( 1 ) CHALLENGE herein is to the legality of the order dated 13. 9. 2000 being Annexure-7 to the writ petition passed by the Chancellor, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (in short the university ). By means of the impugned order, the Chancellor has set aside the order dated 17. 12. 1968 of the Vice Chancellor and declared the respondent Dr. Prem Chand Singh, a lecturer in the Udit Narayan Post Graduate College. Padrauna, district Kushinagar, as the senior most teacher in the college. The Vice Chancellor by his order dated 17. 12. 1968 had declared the petitioner to be the senior most teacher. The representation filed by respondent Dr. Prem Chand singh having been allowed by the Chancellor, the petitioner has approached this Court for quashing the order passed by the Chancellor.

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to this writ petition lie in a short compass. The petitioner was originally appointed Lecturer in Murli Manohar Town Post Graduate College, Ballia, where he worked from 19. 7. 1966 to 23. 9. 1974. Upon his appointment as Lecturer in Udit Narain Post Graduate college, Padrauna, district Kushinagar. with the approval of the Vice Chancellor, the pe