I.K. Jain, J.

1. This petition arises against the order of removal of petitioner from service passed by respondent on 30-08-2005.

2. Briefly stated facts are that:-

Petitioner a post graduate in Power Engineering was appointed as a Lecturer with Visvesaraya Regional College of Engineering at Nagpur (VRCE) now known as VNIT a deemed University. In the year 2004, he was working as Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering.

3. On 11-05-2004, petitioner was served with a charge-sheet. The articles of charge alleged that three students Rajesh Rentapalli, Saurav Kumar and Malay Biswas of VIIIth Semester Mechanical Engineering lodged complaints on 26-12-2003 alleging therein that petitioner was compelling them to join tuition and accepted money from those students.

4. Petitioner responded to the chargesheet vide his written statement dated 01-06-2004. He raised a defence of false implication and denied the charges in toto.

5. The Director of respondent/Institute appointed Shri Justice M.S. Deshpande, former Judge of this Court as an Enquiry Officer to hold an enquiry into the charges framed against the petitioner. During the course of enquiry, in all five witnesses were examin