Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J.—Heard the parties.

2. By way of this writ petition the petitioner assails the order of punishment, dated 15.10.2019, passed by the Director, National Institute of Technology, Patna, whereby he has been removed from the service of Assistant Professor on contract in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.

3. The brief facts as stated are that the petitioner was appointed as Assistant Professor on contract basis in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of National Institute of Technology, Patna, (hereinafter referred to as, “the NIT”). He was placed in the regular pay scale and he joined on 30th September, 2014. After his joining he attended the International Conference on Well-Being and Human Development and presented paper at Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (UP) on 24 to 26 November, 2014. The visit was post facto approved and the petitioner thereafter submitted his travel bills on 8th December, 2014.

4. Show cause notice, dated 20th March, 2015, was served upon him alleging certain discrepancies in the bill to which he submitted his reply on 31st March, 2015.

Learned counsel submits that the Board of Governors