Former Deputy Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council B.R. Patil has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, who is the Visitor of Central University of Karnataka (CUK), requesting two enquiries – one into alleged irregularities in the appointment of teaching staff and the other into alleged irregularities and corruption in the administration of the university.
Mr. Patil has mentioned two recruitment notifications – 25/2019 dated May 4, 2019, and 26/2019 dated September 25, 2019 – issued by the CUK for the recruitment of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors, and alleged that the authorities had grossly violated the regulations in force throughout the recruitment process.
“… the candidates who did not have enough research papers published in the UGC-CARE List journals were considered. The scrutiny committees, instead of rejecting such candidates, sent them to the next level in the recruitment process. It was a violation of the UGC guidelines and a compromise of the quality of teaching in the premier institution. Also, it was a huge injustice to the candidates who did not have enough research papers published in the UGC-CARE List journals and, hence, did not apply. There could be many candidates among them who are better competent than those who are selected. The appointing authorities in the CUK committed such a gross violation just to accommodate candidates of their choice who did not meet the eligibility conditions,” Mr. Patil wrote in the letter.
