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Article IV That, during the aforesaid period and while functioning as Officiating Registrar and Drawing & Disbursing Officer of the Institute, said Dr. A. S. Sandhu committed misconduct in as much as that he ordered under his seal and stamp to made third party payment to the tune of Rs. 6,50,000/- against the legal fee and bill ref. No. 626/32/Jun/18 dated 28.06.2018 & Ref. No. 679/32/Sept./18 dated 17.09.2018 raised by Sh. Amar Vivek, Advocate for the payment of Sh. Puneet Bali in respect of legal expenses incurred by the Ex. Director on his private legal cases, which were not only pending for last almost 6 months as not being endorsed by the legal cell of the Institute but also debarred by the Nodal Ministry/Gol, which funds the Institute in pursuance to Section 20 of the NIPER Act, 1998. By his act of omission and commission, Dr. A. S. Sandhu has caused a huge financial loss to NIPER and undue benefit to advocates, thus he failed to maintain absolute integrity, devotion to duty and acted in a manner unbecoming on the part of NIPER employee and thereby has contravened the provisions of Rule 3 (1) (i) (10) & (iii) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as made applicable to NIPER Employees.

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6. Similarly, Article V was also partly proved, which reads thus:-

Article V That, during the aforesaid period and while functioning as Officiating Registrar of the Institute, said Dr. A. S. Sandhu committed misconduct in as much as that he deliberately committed gross defiance and insubordination of BoG, the apex body established by NIPER Act responsible for overall administration and superintendence of the Institute, in changing counsels thereby leading to varying stands by NIPER to adversely affect the legal process against the interests of BoG/Ucl whereas it is binding on the part off Registrar to implement all the directions of the BoG being ex-officio secretary of the Board as per clause 14 of NIPER Statute 2003 read with provisions contained in NIPER Act 1998. Thus by above act of omission and commission, Dr. A.S. Sandhu has failed to maintain absolute integrity, devotion to duty and acted in a manner unbecoming on the part of NIPER employee and thereby has contravened the provisions of Rule 3 (1) (i) &
(ii) of the employee Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as made applicable to NIPER Employees.

7. Articles VII and VIII also stood proved which reads thus:-

Article-VII That, during the aforesaid period and while functioning as Officiating Registrar of the Institute, the said Dr. A. S. Sandhu committed misconduct in as much as that he has not provided the relevant supporting documents asked by the Fact Finding Committee constituted by the Chairman, BOG vide Order No. FFC NIPER/Chairman/1-6 dated 29.06.2019 against Prof. Raghuram Rao Akkinepally, Ex-Director, NIPER. Thus by above act of omission and commission and gross acts of intentional and purposeful insubordination, Dr. A. S. Sandhu has failed to maintain absolute Integrity, devotion to duty, acted in a manner unbecoming on the part of NIPER 4 of 15 Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:049325-DB LPA-901-2024 (O & M) 5 2024:PHHC:049325-DB employee, failed to maintain high ethical standards and honesty, failed to promote the principles of merit, fairness and impartiality in the discharge of duties, failed to maintain discipline in the discharge of his duties and failed to implement the lawful orders duly communicated to him and failed to perform and discharge his duties with the highest degree of professionalism and dedication to the best of his abilities and thereby has contravened the provisions of Rule 3 (1) (i), (ii), (iii), (vi), (viii), (xix) & (xxi) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as made applicable to NIPER Employees.

8. Article IX was held to be partly proved which reads thus:-

Article IX 5 of 15 Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:049325-DB LPA-901-2024 (O & M) 6 2024:PHHC:049325-DB That the said Dr. A. S. Sandhu while functioning as Officiating Registrar of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar (Mohali) during 2019 committed grave misconduct in as much as that he wilfully and purposely acted and participated brazenly against the explicit Gazette Notification of Government of India and decision of BoG in not issuing regularization letter as recommended by the BoG in the case of Sh. Kultar Saini, Stenographer Grade 'B' and contrarily Issuing regularization letters under his seal and stamp to employees not recommended by HLC or BoG in collusion and connivance with Ex. Director with personal III motivation to confer illegal benefits to employees e.g. Sh. Inderjit Singh, Scientist Grade II, Dr. Manjinder Singh, Assistant Professor under the allbl of some purported legal advice compromising the interests of the Institute as well as public money. By this act, Dr. A. S. Sandhu violated the provisions of NIPER Act and not followed the directions of the BOG, the apex body of the Institute in the matter which is a grave misconduct. Thus by above act of omission and commission Dr. A. S. Sandhu, has failed to maintain absolute integrity, devotion to duty and acted in a manner unbecoming on the part of NIPER employee and thereby has contravened the provisions of Rule 3 (1) (i) (ii) &