DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY vs DR JAI GOPAL SHARMA

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 21 February, 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 20 March, 2025 + LPA 731/2023, CM APPL. 56902/2023 (stay) & CM APPL. 56904/2023 (Delay 150 days in filing) DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY .....Appellant Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel, DTU with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. versus DR JAI GOPAL SHARMA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra and Mr. Neetish Pomchauri, Advs. + LPA 733/2023, CM APPL. 57065/2023 (stay) CM APPL. 57067/2023 (Delay 150 days in filing) DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY AND ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel, DTU with Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam and Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advs. LPA 731/2023 & 733/2023 Page 1 of 21 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA Signing Date:21.03.2025 16:46:33 versus DR PRAVIR KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. S. Sunil, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHWANT VARMA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Appeals have been filed by the Delhi Technological University (erstwhile Delhi College of Engineering) assailing the common Judgment dated 05 April 2023 of the learned Single Judge passed in W.P.(C) 2239/2016 and W.P.(C) 2650/2016. 2. By the impugned Judgment, the learned Single Judge has set aside the termination orders dated 29.02.2016 and 04.03.2016 along with the preceding Show Cause Notices1 as well as the findings of the Narayanswami Inquiry Report to the extent that it pertained to the Respondents herein. 3. The Respondents were also held to be entitled to all consequential ben