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The Anna University Syndicate connected Saturday recommended overruling the Governor’s bid revoking the suspension of erstwhile Vice-Chancellor R. Velraj, citing deficiency of powerfulness to supersede a Syndicate order.
Prof. Velraj was suspended connected the time of his status connected July 31 for his alleged engagement successful granting affiliation to backstage engineering colleges linked to the fake module scam. The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) has been inquiring into the case.
“The Governor’s bid is void,” said I. Paranthamen, Egmore MLA and a subordinate of the Syndicate. “We are not implementing the Governor’s bid due to the fact that helium has nary jurisdiction. We discussed it astatine magnitude successful the gathering today.”
The Syndicate besides recommended relieving 11 officials of the University, including the Registrar, from their presently held posts successful bid to facilitate a DVAC enquiry into the fake module scam.
In the past Syndicate gathering held connected July 31, an support was fixed to the DVAC to proceed with inquiries into the alleged irregularities pertaining to the fake module scam.
“In bid to guarantee just and transparent inquiry, the Syndicate recommended relieving the officials who are occupying cardinal posts,” Mr. Paranthamen added.
Among the officials are the Registrar, the Controller of Examinations, and Director of Centre for Affiliation of Institutions. The Chairperson of the Vice-Chancellor Convener Committee has been tasked with appointing a Registrar-in-charge to oversee administrative matters.
Inquiry panel
In addition, a three-member enquiry committee headed by the Commissioner of Technical Education investigating the shade module scam presented its findings successful a sealed screen to the Syndicate.
The committee recovered irregularities successful adjacent to 200 colleges wherever shade module members were reportedly utilized to puff up rosters.
The committee recommended proceeding against the institutions by mode of levying penalty, suspending courses, punishment for the respective principals oregon a operation of them, Mr. Paranthamen said.
The Syndicate recommended that the Registrar contented a amusement origin announcement to each these institutions.
