Semester: II Course: Administrative Law

Faculty: Prof. (Dr.) Fakkiresh Sakkarnaikar and Prof. (Dr.) Girish R.

Gujarat National Law University

Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)

Course Outline

of

Administrative Law

For

LL. M.

Semester: II

Session: January-June 2024

Faculty: Prof. (Dr.) Fakkiresh Sakkarnaikar and Prof. (Dr.) Girish R.

Professors of Law
Gujarat National Law University
Gandhinagar

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Sr. No. Contents Page No.

1.0 Objectives of the course 2

2.0 Proposed teaching schedule 3

3.0 Detailed course-outline 3-7

4.0 Prescribed/Recommended readings 7-8

5.0 Teaching methodology 8

6.0 Evaluation pattern 8

7.0 Tentative dates for test/submission of project/GD, etc 9

8.0 Important instructions to students 9

9.0 Contact hours 9

1.0 Objectives of the Course

Administration is an individual’s interface with the State. Due to radical change in the philosophy
regarding the role and function of the State (from laissez faire to welfare), the opportunities of
interaction with administration have increased manifold and continue to increase further. The situation
is such that administrative actions impinge on every aspect of an individual’s life. Due to unprecedented
rise in state intervention in an individual’s (whether citizen or non-citizen) life, the possibilities of
accumulation of uncontrolled power and of arbitrariness in its exercise too has increased. This in turn
has started adversely affecting legal rights granted to an individual by the law. Therefore, administrative
law has been systematically developed as an instrument to ensure that the powers entrusted or
delegated to the administrative authorities are exercised strictly in accordance with the law. Its rapid
growth in the 20th century is regarded as the most significant development in the field of law. It deals

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with legal framework governing public administration and the principles to control executive power to
avoid arbitrariness.

Course Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Analyze the advanced principles of administrative law, undertake self-directed legal research
at an intermediate level, and evaluate complex legal information, with a particular emphasis
upon legislation.
2. Apply administrative law principles to complex legal problems and critique the operation of
administrative law from a theoretical perspective, through individual work.
3. Structure and sustain concise and cohesive written arguments for a legal audience in the field
of administrative law.
4. Conduct legal research and analyze government decision making.
5. Analyze the impact and operation of administrative law from policy perspectives and identify
and explain government accountability for the exercise of public power.
6. Reflect on their abilities to effectively undertake work as an administrative decision maker, or
to challenge administrative decisions.

2.0 Proposed Teaching Schedule

No. of Sessions
Module No. Modules
(Classes)
II. V.1 Introduction: Evolution, Nature and Scope of 02
Administrative Law
II. V.2 Fundamental Doctrines of Administrative Law 04
II. V.3 Delegated Legislation and its Control 12
II. V.4 Principles of Natural Justice 12
II. V.5 Administrative Discretionary Powers 08
II. V.6 Writ Jurisdiction and Judicial Review 04
II. V.7 Administrative Tribunal 03
Total =45

3.0 Detailed Course Outline

Administrative Law

Module-II.V.1. Introduction: Evolution and of Administrative Law Sessions: 02

▪ Evolution, Nature and Scope of Administrative Law

▪ Laissez-faire State, Social Welfare State, and Modern State
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▪ Comparative evolution
▪ French Administrative Law-Droit Administratif
▪ Administrative Courts of Canada, Switzerland and Germany
▪ Definition, Nature and Scope Administrative Law
▪ Relationship between Administrative Law and Constitutional Law

Module- II.V.2. Fundamental Doctrines of Administrative Law Sessions: 04

▪ Classification of Functions
▪ Doctrine of rule of Law
▪ Doctrine of Separation of Powers
▪ How these doctrines influence Administrative Law?
Cases
➢ Ram Jawaya Kapoor v State of Punjab, AIR 1955 SC 549.
➢ Indira Nehru Gandhi v Raj Narain, AIR 1975 SC 299.
➢ Kesvananda Bharati v State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC 1461.
➢ ADM Jabalpur v Shivkant Shukla, AIR 1976 SC 1207.
➢ Indian National Congress v Institute of Social Welfare, AIR 2002 SC2158.
➢ Government of Andhra Pradesh v Smt P Laxmi Devi, AIR 2008 SC1640.
➢ Union of India v R Gandhi, President, Madras Bar Association, (2010)2CompLJ577
(SC).
➢ State of Tamil Nadu v State of Kerala and Anr, AIR 2014 SC 2407.
➢ Madras Bar Association v Union of India, 2014(11) SCALE166,
MANU/SC/0875/2014.
➢ AK Behra v Union of India and Anr, (2010)11 SCC 322.
➢ State of West Bengal and Ors v The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West
Bengal and Ors AIR 2010 SC 1476.

