ORDER

The writ petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, seeking the following main prayer:-

“……..declaring the Circular No.RU/ Teaching.Estt./Circular/2017 dated 18.05.2017 issued by the 1^stRespondent as arbitrary illegal malafide discriminatory and unconstitutional violating Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and set aside the same in so far as the petitioner is concerned and issue consequential directions restraining the Respondents from replacing the Petitioner by any other contract lecturer in pursuance of the Circular No.RU/Teaching.Estt./ Circular/2017 dt. 18.05.2017 and issue further directions directing the Respondents to continue the Petitioner as contract lecturer till regularizing his service against regular post…….”

2. Heard Sri S.Karunakar, learned counsel representing the learned counsel for the petitioner, Smt. N. Vijaya Santhi learned Standing Counsel for the 1^st respondent University and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Higher Education.

Brief case of the petitioner

3. The petitioner was appointed in Sri Krishnadevaraya University on 07.07.2006 as Teaching Assistant in Botany on contract basis by the select committee after go