( 1 ) HEARD Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Diwakar Raj Sharma, advocate on behalf of the petitioner, Sri Sashi Nandan, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by smt. Sunita Agarwal, Advocate on behalf of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Sri K. C. Sinha, learned Assistant Solicitor General of India, "on behalf of Union of India.

( 2 ) THE petitioner, Dr. Bhishambhar Dayal Gupta, was employed as Reader, Department of psychology in the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The petitioner was placed under suspension under order of the Vice-Chancellor of the University in exercise of powers under statute 40 (3 ). (C) of the first Statutes of the University pending enquiry. He was served with a charge-sheet dated 17/18th September, 1986 and was required to submit his reply thereto, within ten days from the date of receipt of charges as levelled against him, which were ten in number. Sri Vashudevan, retired Commissioner, Department of Inquiries, Central Vigilance Commission was appointed as the Enquiry Officer by the University. The enquiry officer after conducting departmental proceedings submitted his enquiry report dated 11th