Panjab University: Terminated senator writes to Chancellor

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 8

Days after his election to Panjab University (PU) Senate was declared ineligible by the Vice-Chancellor, Tarun Ghai has written to the Vice-President of India and Chancellor, PU, to not notify the results of the senate membership from the teachers’ constituency until a final decision regarding his issue is taken.

“In my representation, I have raised that the PU VC has taken unconstitutional decision (Ref section 38, volume1, Panjab University Calendar). This section 38 still makes it clear that the decision taken by the PU VC is not in his jurisdiction and beyond his purview. Ipso facto, I am very much an elected representative from the college teachers’ constituency,” claimed Ghai.

“As per section 38, volume 1 of the PU calendar, if there is a dispute regarding the elected person of any authority or any other body of PU, the same falls in the jurisdiction of the PU Chancellor,” he added..

On November 29, Ghai had appealed for an independent probe into this case. Last month, PU VC had issue orders mentioning that Ghai’s services were terminated in June by SPN College, Mukerian, where he was an assistant professor, and is not a teacher in any college. He was elected from the constituency of teachers of affiliated colleges. However, he was not reinstated by the college management even after PU’s directions to revoke his termination.