SHOBHA SRIVASTAVA Vs. UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) MANOJ Misra, J 1. These two petitions, by the same petitioner, raise common questions of law and fact and, therefore, with the consent of the counsel for the parties, are being decided by a common judgment. By Writ Petition No. 19812 of 2010, the petitioner, who is a Principal of K.P. Training College (hereinafter referred to as College) has challenged the order of suspension dated 26.10.2009, as also the charge-sheet dated 29.03.2010. During the pendency of this petition, by order dated 06.08.2010, the petitioner was reinstated albeit without financial and administrative powers, accordingly, the petitioner got the petition amended thereby seeking for quashing of the order dated 06.08.2010 to the extent that it deprived her of her financial and administrative powers.

(2.) AS no interim-order was passed in Writ Petition No. 19812 of 2010, the enquiry held in pursuance to the charge sheet culminated in a decision of the Governing Body, taken in its meeting dated 13.01.2011, wherein award of four alternative punishments to the petitioner was considered, which are as follows:-

(3.) PURSUANT to the aforesaid decision of the Committee of Management, the conduct of the petitioner was reviewed in a meeting of the Committee of Management, held on July 29, 2011. In the said meeting a decision was taken, which was communicated to the petitioner by the Chairman of the Committee of Management vide letter dated 29.7.2011, in the following words: