BU VC relieves finance officer; govt says it’s against norms

BU VC relieves finance officer; govt says it’s against norms

Bengaluru:30.12.2020

A controversy has erupted at Bangalore University after the vicechancellor issued an order relieving the finance officer of her duties on Monday. On Tuesday, the principal director, Karnataka audit and accounts department, wrote to the VC saying the transfer is against norms.

The registrar, K Jyothi, and finance officer Parvathi HB have been alerting authorities on irregularities in the administration in the recent past. Sources said they have issued notices to staff and written to the government. These include issues like a non-teaching staffer drawing salary as a driver.

The non-teaching staff have been protesting on campus for the past one week. They accused the registrar and the finance officer of “interfering in their work”.

Sources said vice-chancellor KR Venugopal had informed the accounts department that the teaching and non-teaching staff want the current officers removed. Later, he issued a letter to the finance officer relieving her of her duties “in consultation with the audit and accounts department”.

On Tuesday, the letter issued by the department said Parvathi HB was posted through a government order and her tenure is up to July 17, 2022. The removal from a statutory post demands a reason and she has been transferred without valid reason, making the act illegal, it added. TNN