S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

( 1 ) THE writ petitioner seeks quashing of an order dated 7-5-2007 declaring him to be out of bounds, with immediate effect, from the jawaharlal Nehru University (hereafter" JNU") campus, and debarring him from admission to any of its programmes and courses.

( 2 ) THE facts, undisputed by the parties, and emerging from the pleadings are that during the period July, 2006 Saurabh Kamal (the petitioner's brother) was constantly humiliated and harassed on castes lines by a group of students of JNU led by one Mahindra Kumar Chauhan, an ex-student of JNU apparently living unauthorizedly in Chandrabhaga hostel. Saurabh was constantly referred to as a 'dalit' and subjected to caste based harassment and social discrimination by them.

( 3 ) IN the evening of 31st July, 2006 the situation, became serious as manindra Kumar Chauhan and his friends abused Saurabh very badly on casts lines and even threatened to beat him up. Being alarmed by the incident, Saurabh Kamal telephoned the petitioner, his brother, about the threat and his continued harassment by Manindra Kumar Chauhan and other students. The next day the petitioner went to JNU Campus to meet his brother to veri