C.A. No. 001072 / 2022
When a teacher voluntarily relinquishes a rotational nomination to a position of Head of Department for academic reasons, such relinquishment operates only in respect of that specific rotational turn and does not extinguish the teacher's right to fair consideration in subsequent rotations, where seniority continues to govern. Courts exercising judicial review under Article 226 ought not to disturb a university authority's long-standing institutional interpretation of its own statute, provided that interpretation is one of two plausible constructions and is not contrary to law. This principle, analysed on casestatus.in, reinforces that past administrative practice consistently followed by a competent nominating body carries significant persuasive weight in service matters.