"The staff is against him, students are against him, teachers are against him. We all have studied in a college. Not everyone gangs up against the principal of a college (without a reason)...," Justice Manmohan said.
The court made the observation while hearing a plea of a St Stephen's administrative officer alleging he was made to work under "deplorable" condition in a store-room infested with termites and lizards.
He has also alleged that a criminal complaint was lodged against him by Thampu after he joined the college on April 21, subsequent to the settlement order.
The counsel for Thampu, on the other hand, contended that there was a "concerted effort" to "malign the image" of the college and its Principal.
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The court today asked both sides to consider sorting out the issue as "prestige of the college was far more important".
On May 22, the court had rapped Thampu for making Dash work from a store room and had asked "why can't the Principal behave himself" and "why he is acting like this".
It had also remarked that the Principal's actions were leading to adverse publicity.
Thampu had suspended Dash last year on charges of engaging in "gross misconduct", after which the administrative officer had moved court accusing him of forcing him to convert to Christianity.