JUDGMENT :

M. R. Shah, J.

By this writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has prayed for a writ of quo warranto challenging the appointment of respondent No. 4 as a Vice Chancellor of respondent No. 2 - Sardar Patel University (hereinafter referred to as "SP University") and to quash and set aside the notification dated 29.08.2019, bearing No. GH/SH/76/SPY/122010/2626/KH-2 passed by respondent No.1 - State of Gujarat, appointing respondent No. 4 as the Vice Chancellor of the respondent - SP University. The petitioner has also prayed for any other appropriate writ, direction and order directing respondent authorities to recover from respondent No. 4 all consequential benefits not limited to pay, with retrospective effect, that have been extended to him by virtue of his illegal appointment as Vice Chancellor of the SP University.

2. It is the case on behalf of the petitioner that the University Grants Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "UGC") framed UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Sta