WRIT - A No. 5151 of 2023 at Allahabad

1 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:75679 Reserved A.F.R. Court No. - 49 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5151 of 2023 Petitioner :- Dr. Sanjay Mittal Respondent :- Union Of India And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Avneesh Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,Rohan Gupta,Sabhajeet Singh Hon'ble J.J. Munir,J. 1. This writ petition is directed against an order of the Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur dated 01.08.2022, punishing the petitioner with the withholding of two increments, without cumulative effect, for a period of two years, and directing that he shall not hold any administrative responsibility for a period of three years. The petitioner also challenges the resolution of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (for short, 'the IIT') dated 23.07.2022, resolving to impose upon the petitioner punishments as ordered by the Director of the IIT. 2. The petitioner is a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the IIT. He was served with a charge- sheet dated 25.04.2018 by the Chairman, Board of Governors of the IIT, carrying the following charges, accompanying the formal memorandum: “Article-1 That the said Dr. Sanjay Mitta