[Reader-list] HRD appoints panel to probe charges against AMU top brass

[Khan Akif]

HRD appoints panel to probe charges against AMU top brass
 Anubhuti Vishnoi Posted online: Saturday , Jul 25, 2009 at 0451 hrs


New Delhi :  The Human Resource
Development (HRD) Ministry has appointed a two-member committee to hold
a full Visitor inquiry into the “affairs of the Aligarh Muslim
University”.

 The two-member committee will have on board retired Justice
Fakhruddin from the Madhya Pradesh High Court and A H Jung, a retired
Indian Audits & Accounts Service officer who also served as
secretary, civil aviation. The committee has been given three months
time to submit its report on a range of allegations made against the
Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and certain tangential authorities of the
varsity.
“The charges against AMU V-C Prof P K Abdul Azis range from
financial bungling to violation of rules and regulations and even a
poor academic record, though the latter is not of that much
consequence. Since there have been allegations and counter-allegations
from amongst the AMU staff, the inquiry will cover a gamut of issues
regarding the varsity,” sources confirmed.

The Indian Express was the first to report how the President,
who is the Visitor to the AMU, issued a showcause notice to the V-C on
the various charges levied against him. The V-C’s reply was not found
satisfactory by the Visitor who approved a full inquiry against the AMU
officials a month back. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal only recently gave the
go ahead for the full Visitor inquiry, appointing the committee this
week.

When contacted, AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar said, “We have not
received any such communication from the ministry as yet. If an inquiry
is held, we will co-operate with it fully.”
Azis, who took over as AMU V-C in 2007, amid raging campus
violence that forced the closure of the varsity, has been embroiled in
controversy for more than a year now. Several of AMU’s Executive
Council members met President Pratibha Patil recently and complained
about the V-C’s conduct, claiming that he had violated all standard
financial norms and proprieties during his tenure. They also demanded
an inquiry against him.
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Akif AhmadNew Delhi

 


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