HC asks petitioner to move govt for financial emergency in varsity

HC asks petitioner to move govt for financial emergency in varsity

Bhopal/Jabalpur:20.09.2021

A division bench of MP High Court asked the petitioner, who had filed a petition in the court for imposing financial emergency in the MP Medical University under section 50 of the MP Medical University Act, to present an application to that effect to the state government while directing the latter to take a decision on the application within two months.

President of Bharat Vikas Parishad, Alok Mishra, in his petition contended that there have been major financial irregularities in the medical university. Budget for the fiscal 2021-22 was not presented in the university at all and yet payment of lakhs of rupees are being made for different purposes by the university.

Section 26 (3) of the MP Medical University Act clearly provides that the finance committee of the university will present a budget before the executive council of the university for approval before the beginning of the new financial year. Mishra said that he had submitted an application before the state government urging for imposition of financial emergency in the university under section 50 of the Act but no action was taken by the state on his application. The bench comprising Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Satyendra Kumar Singh asked the petitioner to submit an application with the state government on the issue once again and directed that a decision in the matter should be taken by the state within two months. TNN