Take notice of ‘wrong’ admissions: CPM to Himachal HC

Tribune News Service

Shimla, October 20

The CPM has alleged that the top administrators of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), including Vice-Chancellor Sikandar Kumar, had violated the UGC guidelines to facilitate the admissions of their wards in PhD.

Alleging that the university had become the centre for corruption and illegal practices, the CPM said while a common student had to clear entrance exams or NET/JRF for admission in PhD, the wards of the HPU faculty were being given admission at the payment of mere Rs 1 lakh. The party urged the High Court to take cognisance of the scam and cancel the wrongful admissions.

Attacking the VC and other top administrators, the CPM asked what procedure was being followed for the admissions. “Even if the university had reserved seats for the children of the faculty, was this facility extended to all employees or just to the children of top administrators,” the CPM questioned.

Ridiculing the university’s explanation that it would help the children of university’s lower-rank employees to get higher education, CPM secretary Babu Ram asked whether the VC was also a lower-ranked employee of the university. The party members said they would launch an agitation against these wrongful admissions.