The Orissa High Court has stayed operation of an order of the Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) management last month terminating the services of two professors of the institute.Jointly hearing two separate writ petitions filed by the professors DV Ramana and Banikanta Mishra, Justice SK Mishra in an interim order on Wednesday stayed the operation of their termination orders and fixed January 18 for next hearing.
“Status quo as on date shall be maintained by both the parties, as far as the petitioners are concerned with regard to occupation, office quarters and taking of classes in the institute till the next date,” the order said.The professors in their petitions have challenged their termination orders stating that “no reasons have been cited for terminating them from services”.“The reason of every conclusion is required to be given in every order as it introduces clarity in the order passed,” argued the petitioners’ advocate Amrit Mishra, saying, “In fact, the requirement of giving reasons to an order can be read as the requirement of principles of natural justice.