Judgment

SEN, J.:- This appeal by special leave is directed against a judgment of the Madras High Court dated October 11, 1979 quashing an order of the State Government of Tamil Nadu dated December 20, 1978 passed in appeal preferred by the appellant under Section 20 of the Tamil Nadu Private Colleges (Regulation) Act, 1976, hereinafter referred to as the Act, by which the Government held that the resignation submitted by him. on March 19, 1976, from his post as Lecturer in the Department of Electronics in P. S. G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, was not voluntary and, therefore, directed his reinstatement with immediate effect.

2. The facts giving rise to the appeal are these: On February 28, 1976, the appellant while he was on probation as a Lecturer in the Department of Electronics in P. S. G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, was subjected to a departmental enquiry for dereliction of duty and irresponsible conduct by the Principal and the two charges levelled against him were (1) on February 18, 1976 he did not allow one batch of students of III-B Technology Class to complete their laboratory experiments in the test that was being held from 1.45 p. m. to 4.30 p.m. and further