NAGPUR: As Nagpur University's Management Council meets on Friday after a long gap to discuss a host of issues, the topic that could witness heated exchanges between administration and members will be roster scam.
The scam, exposed by TOI on March 19, 2009, and that has blocked all appointments in the university, has been kept under the wraps by NU administration as over 500 appointments could get cancelled if roster is properly implemented. Management Council members told TOI they would grill the administration over delay in tabling of probe panel report and action taken on it.
Justice (retired) GG Loney was appointed by then vice-chancellor SN Pathan to probe the scam after it was raised in Maharashtra assembly. He submitted his report on January 5 last year to present VC Vilas Sapkal. The report was kept under wraps since then for unknown reasons. TOI later revealed that Loney's report had confirmed tampering in the job manuals or roster and termed it a "big conspiracy".
Justice Loney recommended immediately lodging of a police complaint, something that VC has chosen not to do. Members stated that at least now, NU should lodge an FIR with police to bring the culprits to book. NU PRO office refused to comment saying that the journalists should provide questions in writing.
Minister of higher and technical education Rajesh Tope asked VC in December last year to initiate action against the accused but VC again did not move. Sources said this clearly indicated that accused were being protected under political pressure. On several queries raised earlier in state legislature over the scam, NU has only maintained that action was under consideration.
The scam, exposed by TOI on March 19, 2009, and that has blocked all appointments in the university, has been kept under the wraps by NU administration as over 500 appointments could get cancelled if roster is properly implemented. Management Council members told TOI they would grill the administration over delay in tabling of probe panel report and action taken on it.
Justice (retired) GG Loney was appointed by then vice-chancellor SN Pathan to probe the scam after it was raised in Maharashtra assembly. He submitted his report on January 5 last year to present VC Vilas Sapkal. The report was kept under wraps since then for unknown reasons. TOI later revealed that Loney's report had confirmed tampering in the job manuals or roster and termed it a "big conspiracy".
Justice Loney recommended immediately lodging of a police complaint, something that VC has chosen not to do. Members stated that at least now, NU should lodge an FIR with police to bring the culprits to book. NU PRO office refused to comment saying that the journalists should provide questions in writing.
Minister of higher and technical education Rajesh Tope asked VC in December last year to initiate action against the accused but VC again did not move. Sources said this clearly indicated that accused were being protected under political pressure. On several queries raised earlier in state legislature over the scam, NU has only maintained that action was under consideration.
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