JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under clause 15 of the Letters Patent, to set aside the order made in W.P(MD).No.979 of 2019 dated 24.01.2020 on the file of this Hon'ble Court.)

R. Vijayakumar, J.

The present Writ Appeal has been filed by the first respondent in the writ petition.

2. The present Writ Appeal has been filed challenging an order passed by the learned Single Judge quashing the order of compulsory retirement passed by the first respondent University.

3. Factual Background:

3(i). The writ petitioner was working as a professor in the Department of Communication in the first respondent University. The fourth respondent was a Research Scholar guided by the writ petitioner. On 16.10.2018, the University received a letter from the Students' Association along with a compact disk requesting the University authorities to initiate action against the writ petitioner for sexually harassing the fourth respondent. A committee comprising of three Senior Professors enquired the writ petitioner and recommended the University Authority to take suitable action against the writ petitioner based on the University Act and Statute. The writ petitioner was placed under suspension on 22.10.2018 i