Higher Education Minister R. Bindu has waded into controversy after a reply received under the Right to Information Act ‘exposed’ her involvement in stalling the appointments to 60-odd Principal posts lying vacant in arts and science colleges.
While various quarters accused her of facilitating the appointment of ineligible teachers for the posts, Dr. Bindu refuted allegations of undue intervention and claimed to have no vested interest in the appointment process.
An RTI reply obtained by S. Babu, a former faculty of University College, Thiruvananthapuram, contained details of internal file movement within the Higher Education department that purportedly recorded Dr. Bindu’s instruction to treat the selection compiled by the Departmental Promotion Committee as a ‘draft list’. She issued directions to constitute an appeal committee to consider grievances that could arise in the process.
