Administrative Discretion and Judicial Review

The Concept Of Administrative Discretion And Dynamics Of Decision Making In Indian Public Administration, Which Is Major Field Of Governmental Activity, Is Highlighted In This Volume. Process Of Judicial Review In Selected Cases Has Been Examined And Analysed, Showing How The Basic Tenets Of Law Are Often Overlooked By The Administrations. Judges Are Not Super-Human, Being Products Of Same Society From Which Administrators Have Come, Though Committed To Ensure Justice With An Objective Approach. The Need For Specialisation In Administrative Law Has Been Suggested, On An Analysis Of Their Attitudes And Approaches. The Author Had Made An Extensive Study Of Exercise Of Discretion By The Administrators And The Methods Of Tests Applied By The Judiciary In Reviewing. The Book Makes A Thought-Proviking Analysis, Interesting And Useful Alike Not Only For Administrators, Judges, Lawyers, And Law Officers, But Also For Those Interested N Pursuing Higher Studies In Law.

Dr. P. Hemalatha Devi (b. 1947), after obtaining her Post graduate Degree in Public Administration obtained LL.B. followed by M.Phil. (1979) and Ph.D. (1988) Degrees from the Osmania University, Hyderabad. She served as a senior Lecturer in B.J.R. Govt. Degree College, Hyderabad, for about two decades.she has her multi-disciplinary research areas ranging from educational and social administration to administrative law. She made an intensive study into functioning of secondary education in Panchayat Raj system. her concern for Women in Law led her to make an elaborate probe into professional and sociological problems of lawers and judges among women for her post-doctoral research. Closely associated with UGC programmes and schemes, she take keen interest in academic and social projects. Besides being a life member of IIPA, New Delhi, ASRC, Hyderabad, Indian Public Administrative Association, she is popular in academic circles and active in research pursuits.