V K MALIK Vs. UNIVERSITY OF JODHPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this writ petition, the petitioner prays for a writ in the nature of mandamus, or certiorari, or prohibition, or any other writ be issued prohibiting the University from holding the elections of the teachers as members or the syndicate in accordance with Section 16(1)(vii) of the Jodhpur University Act, 1962 (for short, 'the Act' hereafter). It is also prayed that the electoral rolls prepared as well as the notification Ex. 1 of the Deputy Registrar (respondent No. 3) be quashed.

(2.) THE petitioner is employed as a Lecturer. In Structural Engineering in M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur. Syndicate is one of the authorities of the University and the manner of its constitution is provided in Section 16 of the Act. We are concerned with Section 16 of the Act, as it was substituted by Section 2 of the Jodhpur University (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981, which received the assent of the Governor on 18th day of May, 1981. Section 16(1)(vii), which is relevant for the present purpose, is to the following effect, - -

(3.) I have heard learned Counsel for the parties and have gone through the relevant provisions of the Act as amended from time to time.