The court affirmed the authority of the Board for Adjudication of Students Grievances to address student disciplinary complaints, emphasizing adherence to statutory procedures established in education law.

1. Challenge in this writ appeal is to the judgment dated 23/10/2019 passed in W. P. (C) No. 23586 of 2019, by which the writ court directed the Chairman of Board for Adjudication of Students Grievances, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, respondent No.4 therein, to finalise the complaint preferred by writ petitioner, in accordance with the procedure contemplated under Chap.27 of the Statutes, 1997, at the earliest, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment made the said writ petition after providing notice of hearing to the petitioner as well as respondents 1 and 2.

2. Short facts leading to the appeal are that.
Respondent No.1 is a III Year B.Sc. (Computer Science) student of the appellant College. According to him, there was a dispute relating to timing of the opening of the college gates. Complaint was not responded as a result of which, students of the appellant College conducted a protest by blocking the college gates. College authorities suspended eleven students, including the general secretary and campus union representative, for fifteen days, pending enquiry.

3. Before the writ court, petitioner contended that he is innocent and the Principal of Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam district, 2nd appellant herein, deliberately included him. Petitioner raised grounds alleging violation of principles of natural justice.

4. The Principal, Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam District, appellant No.2, submitted that he received a telephonic message from the Assistant Professor informing that his child was seriously ill and when he went to the main entrance to go to the school where his child is studying, writ petitioner along with others forcibly closed the main entrance by parking their motorcycles in front of the gate obstructing the passage. Security personnel could not remove the motorcycles. The Assistant Professor gave a complaint to the appellants narrating the entire incident. On receipt of the complaint, Exhibit - R2(c), the Principal Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam District, appellant No.2, convened a College council meeting on 05/07/2019. The College council took a decision to suspend eleven students involved in the above incident. After placing the petitioner and others under suspension, the Principal, Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, appointed an Enquiry Commission to conduct a detailed enquiry with respect to the incident which happened on 04/07/2019. The Enquiry Commissioner conducted an enquiry and a detailed report was submitted. After considering the Enquiry Commission's report, the College council decided to take a lenient view and instructed the students, to express their regret in respect of the incident which occurred on 04/07/2019. Accordingly, on 22/07/2019 a printed format of the affidavit was given to all the eleven students. The Principal, Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, Perumbavoor, appellant No.2, further submitted that instead of giving an affidavit as required by the College council, writ petitioner and others sought assistance of politicians. All of them forcibly entered into the room of the Principal, and refused to give the affidavit in printed format. The Principal was confined in her room by the petitioner and others. The said incident happened on 23/07/2019. Writ petitione