(1.) The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:
(2.) This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the University of Delhi ('University' for short) to grant him study leave to enable him to proceed to CERN-Geneva for undertaking the Assignment of Technical Coordinator. I may at this stage also state that the University has in its communication dated August 23, 2021, rejected the said request of the petitioner dated March 16, 2021, on the basis of a communication / clarification received by it from the University Grants Commission ('UGC', for short) vide letter dated July 30, 2021.
(3.) The petitioner joined the University as an Assistant Professor on March 26, 2008. In 2010 Regulations were framed by the UGC in relation to study leave and sabbatical leave. In the year 2013, guidelines were issued to revise the 2010 Regulations.