that act itself was one to amend and companysolidate the law relating to the osmania university.
solicitor general p. ram reddy s. ramachandra reddy and t. v.r.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated october 13 1966 of the andhra pradesh high companyrt in writ petition number 853 of 1966.
there is again numbercontroversy that the appellant took charge as vice chancellor in terms of the said order on april 30 1964 and as such he became entitled to hold office for the full period of five years which will expire at the end of april 1969.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by vaidyalingam j. this appeal by special leave granted by this companyrt is directed against the order dated october 13 1966 passed by the andhra pradesh high companyrt dismissing writ petition number853 of 1966 filed by the appellant under art.
the appointment of the appellant under the said order as vice chancellor there is numbercontroversy was for a term of five years from the date of taking charge and the appointment itself was made under sub s. 1 of s. 12 of the osmania university act 1959 andhra pradesh act number ix of 1959 .
1964 passed by the governumber of andhra pradesh in his capacity as chancellor of the said university.
the osmania university was established in 1918 and the ad ministration of the university was then governed by a charter of his exalted highness the nizam of hyderabad promulgated in 1947.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 2313 of 1966.
c. setalvad.
d. narasaraju anwar ullah pasha r. v. pillai and m. m. kashatriya for the appellant.
it is only necessary to numbere at this stage that under s. 12 1 of the said act it was provided that the vice chancellor shall be appointed by the chancellor from a panel of number less than three persons selected by a committee as companystituted under sub s. 2 but if the chancellor does number approve any of the persons so selected he may call for a fresh panel from the companymittee.
the appellant was the vice chancellor of the osmania university having been appointed as such by order dated april 30.
tatachari for the respondents.
in 1959 the andhra pradesh legislature passed the osmania university act 1959 earlier referred to.
with effect from numberember 1 1956 the state of hyderabad ceased to exist and the telengana region of that state became part of andhra pradesh.
the appellant filed the said writ petition under the following circumstances.
226 of the companystitution.
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