HC seeks govt replay on plea for holding students' union polls in MP
The state govt, principal secretary, commissioner of higher education, and all the universities in MP are respondents in the petition. Jabalpur-based Adnan Ansari, in his petition, prayed before the court to give directions for resuming students' union elections in the colleges and universities of the state.
The petitioner argued that despite the Lyngdoh Committee recommendation and directive of the Supreme Court giving a clear mandate for conducting students' union elections in colleges and universities, elections are not being held in the colleges and universities of the state since 2017.
However, Rs 250 is charged in the fee of students in the name of students' union elections. Despite representations given to authorities concerned, students' union elections are on hold, thereby leaving no option but to file a PIL in this regard.
Following the initial hearing, a division bench of acting chief justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and justice Vinay Saraf asked the counsel appearing for the state govt to take instructions from all the respondents in the case and file a reply. The case will now come up for hearing on Aug 5. Senior counsel Prakash Upadhyay appeared in the case for the petitioner.
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