PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 23 -- The Allahabad high court has directed reinstatement of the private secretary to the vice-chancellor of Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, who was terminated after she in a complaint levelled sexual harassment allegation against the university's registrar. The court set aside the termination order while expressing surprise that the registrar against whom the complaint was made, is continuing in service while the petitioner had been removed. Earlier, on three occasions, the petitioner had challenged her termination before the high court, it was set aside, and the matter was remanded back for reconsideration. Allowing a writ petition filed by Meena Singh, Justice Manju Rani Chauhan directed her reinstatement, observing, "It is a clear case of unnecessary harassment of the petitioner, as all proceedings against her were initiated only after she lodged a complaint against the Registrar. This sequence of events unmistakably reflects the conduct of the Registrar, who continued in service with the University, whereas the petitioner has been removed from employment." Observing that the entire process of suspending the petitioner and terminating her was set in motion after she filed a complaint of sexual harassment against the registrar, the court held that the university had initiated proceedings only to harass and target the petitioner showing premeditated and vindictive approach.htc...