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5. After retirement of regular principal Dr. Smt. Asha Sharma on 31/12/2016, president of government body of the institution provided temporary current charge of principal to Smt. Asha Jain vide resolution dated 22/02/2017 (Annexure P/4). On receipt of the said letter dated 22/02/2017, respondent No.5 raised the objection to the petitioner/ college about the power/authority to provide current charge of principal to Smt. Asha Jain. Despite that government body of the petitioner/ college vide resolution dated 15/03/2017 approved the earlier decision to provide current charge of the principal of Smt. Asha Jain till regular appointment of the principal is made by the petitioner/ college. An advertisement was also issued in daily newspaper Patrika and Times of India in respect of the appointment to the post of principal of the college and a letter was sent to the registrar Jiwaji University for constitution of selection committee for appointment of the principal as per college code (statue 28). It is further submitted that respondent No.5 was interested to provide the current charge of post of principal to respondent No.6 and therefore, made correspondence in this regard and issued the impugned order dated 31/03/2017 (Annexure P/1). Being aggrieved by the same, this petition has been preferred. The act of the respondents, according to the petitioner is violation of Article 30 of the Constitution of India as respondent No.5 has no power or authority to insist upon the petitioner in respect of appointment to the post of principal and to appoint a particular person on said post. The provisions of current charge is a stop gap arrangement and has been made till the full fledged principal takes charge of the petitioner/ college.