S. Ravindra Bhat, J.:—

1. In this appeal, the Appellant University assails the impugned judgment dated 6.7.2012 passed by learned Single Judge in W.P. (C) 5725 of 2008 whereby he has set aside Inquiry Committee report dated 7.3.2008 as well as the Office Order no. 08/CP/2008 dated 5.8.2008. The Appellant University was furthermore directed to pay costs amounting to Rs. 30,000/- and admit the respondent to Ph.D course in the ensuing session.

2. The brief facts are that the respondent (hereafter ‘the writ petitioner”), appeared for the Ph.D entrance examination for the session of 2007-08, in the Appellant University (hereafter ‘JNU”). She had completed her M.Sc. in Biotechnology. The writ petitioner had sought quashing of an Inquiry Committee report dated 7.3.2008 and also of the office Order no. 08/CP/2008 dated 5.8.2008 whereby Vice Chancellor of JNU, under Statute 32 of the University ordered that the entire JNU campus to be ‘out of bounds’ for her for five years and debarred her from taking admission in any program of study at the JNU, for the next five academic years. She had also prayed for directions to the JNU to admit her in the Ph.D programme after providing her the