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"The provisions of Ordinance 20, otherwise called the 'College Code' have the force of law. It confers legal rights on the teachers of the affiliated colleges and it is not a correct proposition to say that the 'College Code' merely regulates the legal relationship between the affiliated colleges and University alone. The provisions of the 'College Code' relating to the pay scale of teachers and their security of tenure properly fall within the statutory power of affiliation granted to the University under the Act."

Therefore, the College Code in that case created rights. Here Clause 7 of the Conditions creates rights.

15. In Harijander Singh v. Kakatiya Medical College (supra), the question arose whether a private college aided by Government and affiliated to the Osmania University would be amenable to writ jurisdiction. In paragraph 84 and 85 it was observed thus :-

"84. In so far as the first question is concerned it could not be disputed that the affiliation rules noted above are made in pursuance of the power conferred on the University by S. 44(3) of the University Act. The rules therefore have force of law. It cannot be said that they constitute power of management only. The rules requiring the governing body to be a registered body and that it should have on it representatives of the Government and the University and the qualifications of the teaching staff and the conditions governing their tenure of office all lend support to a tripartite contract between the governing body, the teacher and the approving authority i.e., the University and the Government. The teachers in such colleges have status under the rules and in any case, they hold office. Apart from the express rules, the security of their tenure of office can easily be spelt out from the various provisions of the rules of the University as well as the grant-in-aid Code of the Government. The rules relating to the pay scales of the teachers and their security of tenure properly fall within the statutory power of affiliation granted to the University under the Act. We have no manner of doubt that these rules create certain 'rights' in the teachers of the affiliated colleges. They are not mere servants of the college employed purely on contract by the managing committee of the college. They have a 'status' although they enter in to a contract and in any case they hold office. We are therefore satisfied that such cases are clearly governed by the decision in Prabhakar Ramchandra Jeth v. A. K. Pande (supra).