HC notices to MSU, VC on promotion grievances

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HC notices to MSU, VC on promotion grievances

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Vadodara:31.10.2021

The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to MS University and its vice-chancellor (VC) professor Parimal Vyas in connection to a petition filed by a teacher of Faculty of Management Studies (FMS). The HC has issued notices in connection to a special civil application filed by Dr Sunita Sharma, who is currently serving as associate professor at FMS.

Sharma has filed a petition in the HC raising the grievance that though she is eligible to be considered for promotion under the career advancement scheme (CAS), yet her case is not being considered.

Justice Nikhil Kariel has issued the oral order asking the university and the VC to submit their reply on December 8. In her petition, Sharma, an associate professor since 1995, has stated that she is awaiting her promotion as professor under CAS which is due since 2010. She has claimed that although she is the senior most teacher at FMS, Prof Magan Parmar, who teaches in Faculty of Social Work, has been appointed as officer on special duty (dean) at the FMS.

In 2019, Sharma had applied for the post of professor in the open category but was declared ineligible by the university officials. She has even claimed that in 1995, though she was selected for the lecturer post, Vyas was rejected for the post. But in 2012, Vyas was appointed as dual professor at FMS. She has alleged that since Vyas wants to become professor and head at FMS after his term as MSU VC ends, she is denied the promotion.