BENGALURU: Three syndicate members of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru were told they were no longer members just a few hours before the syndicate was due to meet on Friday. The university informed them of their status through emails, which it described as “thanks-giving letters”.
Questioning the university’s action, the three members said they would fight it legally. Speaking to Express, Dr Ramesh Reddy, a recipient of the mail, said, “On Thursday evening, we got the mail saying our syndicate membership has expired, and we don’t need to attend the meeting scheduled to be held on Friday.”
The email stated that the university has sought legal opinion, and cited a judgement in a similar case of Bangalore University in 1999, he said. “But the Act and Statute of Bangalore University and RGUHS are different. As per the RGUHS Act, the senate, syndicate and academic council have to be reconstituted once in three years. If it is a reconstitution, then this applies to all the nine members, who are nominated by the governor, the senate and the Vice-Chancellor (VC). But only three of us received the communication,” Dr Reddy said. The three members were elected from the senate to the syndicate.
“They mention in the mail the senate has been reconstituted from June 12, 2015. If that is so, what were they doing all these days?” Reddy said.
The members said they got this mail minutes after they met university authorities and inquired why they had not received the agenda for the syndicate meeting on Friday.
The mail, a copy of which is available with Express, says, “The considered opinion of the experts is that the senate of RGUHS shall be reconstituted wef 12.6.2015 for three years. Hence, the term of members of senate and syndicate, except of the ex-officio members, shall come to an end on 11.6.2015 as per Section 31 of RGUHS Act, 1994.”
When contacted, VC of RGUHS Dr K S Ravindranath said, “Most of them knew their term has ended. We had intimated them. One member said he has three-four months’ time as his election was late, following which we took legal advice. We communicated the same to the members through a mail just to clarify it.”
Questioning the university’s action, the three members said they would fight it legally. Speaking to Express, Dr Ramesh Reddy, a recipient of the mail, said, “On Thursday evening, we got the mail saying our syndicate membership has expired, and we don’t need to attend the meeting scheduled to be held on Friday.”
The email stated that the university has sought legal opinion, and cited a judgement in a similar case of Bangalore University in 1999, he said. “But the Act and Statute of Bangalore University and RGUHS are different. As per the RGUHS Act, the senate, syndicate and academic council have to be reconstituted once in three years. If it is a reconstitution, then this applies to all the nine members, who are nominated by the governor, the senate and the Vice-Chancellor (VC). But only three of us received the communication,” Dr Reddy said. The three members were elected from the senate to the syndicate.
“They mention in the mail the senate has been reconstituted from June 12, 2015. If that is so, what were they doing all these days?” Reddy said.
The members said they got this mail minutes after they met university authorities and inquired why they had not received the agenda for the syndicate meeting on Friday.
The mail, a copy of which is available with Express, says, “The considered opinion of the experts is that the senate of RGUHS shall be reconstituted wef 12.6.2015 for three years. Hence, the term of members of senate and syndicate, except of the ex-officio members, shall come to an end on 11.6.2015 as per Section 31 of RGUHS Act, 1994.”
When contacted, VC of RGUHS Dr K S Ravindranath said, “Most of them knew their term has ended. We had intimated them. One member said he has three-four months’ time as his election was late, following which we took legal advice. We communicated the same to the members through a mail just to clarify it.”
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