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IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
M.S.KARNIK, NIVEDITA P.MEHTA
Saba V.M. Da Silva S/o Late Francisco Xavier D’ Silva – Appellant
Versus
State of Goa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NIVEDITA P. MEHTA, J.
1. Rule.
2. Rule made returnable forthwith.
3. Heard finally with consent of the parties.
4. By the present petition, the petitioner is seeking to quash and set aside the report of High Level Fact Finding Committee dated 18.07.2023 with other ancillary reliefs such as quashing of charge sheet dated 13.01.2024 and suspension order dated 26.07.2023 issued to the petitioner.
Facts
5. The petitioner was appointed as lecturer at Govind Ramnath Kare College of Law, Margao Goa on 20.06.2001. The Petitioner has an unblemished cumulative service record of over 30 years and has served as a teaching faculty at various colleges and educational institutions which includes a teaching experience of over 23 years. The petitioner was appointed by Goa University as Dean of the Faculty of Law w.e.f. 01.03.2020 till 27.01.2022. The respondent nos. 4 and 5 until the academic year 2019-2020 independently carried out their admission procedure for the BA LLB (integrated five year course and LLB programmes.
6. The Directorate of Higher Education in the year 2021-22 convened a meeting of Principals of respondent no.4 (V.M. Salgaonkar College of Law) and respondent no. 5 (VVM’s Govin
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