1. By this petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution the petitioner. Dr. G. P. Gupta, has questioned the validity of a resolution of the Executive Council of the Aligarh Muslim University dispensing with his services as lecturer.

2. The petitioner was appointed on one year's probation as a Lecturer in the Muslim University Institute of Ophthalmology. The petitioner joined his post in the University on 1-10-1963 after resigning from his post as Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Gandhi Eye Hospital at Aligarh. According to the allegations of the petitioner he successfully completed his probationary period which expired on 30-9-1964 and was entitled for confirmation but to his surprise he was served with an order on 4-12-1964 that his probationary period had been extended by one year. Thereupon the petitioner made a representation on 8-12-1964 to the Vice-Chancellor of the University. According to the petitioner no orders of the Vice-Chancellor on his representation were communicated to him for three months and on 3-3-1965, the petitioner received a letter from the Director of the Institute informing him that the petitioner's representation had been considered by the Vice-Chancellor who was