By the Court.—The appointment of the Principal of Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth Degree College, Allahabad (hereinafter referred to as the ‘College’) which is affiliated to the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur (hereinafter referred to as the ‘University’) is the core issue involved in all these petitions and, therefore, they have been heard together.

2. The order dated 27th February, 2004 passed by the Vice-Chancellor of University and the order dated 9th June, 2004 passed by the Chancellor of the University have been impugned in Writ Petition No. 76322 of 2005 and Writ Petition No. 46551 of 2004 which have been filed by Dr. (Smt.) Shakti Pandey (hereinafter referred to as ‘Dr. Pandey’) and the Committee of Management of the College respectively. The Vice-Chancellor of the University by the order dated 27th February, 2004 accepted the claim of Dr. (Smt.) Rajni Tripathi (hereinafter referred to as ‘Dr. Tripathi’) that she had withdrawn her resignation on 28th September, 2003 prior to its acceptance and, therefore, directed the Management of the College to forthwith handover the charge of the Principal of the College to her. The Chancellor of the University by the orde