IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE RESERVED ON: 14.05.2026 DELIVERED ON: 21.05.2026 PRESENT:

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE REETOBROTO KUMAR MITRA WPA 6468 OF 2026 KUNTAL GHOSH - VERSUS –

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE AND OTHERS Appearance:

Mr. Kallol Basu, Ld. Adv.

Mr. Suman Banerjee, Ld. Adv. ….. for the Applicant/Petitioner Mr. Kumar Jyoti Tewari, Ld. Sr. Adv. Ms. Sayani Roy Chowdhury, Ld. Adv.

Mr. Aniruddha Tiwari, Ld. Adv.

Ms. Biswadeepa Mondal, Ld. Adv.

... for the Respondents Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.:

1. The initiation of a disciplinary proceeding, against the petitioner is under challenge in the present writ petition. The proceeding is still at a nascent stage.

2. A brief enumeration of the facts is essential to appreciate the issue raised in this writ petition.

3. The petitioner is an associate professor in the Indian Statistical Institute (hereinafter, ‘ISI’), the respondent no. 1.

4. The petitioner was part of a group of persons who had created mayhem while a meeting of the PiCH&D Committee was in progress in the office of the Director of ISI on October 7, 2025. To de- escalate the issue, the Officiating Director had relented and c