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The Uttar Pradesh Government has suspended Bareilly City Magistrate Alankar Agnihotri connected charges of indiscipline aft helium resigned from work successful protestation against authorities policies, particularly the caller University Grants Commission (UGC) rules, triggering a large administrative and governmental controversy.
Mr. Agnihotri has present been attached to the bureau of the Shamli District Magistrate, according to an bid issued connected Monday (January 26, 2026) night.
Mr. Agnihotri, a 2019-batch Provincial Civil Service officer, had tendered his resignation connected Republic Day citing heavy disagreement with authorities policies, particularly the caller UGC regulations, which helium claimed could foment caste-based discontent and vitiate the world environment.
He sent his resignation missive by email to Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Bareilly District Magistrate Avinash Singh, officials said.
According to an bid issued by Special Secretary Annapurna Garg from the State government's Appointments Section-7, Mr. Agnihotri was recovered prima facie blameworthy of indiscipline and was placed nether suspension with contiguous effect. He has been attached to the bureau of the Shamli District Magistrate.
The bid said departmental disciplinary proceedings person been initiated against him, and Bareilly Divisional Commissioner B.S. Chaudhary has been appointed arsenic the ex-officio enquiry serviceman to probe the charges.
It further said that a abstracted complaint expanse volition beryllium issued arsenic portion of the departmental enactment and that Mr. Agnihotri volition stay attached to the Shamli territory magistrate's bureau during the pendency of the inquiry.
In his resignation statement, Mr. Agnihotri had described the caller UGC regulations arsenic a "black law". He alleged that the rules were harming the world ambiance successful colleges and universities and demanded their contiguous withdrawal.
The UGC regulations published connected January 13, 2026, introduced to curb caste-based favoritism successful higher acquisition institutions, mandate the mounting up of peculiar committees, helplines and monitoring teams to code complaints, peculiarly from SC, ST and OBC students.
In a powerfully worded and affectional connection accompanying his resignation, Mr. Agnihotri had besides levelled superior allegations against the strategy and attacked the Centre implicit issues including the alleged insult of the Brahmin assemblage and an incidental related to the Prayagraj Magh Mela.
He had called upon elected representatives of the Brahmin assemblage successful the Centre and the State to resign from their posts and basal with the community, claiming that the wide class was progressively distancing itself from some governments.
