CHENNAI: R. Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, has been suspended by the Tamil Nadu government. The government on Monday conveyed this information to the Madras High Court before which a petition against the Vice-Chancellor is pending.
Following this, the court said it was disposing of a petition seeking a direction to the authorities to take action against the Vice-Chancellor.
The petitioner, S. Sivapandi of R.A. Puram here, had also sought a direction to the police to investigate a complaint against the Vice-Chancellor. The petitioner submitted that after assuming office he had “started misusing the power for personal ends.” When the matter came up before the First Bench comprising Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale and Justice D. Murugesan, Advocate-General P.S. Raman said the government had issued an order on Monday directing the suspension during the pendency of the investigation. A case had been registered.The Bench said that in its view no further step was required to be taken on the matter. The State government had acted effectively in looking into the allegations. It said that the petition stood disposed of.
The court made it clear that it was not making any observations on the merits of the allegations made against Dr. Radhakrishnan in the petition. In its order of suspension, the government said a petition had been referred to it by the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption regarding allegations against the Vice-Chancellor, and seeking concurrence to conduct a detailed enquiry. After examination, the DVAC was permitted to register a regular case against Dr. Radhakrishnan.
Source: The Hindu
2 comments:
If he found guilty, the law should take all the steps to punish such people.
Even though education domain in india have more than enough tax free supports from govt, people are making all possible shortcuts to generate more money for their childrens..
Pathetic !
You're absolutely correct. I donno how people get bribe very often and frankly without any hesitation who is in public sector. They are appointed to serve the public. Won't they know that their activities are well watched by the people?
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