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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 20916

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M. DHANDAPANI, J
Dr.Shweta Lizbeth Oommen – Appellant
Versus
The University Grants Commission – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.M.V.S. Rajeev Amreeth
For the Respondents: Mr. Abishek Jenasenan for R2, 4, 5 & 6, Mr.R. Sreedhar for R7

Table of Content
1. termination of employment without notice (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. interim stay on housing eviction (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. court's decision on maintaining stability for petitioner's family (Para 7 , 8)
4. direction on settlement of benefits (Para 9)
5. disposal of writ petition (Para 10 , 11)

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed to call for the records of the 4th respondent dated 26.12.2025 pertaining to the Order of Termination and the consequential Order to vacate the Quarters No.C-1 dated 27.12.2025 passed by the 6th respondent and quash the same.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was appointed as Tutor in the fourth respondent Institution in the year 2011, made permanent in 2012 and subsequently promoted as Assistant Professor in 2023. He further submitted that in 2022, she was appointed as Principal in the School of Medical Sciences, an Allied Health College under Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which is a unit of Madras Medical Mission.

3. According to the learned counsel, a complaint of sexual assault was made by eight girl students against two technicians of the Department of Radiology, namely Diwakar and Saravanan.

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