Dr. Bhimrao Vasant Gondhali v. The Registrar, Mahatma Phule Agriculture University , Rahuri, Ahmednagar And ANR

Smita Gonsalves Smita Gonsalves Date: 2021.02.17 16:00:31 +0530 sg 1/2

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.12921 OF 2018 Bhimrao Vasant Gondhali ..

Petitioner v/s.

The Registrar Mahatma Phule University, Rahuri Ahmednagar & Anr.

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Respondents ....

Mr. Bhushan A. Bandiwadekar, for the Petitioner. Mr. Ashish S. Gaikwad, for Respondent No.1.

Mr. V.M. Mali, AGP, for Respondent No.2.

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CORAM: S.C. GUPTE & SURENDRA P. TAVADE, JJ.

DATE : 10 FEBRUARY, 2021.

P.C:- .

Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that he has instructions of his client to withdraw the petition. A copy of the instructions dated 25 January 2021 is kept on record, marked "X" for identification. The petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs.

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After passing of this order, Respondent No.1-Registrar informs the Court that whereas the challenge in the petition was to suspension of the Petitioner pending an enquiry, during the pendency of the petition, the enquiry has progressed and resulted into punitive action against the

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19. wp12921-18.doc Petitioner. The Petitioner has been demoted from the post of Associate Professor to Assistant Professor. Learned Counsel for Respondent No.1 wants us to place this order on record. It is, accordingly, kept on record, marked "X-1" for identification.

(SURENDRA P. TAVADE, J.) (S.C. GUPTE, J.)