JUDGMENT

1. Present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 21.02.2020 whereby Petitioner has been dismissed from the post of Vice-Chancellor, Manipur University. A direction is also sought in the nature of mandamus to the Respondents to restore the appointment of the Petitioner to the said post to enable him to complete his remaining tenure, with consequential benefits, as well as for quashing the advertisement dated 16.03.2020, published for fresh appointment of Vice-Chancellor of the said University.

2. The narrative of facts in brief and necessary for adjudication of the present petition is that the Petitioner with Masters and Ph.D. Degrees in Economics and Masters in Business Administration, while working as Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the Manipur University (hereinafter referred to as `University'), on 25.10.2016, by the President of India, in his capacity as the Visitor of the University, for a period of 5 years. As per the Petitioner, he had several accomplishments and laurels to his credit and by his efforts and hard work had taken the University to the next level, both in terms of