Saturday, January 25, 2020

HC orders notice to fisheries varsity VC, registrar

TNN | Jan 25, 2020, 04.59 AM IST

Madurai: Madras high court has ordered notice on a plea moved by the Fisheries University Teachers Association against the vice-chancellor (VC) and registrar of Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, for mismanagement in administration.

In her petition, the Tuticorin-based association’s general secretary R Jeyashakila stated that VC S Felix and registrar A Srinivasan were involved in total mismanagement of administration, student admissions, staff recruitment and financial misappropriation at the university. She stated that the main objective of establishing the university was the development of fisheries and research in fisheries sciences. The university has affiliated colleges at Tuticorin, Ponneri, Nagapattinam and Thalanayeru.

Jeyashakila said the VC started nine self-financial colleges offering 10 different degree courses within two and a half years, without the approval of the government which was mandatory under the Tamil Nadu Fisheries University Act. Under the Act, no new college imparting education in fisheries science can be established as a constituent or affiliated college of the university. She stated that by starting these self-financing colleges, the VC had diverted a huge sum of money from the university corpus fund and other government funds due to which the regular degree programmes are deprived of sufficient funds.

She further said that there were malpractices in the recruitment process as the VC and registrar had created new university officer posts. The VC had also issued 83 transfer orders in the two and a half years without following procedures. Since the VC would retire on April 21, it was necessary to initiate an inquiry against him and the registrar in this regard. She stated that she had also submitted representations to the authorities concerned, but no actions were taken so far.

Hence the petitioner moved HC Madurai bench seeking inquiry against the VC and registrar under the provisions of the Act. When the petition was heard on Friday, Justice M S Ramesh ordered notice to the VC and registrar of the university and adjourned the case to a further date for hearing.

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