VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT Petition No. 4674 OF 2008 Vikas Bhimsingh Dhere Petitioner Vs. D.K.T.E’s Textile & Respondents Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji & Anr. Mr. Girish Pariyani, for the Petitioner. None for the Respondent. CORAM : Dr. D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. DATE : JULY 2, 2008. PC :- . The petitioner was initially appointed as an ad-hoc lecturer and was selected thereafter on probation on, 24th August 2007. The services of the petitioner have been terminated by an order of termination dated 27th May 2008. This Court has been moved at the present stage on the ground that there is a vacancy in the office of the Presiding Officer of the University Tribunal at Pune. Consequently, there is a prayer to the effect that the termination of the petitioner be stayed. 2. Prima-facie at this stage, no grounds for stay of the order of termination have been made out. Even if there were allegations as against the petitioner, in view of the - 2 - settled position of law, it was always open to the Management to proceed to terminate his services as a probationer by an order of termination simplicitor. During the period of probation, the employer is entitled to assess the suitability of a probation or for being confirmed in service. No case for interference is made out. The Writ Petition is dismissed. However, it is clarified that the observations made herein are confined to the disposal of the question of interim relief and the Tribunal shall dispose of the appeal on merits without considering these observations as a conclusive opinion on the merits of the case. Sd/- [ Dr. D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.]