Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) has cancelled the unlawful appointments of three authorities law faculty principals in the state.
Dr R. Bijukumar (Thiruvananthapuram), Dr V.R. Jayadevan (Thrissur) and Bindu M. Nambiar (Ernakulam) are the principals who lose their jobs, due to the order of the KAT Bench, comprising of KAT Ernakulam Centre Judicial Member Justice P.V. Asha and Administrative Member P.Okay. Kesavan, in reference to the petition filed by Dr S.S. Girishankar, Associate Professor, Ernakulam Law College.
KAT order says that appointments ought to have been applied primarily based on the findings of the choice committee as per the UGC Rules of 2010 for the Principals’ vacancies reported on March 29, 2017. Those who’ve retired throughout this era additionally ought to be thought of.
If the retired ones are chosen, it ought to be thought of as late appointments, and all advantages ought to be awarded to them. If the vacancies have been reported afterward, appointments ought to be on the premise of the UGC Regulations of 2018.
Petitioner had argued that for the reason that state authorities has accepted UGC rules, principals’ appointments ought to adjust to them.
This is the most recent episode in the string of irregularities happening through the rule of the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) presided over by CPM supremo Pinarayi Vijayan. Several VCs in the state misplaced their jobs throughout the previous couple of months below comparable conditions. Kerala witnessed even Supreme Court interventions in this regard.
The matter is alarming as the usual of varsities in Kerala is lowering day by day.
