P. R. GOKULAKRISHNAN, J.

( 1 ) TWO lecturers of Colleges affiliated to respondent No. 2-University who are also Senate Members and who claim to have no personal interest in the subject matter of the present petition have felt constrained in the interest of high standards norms principles and the purity of education and educational institutions to file the present petition challenging what they claim to be arbitrary action of the respondents in the matter of procedure of appointment of the pivotal office of the Vice-Chancellor of respondent No. 2- University in the matter of recommendations of the names for the said office and also regarding the functions of the Committee in the matter of the said appointment.

( 2 ) THE factual background alleged by the petitioners is as under: Since the Academic and Executive Councils in the Gujarat University were not existing at the relevant time due to pending litigation it had not been possible to call a joint meeting of the Executive Council and the Academic Council for the purpose of nominating a member on the Committee popularly known as the Search Committee. The Vice-Chancellars of the Universities established by law in the State of Gujarat

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