VIPIN SANGHI, J.

1. The present appeal is directed against the judgment dated 08.08.2013 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P. (C) No. 2338/2002. The appellant had preferred the said writ petition to assail the order dated 28.08.2001 passed by the Delhi School Tribunal. The said tribunal had upheld the inquiry report and the order of the disciplinary authority passed against the appellant imposing the penalty of removal from service.

2. The impugned judgment shows that two main grounds were urged by the appellant at the time of hearing of the writ petition. The first ground was that one Mrs. M. Varshney was a member of the disciplinary committee, which was responsible for adjudication of the charges qua the appellant and imposition of penalty on her in the departmental proceedings, and she had also appeared as a witness against the appellant in the same inquiry proceedings in respect of some of the charges. The appellant, therefore, alleged violation of the principles of natural justice on account of bias of the disciplinary committee against her. The second aspect alleged by the appellant in the writ proceedings was the violation of the principles of natural justice o