DR. VIJAYAKUMARAN Vs. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The moot question involved in this appeal is: whether the order issued under the signatures of ViceChancellor of the Central University of Kerala (respondent No. 1), dated 30.11.2017 is simplicitor termination or exfacie stigmatic? The said order reads thus:

(3.) Shorn of unnecessary details, on 5.6.2017, the respondent No. 1 ­ University sent an offer letter to the appellant for being appointed to the post of Associate Professor in the Department of Hindi. This letter stated that he would be on probation for a period of twelve months from the date of joining and governed by the rules and regulations of the Central University of Kerala for teachers and other academic staff, orders issued by the University/University Grants Commission (UGC)/Government of India from time to time and the code of conduct applicable to all the employees of the respondent No. 1 ­ University etc. A formal written contract was entered into between the appellant and the respondent No. 1 ­ University on 12.6.2017, restating the terms and conditions referred to in the offer letter. The relevant clauses of the contract read thus: