JUDGMENT :

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers: “Under the facts and circumstances mentioned above it is most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to:-

(a) issue appropriate writ, order and/or directions to the respondents to pay to the Petitioner salary, emolument in the scale of H.A.G with effect from 1. 7 .2020;

(b) quash and set aside O.M. No.IITDC/ICON/4(3)/2020/249353 dated 11.08.2020 issued by Respondent no.1and appoint the Petitioner as Head of Civil Engineering Department of Respondent no.1; AND

(c) issue such other, further and consequential directions that may be deemed fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

2. The case of the petitioner in the writ petition is that he joined IIT Delhi in August 1997 as a Lecturer and became Professor on August 11, 2008 in the Department of Civil Engineering. He has been serving the Civil Engineering Department in IIT for the last 23 years. In the last five years, he has published 16 papers in the peer reviewed International Journals and presented 49 pap