A group of Dalit organisations under the aegis of the Forum for Social Justice staged a token protest on Monday outside the University of Calicut campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram against the alleged violation of reservation norms in the appointment of faculty members in its teaching departments.
Functionaries of the organisations claimed that T.S. Shyam Kumar, S. Thara, and Suresh Puthanparambil, who had applied to the post of assistant professor, were denied appointment due to the faulty reservation roster prepared by the university. They pointed out that the Supreme Court of India recently directed the university to appoint K.P. Anupama, an applicant who suffered a similar fate, after rejecting the university’s reservation roster. Ms. Anupama was appointed in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication thereafter.
It was pointed out that the apex court order was applicable in the case of Mr. Shyam Kumar, Ms. Thara and Mr. Suresh as well. The Kerala State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes issued a directive for the purpose recently.
