JUDGMENT :

Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, J.

Aggrieved by the order dated 22.02.2021 passed by the Board of Management, D.A.V. P.G. College (respondent no.1), the petitioner, Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Shahi, has approached this Court.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that in 2000 the petitioner was appointed as the Associate Professor (Geography) by the Board of Management, D.A.V. P.G. College, the respondent no. 1. Meanwhile, the Jawahar Lal Nehru University (for short the “JNU”) advertised a vacancy for the post of Associate Professor, in the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies at the University. Since the petitioner was eligible for the said post, he sought the permission of respondent no. 1, and of the Principal, D.A.V. College, the respondent no. 2. On 05.08.2019, an NOC was issued in his favour. The petitioner went through the selection process with the JNU. On 11.11.2020, the JNU offered him appointment to the post of Associate Professor. The petitioner accepted the appointment offer by his letter dated 13.11.2020. By letter dated 16.11.2020, the Registrar (Academics), JNU directed the petitioner to join the Centre for Russian