further submitted by Shri Syed, learned Senior Advocate, appearing on behalf of the...

...Chandurkar, C.J1. The appellant had filed a writ petition seeking a writ of quo warranto against respondent No. 1, the Governor of Tamil Nadu, on the ground that he has...petition asking for a writ of quo warranto against respondent No. 1, has been dismissed by the learned single Judge of this Court.2. In this appeal, it has been vehemently pressed upon us...violation of the Constitution, the only remedy open to a citizen is to approach the High Court under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India for a writ of quo warranto. It is difficult for us to see how...

...for a writ of certiorari calling upon the State Government to explain the basis of the various government orders conferring benefits on the respondent, a writ of quo warranto restraining the respondent...petition for leave to appeal to this Court from the order of the Tribunal which was granted. This was Civil Appeal No. 4344 of 1986. The petitioner also filed Writ Petition No. 4619 of 1985 praying...from holding the post mentioned above without having any qualifications therefor and also for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the State Government to appoint the petitioner to the above...

...writ petition, the petitioner herein has in fact sought a writ of quo warranto for ousting respondent No.6 from working on the post of Prabandhak (Manager), Prathamik Vanopaj Sahkari Samiti, at...case where the writ of quo warranto can be issued. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents would submit that it is not a case where a writ of quo warranto can...settled that issuance of writ of quo warranto is a discretionary remedy, authority of a person to hold a public office can be questioned inter alia in the event the appointment is violative of...

...person it may be open to be considered. This writ petition is also not a writ of quo warranto. In service jurisprudence, it is settled law that it is for the aggrieved person, i.e, non-appointee to...the Constitution has power to issue a writ of quo warranto and that can undeniably be sought by any person; not necessarily a person aggrieved. Would it be otherwise and locus standi being...writ of quo warranto has been discussed. That decision will not apply in the present case as there was no application for issue of a writ of quo warranto before the Tribunal. Learned counsel for the...

...provisions of the statute.5. It was then argued on behalf of the appellant that the post of the Professor of Zoology is not a public office and therefore a writ of quo warranto cannot...upon to contend that the post in question is not a public office and therefore no writ of quo warranto can issue. But it should be noticed that no writ of quo warranto was issued in this case. What...was issued was a writ of certiorari as the order of the High Court only quashed the resolution of the Executive Council dated February 18, 1973. In his petition the respondent had asked for (1) a writ of certiorari, (2) a writ of mandamus, and (3) a writ of quo warranto. What...

...seeking a writ of quo warranto against the Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University. The High Court held that the State government had no authority to appoint or re-appoint the VC under Section 8 of the...(iii) No writ of quo warranto can be issued where the suitability of the VC for re-appointment is sought to be questioned.9. The Division Bench of the High...v. State of Karnataka (2018) 6 SCC 162 and noted that a writ of quo warranto can be issued when:(i) A person...

...Bhargava, J.:— This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ in the nature of quo warranto filed by one Maseeh Ullah Shah, a...-parties, learned counsel for the opposite-parties nos. 1 and 3 raised a preliminary objection that this application for the issue of a writ of quo warranto could not be entertained by this Court at the...instance of the petitioner, Maseeh Ullah Shah. Learned counsel argued that as the procedure for presentation of application for the issue of a writ of quo ivarranto in the High Courts in India has not been prescribed by the Constitution, the procedure that applied in England should be taken into account. His contention was that, historically the writ of quo warranto was...

...effect to it. If on the date of appointment the person had in fact incurred disqualification, his or her appointment is invalid whether the Governor knows about it or not. The writ of quo warranto questions.... Union of India, (2000) 2 SCC 81 para 6.(d) It is submitted that the petitioner seeks a writ of quo warranto (“by what authority”) which questions the...Court would have issued a writ of quo warranto on the ground that that person was not qualified to be a member of the Legislature. But in the present case the petitioner has not shown that Mr Chandra...

...1. A writ of quo warranto has been sought in a public interest litigation for challenging the appointment of the fourth respondent as Chairman and Managing Director of the Artificial Limbs...in a situation where a writ of quo warranto is sought for the purpose of establishing that the incumbent of a public office does not fulfil the conditions of eligibility laid down by the statute or the...seeking a writ of quo warranto. In our view, the answer to the issue must be in the negative for the simple reason that unless the grant of the pay scale to the fourth respondent is held in competent...