New Delhi: The Vice Chancellor
of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis said that the
University would provide all support to the fact finding Inquiry
Committee to complete its work in a fruitful manner. The Humna
Resource Development Ministry has constitued a panel to look into
allegations of financial misappropriation against VC and other high
ranking officials of the university. The VC has refuted all
allegations.
The VC has
appealed to all students, teachers and non-teaching staff to
cooperate with the University administration in the peaceful conduct
of classes and other academic and research affairs. The University
administration is apprehensive that some vested interest groups
might try to exploit this fact finding enquiry as an alibi to
destabilize the peace and the prevailing vibrant academic atmosphere
of the campus, says Dr Rahat Abrar, Public Relations Officers, AMU.
“The University
has received the communication yesterday from the MHRD that the
Visitor, the President of India, has constituted a two-member fact
finding Inquiry Committee comprising Mr. Justice Fakhruddin, Retired
Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh as a
Chairman and Mr. A. H. Jung, IAAS, former Secretary to the
Government of India under Section 13(2) of the University Act to
look into the allegations against the Vice Chancellor leveled by
eight EC members, AMU Old Boys’ Association and non-teaching
employees and the counter allegations made against the complainants
by an 18-member group comprising members of the University Court,
EC, Academic Council and AMU Staff Association and on the demand of
23 elected representatives of the various University statutory
bodies of the University for a CBI inquiry into the affairs of the
University for the last over two decades,” Dr Abrar said.
The University
will be appointing the representative under sub-section (2)(c) of
Section 13 of the University Act to represent the University with a
right to be present and be heard during the fact finding work of the
committee. The fact finding committee will submit its report to the
Visitor within a period of three months.
(TCN)
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