Why not rename MKU as Kamaraj univ, HC asks govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:26.02.2019
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday sought a response from the state government regarding the removal of the prefix ‘Madurai’ from the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), renaming it as Kamaraj University.
A division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice S S Sundar was hearing a petition from Muthu Subramanian, a resident of Udumalpet in Tirupur district.
In his petition, Subramanian said MKU was originally known as Madurai University in 1978 and the name was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honour the former chief minister. The petitioner stated that when the name of the university is written on the name board, the Tamil consonant ‘ik’ is omitted due to which there would be no grammatical relation between the words Madurai and Kamaraj.
Similarly, when the name of the university is translated in English language, the name Kamarajar is reduced to Kamaraj. The petitioner mentioned that when he sent a representation in this regard to the director of Tamil development department, Chennai, in 2016, he received a reply which said the name board of the university should be corrected by adding an ‘ik’ suffix to the ‘Madurai’ in Tamil and to correct the English name of the university to Madurai Kamarajar University.
The petitioner claimed that even though he has submitted several representations to the officials, no steps were taken. Hence, the petitioner prayed before the court seeking for a direction to change the name board with the ‘ik’ suffixed to ‘Madurai’ in Tamil and also change it as Madurai Kamarajar University instead of Madurai Kamaraj University.
Hearing the petition, the judges observed that in an attempt to honour great leaders like Kamaraj, universities in the state are named after the leaders. “Unlike other universities in the state, the name Madurai Kamaraj University is like limiting the relationship of the leader only to Madurai. It would be a great respect to the leader if Madurai is removed from the name of the university,” observed the judges.
Hence, the bench sought the state’s response with regard to changing the name of the university to Kamaraj University instead of Madurai Kamaraj University.
The name Madurai Kamaraj University is like limiting the former CM’s relationship only to Madurai, the court observed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Madurai:26.02.2019
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday sought a response from the state government regarding the removal of the prefix ‘Madurai’ from the Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), renaming it as Kamaraj University.
A division bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice S S Sundar was hearing a petition from Muthu Subramanian, a resident of Udumalpet in Tirupur district.
In his petition, Subramanian said MKU was originally known as Madurai University in 1978 and the name was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honour the former chief minister. The petitioner stated that when the name of the university is written on the name board, the Tamil consonant ‘ik’ is omitted due to which there would be no grammatical relation between the words Madurai and Kamaraj.
Similarly, when the name of the university is translated in English language, the name Kamarajar is reduced to Kamaraj. The petitioner mentioned that when he sent a representation in this regard to the director of Tamil development department, Chennai, in 2016, he received a reply which said the name board of the university should be corrected by adding an ‘ik’ suffix to the ‘Madurai’ in Tamil and to correct the English name of the university to Madurai Kamarajar University.
The petitioner claimed that even though he has submitted several representations to the officials, no steps were taken. Hence, the petitioner prayed before the court seeking for a direction to change the name board with the ‘ik’ suffixed to ‘Madurai’ in Tamil and also change it as Madurai Kamarajar University instead of Madurai Kamaraj University.
Hearing the petition, the judges observed that in an attempt to honour great leaders like Kamaraj, universities in the state are named after the leaders. “Unlike other universities in the state, the name Madurai Kamaraj University is like limiting the relationship of the leader only to Madurai. It would be a great respect to the leader if Madurai is removed from the name of the university,” observed the judges.
Hence, the bench sought the state’s response with regard to changing the name of the university to Kamaraj University instead of Madurai Kamaraj University.
The name Madurai Kamaraj University is like limiting the former CM’s relationship only to Madurai, the court observed
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