2024 INSC 1003
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 12411-12414 OF 2024
ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY ETC. ….APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
GEETANJALI TIWARI (PANDEY) &
ORS. ETC. ETC. ....RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO.12415 OF 2024
ALLAHABAD DEGREE COLLEGE & ANR. .…APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
GEETANJALI TIWARI (PANDEY) & ORS. .…RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
DIPANKAR DATTA, J.
THE CHALLENGE
1. Assail in these civil appeals is to the common judgment and order dated
18th January, 20241 passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad2, whereby the High Court disposed of a writ
1 impugned order 2 High Court, hereafter
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petition, two special appeals and one review petition3. All but one of the
proceedings were at the instance of Gitanjali Pandey4. The remaining
one was at the instance of one Brahma Deo (Respondent 1 in Civil Appeal
No. 12413/2024).
RESUME OF FACTS
2. Relevant facts, pertinent for disposal of the present appeal, are summed
up as under:
a. Respondent 1 was an aspirant for the post of ‘Assistant Professor’
in Allahabad University and its affiliated colleges. As per her
pleadings, between October 2004 and March 2010 (approximately
5 ½ years), she worked as a contractual faculty in Jawad Al...