Module- II.V.3. Delegated Legislation and its Control Sessions: 12

▪ Concept of Delegated Legislation

▪ Reasons for the Growth and Development
▪ Different Types of Delegated Legislation
▪ Classification- Title based and Purpose based
▪ Comparative position- UK; USA, India
▪ Constitutionality of Delegated Legislation
▪ Excessive Delegation- Constitutional Limits
▪ Control of Delegated Legislation- Parliamentary, Procedural and Judicial Controls
Cases
➢ In Re Delhi Laws Act, AIR 1951 SC 332.
➢ Kerala state Electricity Board v Indian Aluminium Company, AIR 1976 SC 1031.
➢ Inder Singh v State of Rajasthan, AIR 1957 SC 510.
➢ Raj Narain Singh v Chairman, Patna Administration Committee, AIR 1954 SC 569.
➢ Hari Shankar Bagla v State of MP, AIR 1954 SC 465.
➢ Edward Mills v State of Ajmer, AIR 1955 SC 25.
➢ Jalan Trading Company v Mill Mazdoor Sabha, AIR 1967 SC 691.

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➢ Gammon India Limited v Union of India, AIR 1974 SC 960.
➢ Shama Rao v Union Territory of Pondicherry, AIR 1967 SC 1480.
➢ Gwalior Rayon Silk Mfg (Wvg) Company Ltd v Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax,
AIR 1974 SC 1660.
➢ NK Papiah v Excise Commissioner, AIR 1975 SC 1007.
➢ Jan Mohammad v State of Gujarat, AIR 1966 SC 385.
➢ Atlas Cycle Industries Ltd v State of Haryana, AIR 1979 SC 1149.
➢ Harla v State of Rajasthan, AIR 1951 SC 467.
➢ Union of India v Cynamide India Ltd, AIR 1987 SC1802.
➢ Hamdard Dawakhana v Union of India, AIR 1960 SC554.
➢ State of Tamil Nadu v Sabanayagam, (1998) 1 SCC 318.
➢ Express News Paper Pvt. Ltd v Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 578.
➢ Chintamon Rao v State of MP, AIR 1951 SC118.
➢ Corporation of Calcutta v Liberty Cinema, AIR1965 SC 1107.
➢ Dwaraka Prasad v State of UP, AIR 1954 SC118.
➢ Delhi Transport Corporation v DTC Mazdoor Congress, AIR 1991 SC 101.
➢ Omprakash v State of UP, (2004) 3 SCC 402.
➢ NarendraKumar v Union of India, AIR 1960 SC 430.
➢ Municipal Corporation of Delhi v Birla Cotton Mills, AIR 1968 SC 1232.
➢ K.T. Plantation Pvt Ltd and Anr v State of Karnataka, AIR 2011 SC 3430.
➢ State of Rajasthan and Ors v Sanyam Lodha, (2011)13SCC262.
➢ State of UP and Ors v Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, MANU/SC/0519/2011.
➢ State of Haryana and Ors v Mahabir Vegetable Oils Pvt Ltd, (2011)3SCC778.
➢ State of Tamil Nadu & Ors v K. Shyam Sunder & Ors, AIR 2011 SC 3470.
➢ Delhi Race Club Ltd v Union of India & Ors, AIR 2012 SC 3408 (2012)8SCC680.
➢ Dr Subramanian Swamy v Director, Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr & Centre
for Public Interest Litigation v Union of India, AIR 2014 SC 2140.
➢ Academy of Nutrition Improvement and Ors v Union of India, (2011) 8 SCC 274.
➢ Gainda Ram and Ors v MCD and Ors, (2010)10 SCC 715.
➢ Christian Medical College Vellore and Ors v Union of India and Ors, (2014)2 SCC
305.
➢ Pratap Chandra Mehta v State Bar Council of MP and Ors, (2011) 9 SCC 573.
➢ Sidhartha Sarawgi v Board of Trustees for the Port of Kolkata and Ors,
JT2014(6)SC629, MANU/SC/0324/2014

Module- II.V. 4. Principles of Natural Justice Sessions: 12

▪ Concept and Applicability- Administrative Action or Quasi-Judicial Action?

