S K SOOD Vs. PUNJABI UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Shri S.K. Sud, who is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology at Patiala, has questioned the decision (Annexure A-19) of the respondent Punjabi University (hereinafter, referred to as the respondent) conveyed to him on 22nd of July, 1963, cancelling his appointment as internal examiner for practical and viva voce examination in "Strength of Materials" for the 2nd and 3rd Engineering Examinations and debarring him "from examinership for three years."

(2.) The petitioner has been working as a Lecturer first at the Benaras Hindu University from 1954 to 1956, and from October, 1956 till 1958 at the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He was promoted to the post of an Assistant Professor in 1958, which post he is occupying today. The petitioner, who claims to have acquired foreign qualifications also has been a Paper Setter and Examiner in "Strength of Materials, theory of Machines etc. "both at Roorkee and Delhi Universities, and since 1957 has been working as an internal Examiner for Practical Examination in "Strength of Materials" for the 2nd and 3rd Engineering Examinations of the Punjab University. On the inception of the Punjabi University by the Punjabi University Act, 1961, the petitioner became an examiner in the newly created University.

(3.) In a letter sent by the Registrar of the Punjabi University to the Principal of the Thapar Institute on 12th of April, 1963, it was mentioned that as there was only one Engineering College affiliated to the respondent University, the external examiner should not be associated with the work of internal assessment and the awards should be sent directly by the College to the Undiversity.