(1) Any person aggrieved of sexual harassment shall prefer a complaint before the Grievance Cell at the earliest point of time and in any case within fifteen days from the occurrence of the alleged sexual harassment.
(2) The complaint shall contain all the material and relevant details concerning the alleged sexual harassment including the name of the harasser(s) and the complaint shall be addressed to the Chairperson of the Grievance Cell.
(3) Where the complainant prefers not to disclose his or her identity, the complaint, shall be addressed to the Director handed over in person, or sent in a sealed cover and upon receipt of any such complaint, the Director shall retain the original complaint and send a gist of the complaint containing all material and relevant details other than the name of the complainant and other details which might disclose the identity of the complainant to the Grievance Cell.
(4) The Grievance Cell upon receipt of any complaint or gist of complaint under subordinance(3) may in case of a complaint addressed to the Grievance Cell and shall in the case of gist of complaint received from the Director, cause an enquiry to be made discreetly.
(5) Where the Grievance Cell is satisfied that the complaint is justified it shall report the matter to the Director who shall institute disciplinary action under the relevant rules.
(6) The following mode shall be followed for imposing penalty, namely:- i) Warning, ii) Serious warning, iii) Suspension for specified period, iv) Expulsion from the Institute for a specified period, v) Lodging a complaint with Police for appropriate criminal action.
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(7) The Director shall give wide publicity regarding the arrangement made under the subordinance (3) and the establishment of the Grievance Cell shall permanently affix copies thereof in the notice board:
Provided that nothing in this ordinance shall preclude the Director from lodging a complaint directly to the police in respect of any act amounting to an offence under the Law.
[F. No. 15-22/2015-RGNIYD] GAURAV AGARWAL, Director (Youth Affairs) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.