( 1 ) THE petitioner, a third year student of the Indian Institute of Technology (I. I. T.), has filed this petition for quashing the following punishment imposed upon him by the Director, I. I. T. :-

"you are rusticated from the Institute for two semesters with immediate effect, i. e. , for the remainder of the current semester and the II Semester 1993-94 and expelled from the hostel for the entire stay at the Institute. Further, you are warned sternly not to indulge in any act of indiscipline in the hostel and/or Institute during your entire stay in the Institute. You are also debarred from holding/contesting any official position in the hostel and/or Institute in future. "

( 2 ) THIS punishment was imposed on the petitioner on the following charge :-

"you were among the students who were involved in and who participated in a vulgar and shameful incident of ragging in which some first year students were harrassed, forced to strip and perform perverse unnatural acts. Further you failed to bring the same to the notice of the authorities. Thus you violated the instructions contained in the Order IITD/ SAS/93 dated 2. 7. 1993 and circular "welcome to Freshers" issued by