When the chairperson asked the director to withdraw the order, director stuck to his guns and a bitter battle ensued. Responding to a question as to why the registrar was being suspended, Sarangi had said: "He has been suspended for insubordination." Sarangi had suspended registrar Upadhyaya last year. The controversy began when a turf war ensued between the former director S.K. In February, the then Union HRD minister, Smriti Irani, had issued a directive asking both Ramaswamy and S.K.

Source: The Telegraph August 06, 2016 21:22 UTC