Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Posting of ex-prof facing criminal case stokes controversy

Posting of ex-prof facing criminal case stokes controversy

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:18.11.2020

The recent appointment of a retired professor, facing a criminal case for manipulating marks, as a member of PT Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker Trust by the Tamil Nadu government has stoked a controversy.

The backward classes, most backward classes and minorities welfare department appointed nine persons to the Trust on November 7. From among 42 applications from teachers, N Veerappan, a retired associate professor from Thyagaraya College in Washermanpet, was appointed as member from teaching faculty in the trust.

When contacted, N Veerappan said the case was closed in 2017. "I have submitted all records and based on which I have been appointed as a member of the trust," he said. However, sources in the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Chennai city police said a charge-sheet has been filed in the case number 198/ 2017 under section 468 (forgery), 471 (using forged documents) of Indian Penal Code. The case is still pending before the trial court.

When asked, newly appointed chairman of the trust justice A Kulasekaran said he would call for the records and comment.

Professors said a criminal case has been pending against Veerappan for forging his marks in MSc Botany to get employment in a government-aided college. The case is that he obtained 729 out of 1400 marks in MSc Botany in Annamalai University as per the original records and was not eligible to be appointed as lecturer in government-aided college as he needed 55% of marks. By altering the marks in nine subjects, the total was wrongly increased to 829 out of 1400 marks which made him eligible for the post.

The directorate of collegiate education has filed a criminal case against Veerappan and Meenakshi Sundaram, the then controller of examinations of Annamalai University. Professors argued that the charitable trust running seven educational institutions shouldn't have selected a professor facing a case for manipulation of marks.

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