Supreme Court of India
State of Kerala and Ors. v. K. Prasad and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the appeal is allowed; the judgment of the Division • Bench is set aside and both the writ petitions are dismissed.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Kera/a Education Rules, 1959-rr. 2 and 2 -Upgradation ofschools From primary to secondary level-Applied for-Rejection by State-Allegation of discrimination as on earlier occasions upgradation granted by relaxing the Rules-Held: Upgradation cannot be granted by State Authorities by violating the Rules-Waiver or relaxation of Rules unless provided under the Rule itself, would give scope to discrimination, arbitrariness andfavouratism When executive order is called in question, the court in exercise of its power of judicial review is required to see whether Government has departed from such
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