TN has filed a writ petition before supreme court challenging the same. The prayer sought for in the writ petition is :-
As against reserving the Kalaignar University Bill 2025 to Hon President of India by TN Governor instead of giving assent to Kalaignar University Bill as advised by the state council of ministers, the State of TN has filed a writ petition before supreme court challenging the same.
The prayer sought for in the writ petition is :-
(a) Issue Writ/ Writs including in the nature of Writ of Declaration or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction to declare the act of
the 1st Respondent/ Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu in reserving The Kalaignar University Bill, 2025 [LA Bill No. 19 of 2025] for the
consideration of the 3rd Respondent/ President of India and all consequential acts arising therefrom as illegal, patently
unconstitutional being inter-alia violative of Articles 163(1) and 200 of the Constitution and void-ab-initio;
(b) Issue Writ/ Writs including a Writ in the nature of Certiorari or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction to call for the records of the first Respondent pertaining to Letter No. 6308/Hr. Edn, – Dfg./2025 dated 14.07.2025 and to quash the same as arbitrary,
illegal, malafide exercise of power and unconstitutional being interalia violative of the Articles 163(1) and 200 of the Constitution;
(c) Issue Writ/ Writs including a Writ in the nature of Mandamus or any
other appropriate Writ, order or direction to consequentially direct the third Respondent to return The Kalaignar University Bill, 2025
(d) [TN LA Bill No. 19 of 2025] to the first Respondent and to further direct the Respondent No.1 to place the Bill before the Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu for considering the same as per Article 200 in accordance with the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers as contained in the Note for Circulation dated 02.05.2025 issued in thisregard;
and Pass any other or further order/s or directions as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the attendant facts and circumstances of the case and render justice.
SETTLED BY:
P. Wilson, Senior Advocate
FILED BY:
MISHA ROHATGI MOHTA
