( 1 ) THE challenge in this writ petition is to the communication dated 13th August 1991 whereby petitioner No. 2, who is a member of the Governing Body of the Daulat Ram College (hereinafter REFERRED TO to as the college) has been removed from membership and the communication dated 14th August 1991 whereby the Vice Chancellor has nominated seven additional members to the Governing Body of the college for one year. Petitioner No. I has filed the present petition as Chairman and Member of the Governing Body of the college while petitioner No. 2 has filed the petition on his own behalf. The petitioners have raised various grounds in the writ petition in support of their case. However, we have confined our decision to the challenge on the ground of non-compliance with the principles of natural justice. We feel that the impugned actions of respondents 1 to 3 are liable to be struck down on this ground alone.

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to the petition are that the college was started in the year 1960 as one of the constituent colleges of the University of Delhi. It has a Governing Body of fifteen members out of whom ten have been appointed by the Trust, two members are th