The notice alleges that Pandey knew of the High Court’s order from September 19 but did not apprise Prof Tandon of it. After learning of it separately, the VC directed the Registrar on September 21 to inform Sharma that he was temporarily relieved from duty. The notice, however, says that Pandey still did not do so.
Prof Tandon then assigned Pandey the vacated hostel warden post. He declined citing family reasons and proposed an assistant professor for the role instead. The notice also says he directed the associate warden to stay in the hostel overnight from September 23, without the VC’s approval.
The notice further claims that Pandey twice called Gaurav Tripathi, the University’s counsel, to question his authority to represent RPNLU before the High Court.
A separate charge concerns the University’s Legal Cell. Pandey objected to its reconstitution over pending writ petitions against recent recruitments as a conflict of interest for the proposed members. The notice says no such petitions were filed.
Another charge involves recruitment. As per the notice, Pandey failed to issue appointment letters to 12 assistant professors the Executive Council approved on July 31. Most Legal Cell nominees he objected to are from this batch and are subject of complaints alleging irregularities.