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Alleging violations of preservation norms and irregularities successful module recruitment astatine the Central University of Karnataka, leaders of the Karnataka Vidyarthi Sanghatane person demanded a judicial enquiry headed by a sitting judge.
Addressing a property league successful Kalaburagi metropolis connected Saturday, Sanghatane members Lakshman Mandalgera and Rajendra Rajwal alleged that irregularities had taken spot successful the recruitment of teaching unit during the tenure of Vice-Chancellor Battu Satyanarayana and called for an contiguous investigation.
Mr. Mandalgera stated that according to the post-based preservation argumentation implemented by the Department of Personnel and Training nether the Government of India, each station indispensable beryllium assigned a circumstantial roster number. Universities are besides required to people details of some filled and vacant posts successful the preservation roster.
While the 2019 roster database published by the assemblage contained details of some filled and vacant posts, successful the 2025 roster list, the University has shown lone the filled posts without disclosing the vacancies, helium alleged.
Mr. Mandalgera said that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees’ Association astatine the University had earlier approached the High Court, raising concerns implicit the usurpation of preservation norms. However, during the 63rd Executive Council meeting, the Vice-Chancellor misled the members, stating that the tribunal had approved the university’s preservation roster, helium claimed.
Mr Rajwal alleged that immoderate appointments to the posts of subordinate prof and prof were made successful usurpation of norms prescribed by the University Grants Commission. According to UGC regulations, candidates indispensable person astatine slightest 8 years of work arsenic an adjunct prof to beryllium eligible for assignment arsenic subordinate professor.
He cited the assignment of Basavaraj Kubakaddi arsenic subordinate prof successful the Department of Law connected December 8, 2022. He had obtained his PhD successful 2015. The work rendered thereafter should beryllium considered, Mr. Rajwal said, claiming that Dr. Kubakaddi was appointed earlier completing the required 8 years of service.
Similar concerns were raised implicit the appointments of respective others, including Kota Sai Krishna, who was appointed arsenic Controller of Examinations and aboriginal recruited arsenic Associate Professor astatine the Linguistics Department; S. Lingamurthy (Economic Department); G. Mahendra (Tourism and Hotel Management); Sandeep (Department of Mathematics), and Pramod Kumar (School of Engineering), wherever UGC eligibility norms were allegedly not followed, they claimed.
The Sanghatane demanded a broad judicial enquiry into the alleged violations of preservation norms and irregularities successful module recruitment astatine the Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi.
