DVAC probe sought against Thiruvalluvar varsity VC, registrar

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Vellore: Nearly 100 members of Zone III of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) and Thiruvalluvar University Employees Union (TUEU) staged a hunger protest on Thursday, demanding action against vice-chancellor K Murugan and his juniors for malpractice.

The government college professors and members of the AUT and TN Government College Teachers Association, said the VC, registrar (in-charge) V Peruvalluthi and controller of examination (in-charge) B Senthil Kumar were involved in corruption in the appointment of teaching and non-teaching faculty in the university and six constituent colleges.

For the past 15 years, the officials of the varsity had not called in for tenders in accordance with the provisions of the Tender Transparency Act, said honorary president of TUEU prof I Elangovan. “Since the inception of the university in 2002, the Act had been violated and we demand that the purchase of materials so far be probed into by the DVAC,” he continued.

“The university is paying ₹2.50 crore per semester to Chennai-based ABACUS Logistics Pvt Ltd since November 2013, for the work done by the university staff for around ₹15 lakh,” he added. They demanded the government to order a probe by the DVAC into the alleged corruption.