▪ Nemo judex in causa sua -Rule against bias
▪ Exception in Doctrine of Necessity and Doctrine of Absolute Necessity
▪ Audi alteram partem- Right to be heard
▪ Requirements of Natural Justice
▪ Reasoned decision & Right to legal Representation
▪ Expanding Horizon of Natural Justice
▪ Duty to Act Fairly
▪ Exclusion of Natural Justice.
▪ Exceptions to Principles of Audi Alteram Partem
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▪ Effect of failure to Comply with Principles of Natural Justice- void or voidable
▪ Post decisional Hearing
Cases
➢ AK Kraipak v Union of India, AIR 1970 SC 150.
➢ Maneka Gandhi v Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 597.
➢ Ranandprasad Singh v Union of India, (1996) 4 SCC 64.
➢ State of UP v Mohammed Nooh, AIR 1958 SC 86.
➢ Gullapalli NageswaraRao v APSRTC, AIR 1959 SC 308.
➢ Gullapalli NageswaraRao v State of AP, 1959 SC1376.
➢ Manaklal v Dr Premchand, AIR 1957 SC425.
➢ J Mohapatra and Co v State of Orissa, AIR 1984 SC 1572.
➢ Tata Cellular v Union of India, (1994) 6 SCC 651.
➢ Jeejeebhoy v Asst Collector, Thana, AIR 1965 SC 1096.
➢ Managing Director, Electronic Corporation of India Ltd v VB Karunakar, (1993) 4
SCC 727.
➢ SN Mukerjee v Uof Inidia, (1990) 4 SCC 594.
➢ Dr SP Kapoor v State of Himachal Pradesh, AIR 1981 SC 2181.
➢ Swadeshi Cotton Mills v Union of India, AIR 1981 SC 818.
➢ Trehan v Union of India, (1989) 1 SCC 764.
➢ Jawahar Lal Nehru University v BS Narwal, AIR 1980 SC 1666.
➢ Election Commission of India v Dr Subramanian Swamy, ( 1996) 4 SCC 104.
➢ Dhakeswari Cotton Mills v CIT, AIR 1955 SC 55.
➢ Suresh koshy v University of Kerala, AIR 1969 SC 191.
➢ SP Paul v Calcutta University, AIR 1970 Cal 289.
➢ Hiranath Mishra v Rajendra Medical College, AIR 1973 SC 1260.
➢ State of Kerala v KTA Shaduli, AIR 1977 SC 1627.
➢ JK Aggarwal v Haryana Seeds Development Corporation, AIR 1991 SC 1221.
➢ Shrilekha Vidyarthi v State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1991 SC 537.
➢ Union of India v Tulsiram Patel, AIR 1985 SC 1416.
➢ R.C.Cooper v Union of India, AIR 1970 SC564.
➢ Kesar Enterprises Ltd v State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors, (2011)13SCC733.
➢ Chandra Kumar Chopra v Union of India and Ors, (2012)6SCC369.
➢ Surinder Singh Brar and Ors etc v Union of India and Ors, MANU/SC/0849/2012.
➢ State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors v Saroj Kumar Sinha, AIR 2010 SC 3131.
➢ Justice PD Dinakaran v Hon'ble Judges Inquiry Committee and Ors, JT2011(7)SC425.
➢ Mohd Yunus Khan v State of UP and Ors, (2010)10SCC539
MANU/SC/0767/2010.
➢ Union of India and Ors v Mahaveer C Singhvi, AIR 2010 SC 3493.
➢ L.I.C. of India and Anr v Ram Pal Singh Bisen, (2010) 4 SCC 491.
➢ Union of India and Ors v SK Kapoor, (2011) 4 SCC 589
➢ Ayaaubkhan Noorkhan Pathan v State of Maharashtra and Ors,
MANU/SC/0939/2012.
➢ Union of India and Anr v PN Natarajan and Ors, (2010)12SCC405.
➢ Union of India and Ors v Shiv Raj and Ors, AIR 2014 SC 2242.
➢ Justice Ripusudan Dayal (Retd) and Ors v State of MP and Ors, AIR 2014 SC 1335.
➢ Sukhdev Singh v Union of India and Ors, (2013) 9 SCC 566.

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➢ Swamy Devi Dayal Hospital and Dental College v The Union of India and Ors, AIR
2014 SC 284.
➢ Union of India and Ors v RP Singh, (2014)7SCC340.

Module- II. V.5. Administrative Discretionary Powers Sessions: 08

▪ Discretionary powers
▪ When an authority can exercise discretion?
▪ Judicial Control over administrative discretion
▪ Abuse of discretion and Non exercise of discretion
▪ Fundamental Right violation and exercise of administrative discretion
▪ Reasonable Exercise of Power and Wednesbery Principle
Cases
➢ Pratap Singh v State of Punjab, AIR 1964 SC 72.
➢ Himmat Lal v Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad, AIR 1973 SC 87.
➢ State of Madras v VG Row, AIR 1952 SC 159.
➢ Sadanandan v State of Kerala, AIR 1966 SC 1925.
➢ Ram Manohar Lohia v State of Bihar, AIR 1966 SC 740.
➢ Express Newspapers Ltd v Union India, AIR 1986 SC 872.
➢ Barium Chemical Ltd v Company Law Board, AIR 1967 SC 295.
➢ Rampur Distillery v Company Law Board, AIR1970 SC 1789.
➢ Somawanti v State of Punjab, AIR 1963 SC151.
➢ Nandlal v Bar Council of Gujarat, AIR 1981 SC 477.
➢ Jagannath v State of Orisa, AIR 1966 SC 1140.
➢ Associated Provincial Picture House v Wednesbery Corporation, (1947) 2All ER 680.
➢ British Oxygen Co Ltd v Ministry of Technology, (1970) 3 WLR 488.

