Jaswant Singh, J.

1. Petitioner (Dr. Jyoti Rani) by way of the present Civil Writ Petition has challenged the order dated 07.06.2018 (Annexure P-6) wherein the petitioner has been discharged from service of Assistant Professor (Food Science & Technology) in the Department of Bio-Technology in the Respondent-University Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the Respondent-University advertised the post of Assistant Professor (Food Science & Technology) in Department of Bio-Technology in April 2015 and the said advertised post was to be filled through three (03) tier selection process. The petitioner was selected for the said post and was issued appointment letter dated 11.07.2015 (Annexure P-1). The terms & conditions of the appointment letter were accepted by the petitioner and in token of said acceptance, an endorsement dated 15.07.2015 was made by the petitioner on the appointment letter itself. In the appointment letter, in the terms & conditions of appointment, it was mentioned as under:-

"........2. You shall be on probation for a period of two years initially. The period of probation may be further extende