JUDGMENT

S. Saghir Ahmad, J.-Guru Nanak College at Gurdaspur was a private institution affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University. Respondent was appointed as Principal of the college by a resolution of the Managing Committee adopted on 27th of May, 1975. His appointment was approved by the Vice Chancellor on 30th of June, 1975 and thereafter he was confirmed on that post with effect from 31st of May, 1976.

2. Guru Nanak College, as also three other colleges were proposed to be taken over by the Government under its Memo dated 30th of September, 1982 on the condition that only those staff members who possessed the requisite qualifications would alone be adsorbed and that too as "new entrants" while the Principal of the college would be brought in a senior-most lecturer and not as Principal. This Memorandum was considered by the Managing Committee of the college in its meeting held on 18th of May, 1983 and was approved. Consequently, a gift deed dated 11th of July, 1983 was executed between the management of the college and the State Government in which the management was described as donors and it was provided, inter alia, as under:-

1. In pursuance of the said agreement, the donors