Module- II.V.6. Writ Jurisdiction and Judicial Review Sessions: 04

▪ Grounds of Judicial Review of Administrative Action

▪ Writ Jurisdiction
▪ Doctrine of Legitimate expectation
▪ Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel
Cases
➢ Schmidt v Secretary of State Home Affairs, (1969) 1 All E.R .904.
➢ Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for Civil Service, (1984) 3 All E.R .935.
➢ Punjab Communications Ltd. v Union of India, AIR1999 SC1801.
➢ Union of India v Hindusthan Development Corporation, AIR 1994 SC 988.
➢ Premchand v Excise Commissioner, AIR 1965 SC 996.
➢ Nirmala J Jhala v State of Gujarat and Anr, (2013)4SCC301.
➢ Robertson v Minister of Pensions, (1949) 1KB 227.
➢ Union of India v Anglo-Indo-Afghan Agencies Ltd, AIR 1968 SC 718.
➢ Century Spinning and Mfg Co v Ulhasnagar Municipality, AIR 1971 SC 1021.
➢ Motilal Padampat Sugar Mills v State of UP, AIR 1979 SC 621.

Module- II. V.7. Administrative Tribunal Sessions: 03

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▪ Concept of administration adjudication

▪ Article 323 (A) and Article 323(B) of Constitution of India
▪ Reason for the growth of Tribunals
▪ Administrative Tribunals
▪ Powers and Functions of Administrative Tribunals
Cases
➢ S P Sampath Kumar v Union of India,(1987) 1 SCC 124.
➢ L Chandra Kumar v Union of India, (1997)3 SCC 261.
➢ A K Behra v Union of India and Anr, (2010)11SCC32.

4.0 Prescribed/Recommended Readings

Prescribed Readings
1. Jain M.P& Jain S.N, Principles of Administrative Law; 7th ed.; LexisNexis, 2017.
2. Wade H.W.R & Forsyth C.F, Administrative Law; 11th ed.; Oxford, 2017
3. Massey I.P, Administrative Law; 9th ed.; EBC, 2017.
4. Takker C.K, Administrative Law; 2nd ed.; EBC, 2012
5. Takwani C.K, Lectures on Administrative Law; 4th ed.; EBC, 2011.
6. Sathe S.P, Administrative Law, 7th ed.; LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur,
2008.
7. Basu Durga Das, Administrative Law, 6th ed.; Kamal Law House, Kolkatta, 2005.

Recommended Readings

1. Ryan Mark, Unlocking Constitutional and Administrative Law, 4th ed.; Routledge Taylors
and Francis Group, 2019.
2. Endicott Timothy, Administrative Law, 4th ed.; Oxford, 2018.
3. Thompson Brian and Gordan Michael, Cases and Materials on Constitutional and
Administrative Law, 12th ed.; Oxford, 2017.
4. Craig Paul, Administrative Law; 5th ed.; Thomson Sweet & Maxwell, 2008.
5. De Smith’s Judicial Review of Administrative Action; 6th ed.; Sweet & Maxwell, 2007.
6. Elliot Mark, Beatson, Mathews, and Elliot’s Administrative Law Text and Materials; 3rd
ed.; Oxford, 2007.
7. Kagzi M.C.J, The Indian Administrative Law; 6th ed.; Universal, 2002.
8. Kesari U.PD, Administrative Law; 17th ed.; CLP, 2008.
9. Stott, David & Felix, Alexandra, Principles of Administrative Law; 1st ed.; Cavendish
Publishing Limited, 1997.

5.0 Teaching Methodology

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▪ Case-Law Method
▪ Socratic Method
▪ Comparative Analysis
▪ Students Presentations

6.0 Evaluation Pattern

Evaluation: Marks

Continuous Evaluation…………………………………………….……….50
End-Semester Examination……………………………………......................50

Total 100
Continuous Evaluation: Project and Presentation.

7.0 Tentative Dates for Continuous Evaluation Test/ Submission of Project/

GD, etc

Tentative dates for Class Test and Project Submission: 31st March, 2024 and 08th April,
2024(20 Marks+30 Marks)

8.0 Important Instructions to Students

• The given course-outline is tentative. The concerned faculty-member may modify it

while preparing the reference material and engaging the classes.
• The teaching course of this subject and methodology will not be necessarily bound by
parameters shown here.
• Both faculty-members and students may mould it according to the needs as and when it
creates for better and progressive understanding of the subject in a flexible way.

9.0 Contact Hours

Days: Monday and Friday
Timings: 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm

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