Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari vs Ravindra Jugran

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1138

M. R. SHAH, M. M. SUNDRESH
Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari – Appellant
Versus
Ravindra Jugran – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. P. S. Patwalia, Sr. Adv. Ms. Harshika Verma, Adv. Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Gupta Adv. Mr. Ashish Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kshitiz Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushagra Raghuvanshi, Adv. Mr. Mahipal Khagnwal, Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. Ms. Sanjana Grace Thomas, Adv. Ms. Mantika Vohra, Adv. Mr. Atul Sharma, AOR Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv. Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Param Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, AOR Mr. C. S. Rawat, Adv. Mr. Girish Shanker, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 10.11.2021 passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in Writ Petition No. 190/2020, by which the High Court has allowed the said writ petition preferred by respondent No.1 herein and has quashed and set aside the appointment of the appellant herein – original respondent No.5 as the Vice-Chancellor of Soban Singh Jeena University (hereinafter referred to as the ‘University’), original respondent No.5 – Vice-Chancellor of the said University has preferred the present appeal.

2. That the appellant herein was appointed as Professor and worked as such for the period between 23.5.2009 to 7.10.2017 till he was appointed as Member of the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission. That thereafter he was appointed by the State Government as Vice-Chancellor of the University by order dated 11.08.2020. He assumed the charge as Vice-Chancellor on 13.08.2020. The appointment of the appellant was challenged before the High Court by way of present writ petition, inter alia, on the ground that at the time when he was appointed as Vice-Chancellor, i.e., on 11.08.2020, he was not having the re

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1138

M. R. SHAH, M. M. SUNDRESHProf. Narendra Singh Bhandari – AppellantVersusRavindra Jugran – Respondent

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M. R. SHAH, M. M. SUNDRESH
Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari – Appellant
Versus
Ravindra Jugran – Respondent