Illegal absorptions

17/10/2017

Jammu University has been caught in an embarrassing position following these queries from the top office, which has also taken serious cognizance of the alleged violation of statutes and misuse of official position in JU during the tenure of incumbent Vice-Chancellor Prof R D Sharma and has sought a detailed inquiry into the series of complaints made by a senior faculty member, who retired recently. Following objections raised by the Governor's Secretariat, Jammu University has subjected absorption of three Assistant Professors in Department of Life-Long Learning (DLL) to scrutiny and put their further career advancements on hold till final outcome of the matter.
These faculty members include Dr Pallavi Sachdeva, Dr Bharti Prabhakar and Dr Sandeep Singh, whose services were regularized consequent upon the decisions taken by the University Syndicate in its meetings, held on January 25, 2016 and August 20, 2016 and they were absorbed on permanent basis in the JU, retrospectively with effect from February 18, 2009. The abrupt decision to put permanent absorption of the trio under scrutiny was taken following a strong worded official letter from the Governor's Secretariat to the Vice-Chancellor asking him to furnish clarifications on these regularizations and explain under what provision of the statues the same was allowed. The letter further makes it clear that the regularization of DrSandeep Singh by JU Syndicate was in utter violation of the Chancellor's decision taken in the case of the applicant that `Unless built in the initial engagement advertisement, there should be no case of extending any contractual appointment beyond that envisaged in the initial advertisement".
In the four-page letter, the Governor's Secretariat has also sought para-wise reply in context of DrSapna Sharma, who was placed initially on probation by the duly constituted Selection Committee in the pay scale of Rs 8000-13500 for a period of one year but the word probation was mischievously omitted by the university while issuing the appointment order.

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