JUDGMENT/ORDER

1. By the present petition, the petitioner is challenging the order dtd. 16/3/2019 passed by the respondent no.1 - Hon'ble Chancellor directing the respondent no.3 - Vice Chancellor, Kaviyatri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Umavi nagar, Jalgaon to terminate the services of the petitioner on the post of Associate Professor in the subject of Mass Communication and Journalism and also consequential order dtd. 20/3/2019 issued by the respondent no. 3 - Vice Chancellor, thereby terminating the services of the petitioner to the post of Associate Professor with effect from 20/4/2019.

2. Brief facts leading to filing of the petition can be summarized are as under :

<WXY>i] The respondent no. 2 - University published advertisement on 4/10/2012 in the daily news papers, namely, Indian Express, Dainik Samrat, Dainik Punya Nagari, Dainik Divya Marathi etc. and also on the website of the University, thereby calling upon the applications for various posts including the post of Associate Professor from Open Category in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism. In the said advertisement, the following qualification was prescribed for the post of Associate