The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has registered a case against the then Principal and Associate Professor of Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, on charges of taking bribes from students seeking late admissions, and change of branch in first year undergraduate courses.
The investigating agency booked S. Arul Antony, who worked as Principal, and R. Ravi, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for taking bribes ranging between ₹ 5,000 and ₹10,000 from several students for changing their branch of study and allowing late admissions to degree courses.
The DVAC First Information Report said that 3,792 students were studying in 18 undergraduate and 15 post graduate departments in the college. For admission of students in first year UG programmes, an Admission Committee comprising a Chairman (Principal) and three senior-most Associate Professors was formed. The Principal in his capacity as the Chairman can give admission to students and also accorded change of branch with the consent of the committee members.
