Overview

• A May 2 notice from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute demands ₹1,63,57,550 for May 2022 to February 2025 using a telescopic penalty formula that rises to a ₹4.6 lakh monthly cap.
• IARI pressed for vacatur from 2020, launched eviction proceedings in July 2022, and the Estate Officer issued a final eviction notice on January 31, 2023.
• The institute sought Delhi Police assistance on February 6, 2025, and Nagpal vacated the Pusa campus bungalow on February 28.
• Nagpal, now the district magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri, says she paid licence fees during extensions she says were approved due to her parents’ medical treatment.
• The Uttar Pradesh government forwarded her waiver request to the Union Agriculture Ministry on June 26 without a recommendation, and the payment decision remains under administrative consideration.