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PETITIONER: J.K.CHAUDHURI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: R. K. DATTA GUPTA & OTHERS
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/04/1958
BENCH: KAPUR, J.L. BENCH: KAPUR, J.L. BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. SARKAR, A.K.
CITATION: 1958 AIR 722 1959 SCR 455
ACT: University of Gauhati, Powers of Principal dismissed by Governing Body of College-If University can interfere- Gauhati University Act (Ass. XVI of 1947), SS. 2, 9, 12 and 21, Statutes of the University, cls. 1, 2 and 3.
HEADNOTE: R was appointed Professor of Mathematics in a College affiliated to the Gauhati University. He was later appointed Principal of the College. On complaints being made against R the Governing Body of the College held an enquiry and ordered his dismissal as Principal and Professor of Mathematics. R made representations to the Vice- Chancellor of the Gauhati University and the Executive Council of the University appointed a committee to report on the propriety of the action taken. Upon the report of the committee that there was no reasonable ground justifying the dismissal of R, the Executive Council passed a resolution directing the Governing Body to reinstate R : Held, that the Executive Council acted without jurisdiction in so far as it interfered with the action taken against R as the Principal of the College. The Gauhati University Act, 1947, and the Statutes framed under s. 21(g) thereo...