1. This writ petition is filed challenging termination of the petitioner as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University consequent upon resignation of Dr.Kuncheria P.Isaac on 31/12/2017.

2. The short issue to be considered in this writ petition is whether appointment of Pro-Vice-Chancellor is co-terminus with that of Vice Chancellor or not. The Chancellor, taking note of clause 7.2.0 of UGC Minimum Qualification Regulations, 2010, was of the view that the office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor is coterminus with the office of Vice Chancellor. Indisputably, the appointment was not made as coterminus. The statutory provisions under A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015 ('University Act, 2015' for short) do not indicate that the office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor is co-terminus with that of Vice Chancellor. The Chancellor, by placing reliance on the Full Bench Judgment of this Court in WPC 19796/2018 Radhakrishnan Pillai v. Travancore Devaswom Board [2016 (2) KLT 245 (F.B.)] was of the view that the State law is in conflict with the U.G.C. Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and