R. K. ABICHANDANI, J.

( 1 ) A lawyer-academician has suddenly found himself out-witted by the pure professionals and alienated by his fellow academicians landing himself in a state of suspended animation due to the professional territorialism seeking absolute loyalty in the respective fields.

( 2 ) IN this appeal, the State Bar Council challenges the order of the learned single Judge granting interim relief in favour of the respondent to a limited extent that the appellant shall not fill in the office of a member of Bar Council, which is said to have fallen vacant on account of the letter dated 12th July, 2000 written by the respondent, by which he informed the Chairman of the state Bar Council that he had ceased to practise law and that he was not practising as an Advocate in any Court of India, forwarding his declaration and the original sanad to the Bar Council along with this letter.

( 3 ) IN his petition, the respondent challenged the resolution dated 22-7-2000 of the Enrolment Committee resolving that in view of his application dated 12th july, 2000, stating that the respondent had ceased to practice as an Advocate, a casual vacancy had occurred under Rule 10 of The Gujarat Ba

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