Challenging the Notification (suspension order) dated 14.03.2016, passed by His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka, as the Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, whereby the petitioner, the Vice-Chancellor of the said University has been suspended, the petitioner has knocked at the doors of this court.

2. Briefly the facts of the case are that by a notification dated 30.06.2010 with effect from 02.07.2010, the petitioner, Prof. H. Maheshappa, was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the said University. The said appointment was for a period of three years. However, prior to completion of the said tenure, by notification dated 21.06.2014, the petitioner’s term as the Vice-Chancellor was extended till 30.06.2016. During his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor, a large number of complaints were made with regard to the irregularities and illegalities committed by the University. Therefore, by order dated 19.12.2014, a One Man Fact Finding Committee, consisting of Justice Ajit J. Gunjal, a retired Judge of this court, was constituted by the Chancellor of the University. However, subsequently as Mr. Justice Ajit J. Gunjal expressed his inability to continue with t