https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188789 Migration of students under the Punjab University Act, 1947 remained subject to mandatory statutory rules requiring, among other conditions, vacancy availability and a qualifying J.E.T. score. The Principal had no authority to grant consent contrary to those rules, so his earlier concurrence was ultra vires and could not bind the University or prevent a later objection before admission. Promissory estoppel was unavailable because it cannot override a mandatory legal provision or validate an illegality, especially where no change of position had occurred and the students had not yet been admitted to the transferee college. en-us Wed, 21 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 16:30:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188789 Migration of students under the Punjab University Act, 1947 remained subject to mandatory statutory rules requiring, among other conditions, vacancy availability and a qualifying J.E.T. score. The Principal had no authority to grant consent contrary to those rules, so his earlier concurrence was ultra vires and could not bind the University or prevent a later objection before admission. Promissory estoppel was unavailable because it cannot override a mandatory legal provision or validate an illegality, especially where no change of position had occurred and the students had not yet been admitted to the transferee college. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Jul 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188789