(Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 14.11.2002 passed in Writ Petition No.35181 of 2002 on the file of this Court.)

A.P. Shah, C.J.

This writ appeal has been filed by the University of Madras challenging the order of the learned single Judge setting aside the order of compulsory retirement passed by the appellant University by way of punishment imposed on the respondent.

2. Briefly stated the facts leading to this appeal are as follows:

The respondent was serving as a Professor in the Department of Tamil Language of the appellant University. When the appellant University created a Department of Contemporary Tamil Literature, on 11.5.1998, he was appointed as its Head. By order dated 19.11.1999 the respondent was placed under suspension for various acts of indiscipline. A charge memo was issued in respect of the misconduct committed by him. The charge against the respondent was that despite written instructions issued in Letter No.D.1(A)/TE/99/10 dated 24.2.1999 and also in the Letter No.D.1(A)/TE/99/392 dated 24.2.1999 based on the resolution of the Syndicate dated 12.2.1999, prohibiting any form of demonstration, fasting, meeti