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Widespread rain in Salem

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

SALEM,AUGUST 14, 2017 00:00 IST

Various parts of the district experienced widespread rain in the early hours of Sunday. The rain that commenced in the wee hours of Sunday continued till 7 a.m. The sky remained overcast throughout the day.

The continuous rain has led to copious flow of water into the major lakes and tanks in the district. The Theppakulam at Arisipalayam is brimming, much to the delight of the people.

The tanks and percolation ponds in Edappadi and surrounding villages have been receiving copious inflow for the past few days.

The heavy inflow into the Sitheri lake in Naduvalur village went waste due to the failure of the authorities to strengthen the bunds after the lifting of the silt by the farmers.

Gangavalli town and surrounding areas have been experiencing downpour in the last couple of days, resulting in copious flow of water into the lake.

For the transportation of the silt in vehicles, a portion of bund was damaged and the entire inflow in to the Sitheri went waste into the nearby farm lands.

The local people demanded the authorities to strengthen the bunds with immediate effect. They also demanded the PWD to execute the project of construction of a mini check dam at the lake site immediately.

Gangavalli recorded the maximum rainfall of 54.2 mm in the last 24 hours that ended at 8 a.m. on Sunday, followed by Veeraganur 39 mm; Thammampatti 38 mm; Kaadaiyampatti 20 mm; Omalur 19.4 mm; Aanaimaduvu 17 mm; Attur 15.6 mm; Yercaud 15.4 mm; Pethanayakkanpalayam 12.4 mm; Kariyakovil 12 mm; Vazhappadi 8 mm; Salem 7 mm; Mettur 5.8 mm; Edappadi 4 mm; and Sankagiri 2 mm.

Pensioners’ grievances redress meet

A pensioners’ grievances redress meeting would be conducted at the District Collectorate here on August 31.

The pensioners / family pensioners having grievances can participate in the programme and get them redressed.

They have to send three copies of their grievances with the necessary documents to the PA (Accounts) to the Collector by August 16, an official press release of the district administration issued here on Thursday said.

Commission gets stock reply from government on scholarship for Dalits

Pon Vasanth Arunachalam

MADURAI,AUGUST 14, 2017 00:00 IST

‘Hundreds of students affected because of Adi Dravida department’s lethargy’

For the third time in two years, Adi Dravida Welfare Department in Tamil Nadu has given the National Commission for Scheduled Castes a stock reply that the ‘government was yet to make a decision’ on the issue of Post Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Caste students pursuing higher studies through distance education.

The reply was sent in response to the third petition sent by B. Pandiaraja, a Madurai-based activist to the Commission in July, which the commission subsequently forwarded to the Director of ADW department seeking action. Alleging that the reply indicated an indifferent attitude of the department, he pointed out that it even got the addressee wrong in its latest reply.

“NCSC’s ‘Director’ for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had sent the letter to the ADW department. However, the reply was addressed to its ‘Assistant Director,’ who had earlier sent a letter to the department regarding the issue. It is possible that the department just took the addressee from its previous reply,” Mr. Pandiaraja said.

He said that he filed the first petition on the issue in September 2015 when he and about 200 students were denied scholarship by Tamil University in Thanjavur, which said they had not received any communication on sanction of funds from ADW department despite multiple follow-ups.

“For my first petition, the ADW department bothered to respond to NCSC only after a reminder. In its reply, it said that it had requested the government to take a decision on the matter,” he said.

Since there was no further response for nearly an year, he wrote another letter to NCSC in August 2016, which the commission promptly forwarded again to the ADW department seeking reply. “This time I attached the Central government guidelines, which clearly said that scholarships should be provided to distance education students as well,” he said.

“By attaching it, I argued that there was no need for government to take any fresh decision since the guidelines were already clear,” he added.

However, the ADW department responded with the same reply that the government was yet to decide on the matter, he said.

“Now, after another year, they still say the decision is pending. Hundreds of students from universities across Tamil Nadu are being denied benefits because of the department’s lethargy,” he alleged.

Acknowledging the inordinate delay shown by ADW department, a senior official from NCSC said the commission would soon decide whether to summon the Director of the department to push for immediate action.

Concern over MKU decision on M.Phil, Ph.D guides

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI,AUGUST 14, 2017 00:00 IST

Academicians say it will be a violation of UGC norms

The decision of Madurai Kamaraj University to allow qualified faculty members from self-financing colleges to guide M. Phil and Ph.D scholars and subsequently permit the colleges to set up research centres has caused apprehension among a section of academicians, who allege it will be a violation of University Grants Commission’s norms and bring down quality of research.

The decision was announced recently by Vice-Chancellor P.P. Chellathurai, who said the move was to offset reduced research opportunities for students following implementation of UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil. / Ph.D degrees) Regulations of 2016, which brought down the number of research scholars an Associate or Assistant Professor could guide at any given time.

However, academicians point out that the decision would be in violation of the same regulations. “According to Section 6.2 of these regulations, only “a full- time regular teacher” can act as a research supervisor (or guide). However, the concept of full-time regular teachers did not exist in self-financing colleges,” said a Principal of a government-aided college here.

A faculty member teaching postgraduate students said almost all staff members were engaged on a temporary basis for paltry salaries. “Instead of retaining staff for long and incrementing their salary every year, most of the colleges prefer that they leave in a few years,” he said.

