( 1 ) THIS is a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution.

( 2 ) THE petitioner Shri Kanhaiyalal is a registered graduate of the University of rajastnan. By Resolutions Nos. 24 and 21, dated the 28th of January, 1958 and 8th of January 1959 respectively, the University of Rajasthan, which is Respondent no. 1 in this Writ Petition, decided to award the degree of the Doctor of Philosophy to Respondent No. 4 Shri Madan Lal Sharma, who was a Lecturer in the Maharajas sanskrit College, Jaipur, and the said degree was conferred on him. According to the petitioner, Respondent No. 4 managed to get the aforesaid resolution passed at the meetings of the Syndicate by exercising his influence on some members of the Syndicate. The contention of the petitioner is that Respondent No. 4 had never applied for being awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy but had applied only for the degree of vachaspati; that for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy under ordinance No. 124, made under Section 30 of the University of Rajputana Act, 1946, a candidate for the degree of Ph. D. must be an M. A. M. Sc. , M. Com, M. Ed. , or M. Pharm. and Respondent No. 4 did not hold any of