N SUBBA REDDY Vs. ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -This is an appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated April 10, 1974, of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad passed in Writ Petition No. 579 of 1974 upholding the resolution dated October 28, 1973, of the Syndicate of the Andhra University (conveniently referred to hereinafter as the 'Syndicate') terminating the services of the appellant by paymentto him of salary and allowances for six months in lieu of notice for six calendar months under section 24 of Chapter V of the Administration Manual of the University and clause 10 (b) of the written contract dated October 28, 1967.

(2.) Briefly stated, the facts leading to this appeal are:The appellant joined the Anthropology Department of the Andhra University as a Senior Lecturer in 1960. In course of time, he was promoted as Professor of Anthropology with effect from October 1, 1967, pursuant to a resolution of the Syndicate dated September 26, 1967. The conditions of service annexed to the communication of the Registrar of the University informing the appellant that the Syndicate by its aforesaid resolution dated September 26, 1967, had ordered that the appellant be appointed Professor in the department of Anthropology with effect from October 1, 1967, inter alia stated:

(3.) On October 28, 1967, the appellant entered into an agreement with the University as required by the aforementioned conditions of service and Section 24 of Chapter V of the Administration Manual of the University. Clause 10 of the agreement which contained a reciprocal covenant ran thus:-