JUDGMENT :

RAJESH MAZUMDAR, J.

Heard Ms. U. Chatterjee, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. R.S. Chowdhury, learned counsel for the Assam Royal Global University.

2. Extensive arguments had been heard on the maintainability of this writ petition on 10.02.2026. With the consent of parties, the initial issue is taken up before the merits of the grievance raised by the petitioner are addressed by this Court.

3. The assertions made in the writ petition and the documents annexed thereto reflect that the petitioner had been appointed as an Associate Professor in the Royal School of Law and Administration in the Assam Royal Global University by an appointment letter dated 22.08.2022 issued by the Registrar of the university. The salary of the petitioner was thereafter revised by an order dated 28.11.2022 and her remuneration was further revised by another order dated 04.10.2024, each of the letters/orders being issued by the Registrar of the university.

4. During her service tenure, the petitioner had been recognized/approved as a Ph.D Guide of the Assam Royal Global University as per the terms of sections 15 and 16 of the Royal Global University ordinance. The tenure of the guideship would be valid till the petitioner remained associated as a regular faculty of the Assam Royal Global University.

5. While the petitioner was performing her duties as a guide to different research scholars, one of the scholars among some part-time scholars had made a request to the Chairperson of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC) of the university, asking for a change of guide. The issue was therefore taken up by the DRC and certain observations were made in the meeting held on 27.06.2025.

6. On 10.10.2025, the petitioner was called to the office of the Registrar (Administration), where it was suggested that she was disassociated from the university, having failed to meet the expectations of the competent authority. Aggrieved by such a suggestion, the petitioner had submitted a request for appointment to the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the university through her personal email, since her official email had been blocked by the administration. The reason for seeking the appointment by the petitioner, as reflected in the email was that, a sudden discontinuance of her services with the university may hamper the research and final submission of thesis by two PhD scholars for whom the petitioner was acting as a guide.

By another communication made through email on 22.10.2025, the petitioner requested the Chancellor of the university not to deprive her of the opportunity to complete the guidance of two research scholars who were at their final stage of submitting their thesis. By the aforesaid communication, the petitioner had submitted that although she had lost her job in the university, allowing her to successfully complete the guidance to the two PhD scholars would help her find another job and also help her in her future career. The writ petition has also referred to an email made by one of the PhD scholars to the head of the department of law of the university to allow the petitioner to continue to be the supervisor till the completion of her PhD.

7. It is the case which was projected in the writ petition that by another email dated 25.10.2025, the petitioner had again made a request to the chairperson of the DRC, RSLA of the university to allow her to work in absentia if required, to guide the two PhD scholars for submission and pre-submission respectively at the earliest.

8. Thereafter, as per the assertions made in the writ petition, the impugned order dated 25.10.2025 came to be issued by the Registrar (Administration) and Director IQAC of the university, whereby the petitioner was informed that her employment as associate professor in the RSLA, Assam Royal Global University was terminated with effect from 17th of October, 2025. Certain allegations of non-adherence to the expectation of the university, defiance and argumentative con