JUDGMENT

S.Ravindra Bhat, J.

1. The Petitioner was appointed as commerce lecturer in response to the advertisement published in Newspaper dated 28.03.2001, by the respondent college (hereafter "the college"). She joined the College on 1st May 2001. The terms of appointment were appointment to be on probation for one year which could be extended for another one year;

i) the appointment could be terminated without any notice and without assigning reason during the first year and by one month's notice on either side.

2. It is claimed that though entitled, the petitioner was not granted summer vacation leave for two years. The petitioner was blessed with a child on 28.12.2003 and was sanctioned maternity leave for 135 days w.e.f. 29.12.2003. She had requested for maternity leave of 180 days as per the Guru Nanak Dev University Rules (GNDU Rules) which, it is averred, allowed maternity leave for that period.

3. The Petitioner was informed that as the Central Civil Service Rules were applicable to her services the provisions of GNDU Rules were inapplicable. In the meanwhile, as per the pleadings, she was applying for extension of leave, initially sanctioned up-to May, 2004, on medi