JUDGMENT

Dharmesh Sharma, J. This judgment shall decide an appeal preferred in terms of Clause 10 of Letters Patent, as applicable to the High Court of Delhi, preferred by the appellant assailing the impugned judgment/order dated 25 November 2019 passed in Writ Petition (C) No. 1288/2012, whereby the learned Single Judge was pleased to dismiss the Writ petition assailing the decision of the Executive Council [EC], University of Delhi/respondent No.1 vide Memorandum dated 8 July 2011 (Annexure P-1) imposing the punishment of compulsory retirement upon the appellant on the basis of a Sexual Harassment Complaint filed by respondent No.2, who is hereinafter referred by the pseudonym, namely Ms. `M' in order to protect her identity. Respondent No.3 is Professor Vibha Maurya, who was a member of the Sub-committee that inquired into the misconduct of the appellant, and her husband is respondent No.4, a fellow professor in the University of Delhi and respondent No.5 is one Anil Solanki.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. Briefly stated, the appellant joined as a Professor in the Hindi Department, University of Delhi in the year 1981 and became a Professor for the Hindi Department in the Faculty of Arts,