JUDGMENT :

ALOK MATHUR, J.

1. Heard Shri Krishna Lal Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel on behalf of respondent no. 1 and Shri Sudeep Seth, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Atul Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel on behalf of respondent no. 2 to 5.

2. By means of the present petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 06.10.2022 passed by the Departmental Research Committee of the Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow by which the admission of the petitioner in the Ph.D. course of Sociology has been cancelled. He has also challenged the orders dated 13.12.2022 and 23.01.2023 passed by Research Degree Committee and by the Registrar, respectively, communicating the aforesaid order with regard to the cancellation of the admission in Ph.D.

3. It has been submitted by counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is a law graduate having passed his LL.B. in the year 2014, B.Sc. in 2001 and M.Sc. in 2010 and thereafter had applied for pursuing Ph.D. (Sociology) from Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow. He participated in the Ph.D. Entrance Test, 2016 where a provisional Admit Card was al