Many faculty members did not even have the mandatory qualification-approval, which had to be obtained from the university soon after appointment. Granting recognition to these faculty members would bring down quality of research, he said and wondered how they could be entrusted to guide scholars for a few years when their continuation in the college itself was uncertain.

Welcoming the university move, the Principal of college in Virudhunagar district said the university could impose additional conditions. “For instance, it must be insisted that the teaching staff seeking recognition as a guide should be teaching postgraduate students for the past 10 years,” he said.

Acknowledging the problems, Mr. Chellathurai said that adequate conditions would be imposed to ensure quality.

“Apart from mandatory conditions as per UGC norms like possessing a Ph. D and publication of articles in refereed journals, we will also get undertakings from the colleges that those who are granted recognition as research supervisors would be on permanent employment roll. This will benefit them as well since their employment will be guaranteed,” he said.

Senior citizen gets relief through RTI

S. Vijay Kumar

CHENNAI,AUGUST 14, 2017 00:00 IS

Panel awards compensation to settle excess stamp fee that he was forced to pay

A senior citizen who was forced to pay an excess stamp duty at the time of registering a property was awarded compensation by the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC), even after the Registration Department maintained that there was no provision to refund the extra fee levied. The commission held that records of dispatch produced by the registering authority appeared suspicious, and upheld the contention of the petitioner that there was no reply to his petition seeking clarification under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The case arises out of an appeal made by A. Ranganathan of Kundrathur, stating that the Sub-Registrar’s office had levied excess stamp duty to the tune of Rs. 13,300 for a registration done in May 2015, and that there was no reply to his petitions seeking details of the same under the RTI Act. Since there was no response from the first appellate authority in the Registration Department, he moved the TNSIC.

During the inquiry, the Public Information Officer (PIO) claimed that a reply was sent within a month, but the petitioner denied having received any such communication. Although a copy of the dispatch register was produced in support of the claim that the reply was sent, the commission found that the entries appeared to be neither contemporaneous nor genuine.

On information that Mr. Ranganathan had moved the TNSIC, the authorities met him in-person and handed over a reply. After he refused to accept the reply, they sent a copy by registered post barely three days before the matter came up for inquiry.

‘No scope for refund’

It was seen from the records that the levy of stamp duty was excessive to the tune of Rs. 13,300, but the petitioner was informed that the amount could not be refunded since he had consented to making the payment under Section 41 of the Registration Act. The PIO reiterated during the inquiry that there was no provision to return the excess amount in these circumstances, and only departmental action could be taken against the official concerned.

Mr. Ranganathan represented that he was constrained to make the payment since he was told the document would not be registered otherwise. He further represented that he is 70 years old, illiterate and a heart patient, and the delay in getting the reply had caused him stress.

Taking these factors into account, and the fact that he attended the inquiry with the assistance of his son-in-law, State Chief Information Commissioner K. Ramanujam directed the authorities to pay compensation of Rs. 15,000 for the detriment caused to the septuagenarian by the delay in replying to his petition under the RTI Act. A decision on recovering the amount of compensation from the official responsible for dereliction of duty could be taken by the Inspector-General of Registrations.

NEET exemption move meets with mixed reaction

R. Sujatha

CHENNAI,AUGUST 14, 2017 00:00 IST

UPDATED: AUGUST 14, 2017 03:47 IST

Uncertain still:Even those with good scores in Plus 2 are not confident that the announcement would mean that they would get admission in a medical college.FIle Photo  

Those with good score feel short-changed, others elated

Medical seat aspirants have mixed feelings about the announcement made by Union Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman that the State could be exempted from NEET.

Though the development has come as a surprise to students and parents, even those with good scores in Plus 2 are not confident that the announcement would mean that they would get admission in a medical college.

M. Senthilvel’s daughter Aarthy has a cut-off of 199.75 and was hoping to study medicine. She has been admitted to the Madras Veterinary College. But with a NEET score of 200, she stood little chance. “I am very happy,” she says of the announcement. With her Board marks, she would be admitted to the Madras Medical College.

She took ill after the board exams and could not attend the crash course at the school. “I lost marks in biology through negative marks. My school did not teach me how to approach NEET. Though the school offered coaching from August 2016, they suspended it and began focusing on board exams,” she says.

Her aunt, however, said, “We will wait till the ordinance is signed.”

S.D. Nandakumar is disappointed. His daughter has scored 1105 in Plus 2 and with a low cut-off is not expected to get into medicine. However, she had scored 382 marks in NEET. “She had invested time in NEET and only in the last 20 days she studied for board exams as the MCI norms stipulate that it is enough to score 70% marks. What will happen to the students who had believed in the system and took NEET,” he rues.

Another disappointed parent, whose son from the ICSE board had scored 477 marks in NEET, wanted to know if the Supreme Court would consider their appeal against the State’s ordinance.

P. Harini from Theni took a break to prepare for NEET. “Now, after the exams are done they are going for exemption,” says the aspirant, who got 1095 in Class 12. She scored 425 in NEET.

‘CDs won’t suffice’

Even as the government gears up for the change of plans, teachers in government schools say they are uncertain if they would be able to train students for NEET even next year.

A teacher from the central region said the School Education Department’s initiative of providing a CD with 50,000 questions would not be sufficient to prepare students for competitive exams.

“The syllabus must be changed if children were to attempt NEET. I work in a village but the students are interested in medicine. They can never compete if the syllabus is not changed,” she says.

The syllabus must be changed if children were to attempt NEET

Government school teacher