Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Administrative Law · April/May 2023
April/May 2023 · Administrative Law · Semester 3
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) / LL.B. (3 YDC) (Hons.) II Year III Semester Examination, April / May 2023
Subject: LAW
PAPER - III: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Sources of Administrative Law.
2. Conseil d'Etat.
3. Conditional legislation.
4. Henry VIII clause
5. Principles of Natural Justice.
6.Administrative Discretion
7. Constitutional Remedies.
8. Public Corporations.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following questions.
9.Administrative Law witnessed rapid growth – Elucidate?
10. A man should not be a judge in his own cause – Discuss.
11. Give an account of Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation?
12. Evaluate the position of government’s liability for contracts. What are the constitutional restrictions
on such contracts?
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following questions.
13. Air India regulations conferred power on its Managing Director to extend the tenure of an air hostess
beyond 35 years at his option. Th regulations have not specified the standards as to the exercise of the
discretionary powers. Are the regulations valid?
14. ‘X’ a citizen files a writ for enforcement of law designed to eradicate social evil. State contends that X
has no ‘locus standi’. Decide.
15. Rajesh’s wife lost her life because of the negligence of the employees of the state public works
department. Rajesh’s plea to seek justice outside the court tell on deaf ears advice Rajesh.
16. An excise authority gives contract to a non -participant in an auction conducted by it by denying the
contract to the highest hidden at the auction. The excise authority contends that it has the inherent
power to do so. Examine the validity of such power.