- (1.) The writ petition prays for a certiorari to quash the order of nomination passed by the State Government on 12th September, 2015 whereby the respondent No. 3 Sri Umesh Dixit has been installed as the Vice President of the International Bauddh Research Institute Uttar Pradesh, initially established at Sarnath in Varanasi in 1985 and registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, and later on shifted to Lucknow.
(2.) The society incorporated under the Societies Registration Act 1860 was set up with the avowed object of carrying out research on the moral and spiritual values and for development of culture for the benefit of mankind at large essentially on a consideration of the cardinal virtues of Buddhism.
(3.) The amended memorandum of association which is on record of Writ Petition No. 1689 of 2012 as Annexure 4 therein further reflects that the main object of the society is to collect Buddhist Literature from all over the world and carry out research on the strength thereof in aid of the aforesaid object.;