DEEPAK GUPTA vs KIRORI MAL COLLEGE & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 24.11.2025 W.P.(C) 17765/2025, CM APPL. 73410/2025 & CM APPL. 73411/2025 DEEPAK GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit D, Mr. Sherhpal Singh, Mr. Anikit Kumar, Advs. versus KIRORI MAL COLLEGE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Dr. Monika Arora, Mr. Subhrodeep Soha, Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Ms. Anamika Thakur and Mr. Abhinav Verma, Advs. for R-1. Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra and Ms. Tripta Sharma, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN AVNEESH JHINGAN, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition is filed seeking quashing of chargesheet dated 13.11.2025. 2. The brief facts are that on 11.03.2003, the petitioner was appointed as Junior Assistant with respondent on compassionate ground. On receipt of a complaint in 2021 from the hostel warden, a fact-finding committee was constituted and the report of the 2.1 On 18.06.2024, chargesheet was served upon the petitioner levelling eleven charges. The chargesheet was challenged in this court and one of the grounds was violation of Rules 66(4) and 66 (5) (a) of the University Non-Teaching Employees (Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2013 i.e. appointment of