V P TRIPATHI Vs. UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS special appeal under sec. 18 of the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance is directed against the order by the Single Judge dated November 8, 1978, by which he dismissed the writ petition filed by the petitioner.

(2.) THE petitioner is a Lecturer in one of the Colleges affiliated to the University of Rajasthan. He was granted teacher-fellowship in the Department of Chemistry as a part of the Faculty Improvement Programme of the University Grants Commission in the Rajasthan University, Jaipur. His fellowship was terminated by the impugned order dated July 21, 1978, on the ground that he had misbehaved in the University Campus while doing research work in the laboratory by slapping one of the co-research scholars Shri Shah. A departmental inquiry by a Committee appointed for the purpose was held and the petitioner was found guilty of the charge. THEreafter, the matter was placed before the Vice-Chancellor, who issued a show cause notice to the petitioner as to why disciplinary action be not taken against him. After hearing the petitioner, the Vice-Chancellor ordered that the fellowship granted to the petitioner may be terminated.

(3.) IN the result, this special appeal is hereby dismissed summarily.