(1.) By the present petition, the petitioner is challenging the order dtd. 16/3/2019 passed by the respondent no.1 - Hon'ble Chancellor directing the respondent no.3 - Vice Chancellor, Kaviyatri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Umavi nagar, Jalgaon to terminate the services of the petitioner on the post of Associate Professor in the subject of Mass Communication and Journalism and also consequential order dtd. 20/3/2019 issued by the respondent no. 3 - Vice Chancellor, thereby terminating the services of the petitioner to the post of Associate Professor with effect from 20/4/2019.
(2.) Brief facts leading to filing of the petition can be summarized are as under :
(3.) The petitioner submits that the termination order dtd. 20/3/2019 is passed by the Chancellor, is on the following grounds (i) that the petitioner did not have requisite qualification, in terms of teaching experience, (ii) insufficient API score and (iii) non guidance to the Ph.D. students, which was the required qualification at the relevant time. Apropos above, the learned Counsel Mr.Dighe for the petitioner contends that the petitioner had the requisite qualification.