Teaching staff at loggerheads with Registrar KU
Says all initiatives failed under his command
Srinagar: The internal bickering between the teaching staff and the Registrar at Kashmir University (KU) has worsened as the Kashmir University teachers have approached the Vice chancellor with the list of the failed initiatives of the varsity.
The faculty is all up in arms against the Registrar of the varsity and has put blame on him for failing the initiative taken by the University.
In a four-page letter written to Vice chancellor of the varsity, a copy of which is in possession with ‘Kashmir Vision’, the Kashmir University Teachers Association (KUTA) has complained that the resolution of faculty demands was delayed by Registrar under the pretext of one or the other reasons.
“In spite of several reminders to resolve long-pending grievances of the teaching faculty and issue necessary orders, Registrar is resorting to dilly-dallying by seeking unnecessary and needless clarifications from either UGC or from sister universities,” reads the KUTA letter.
The KUTA has also put the blame on Registrar for failing the much hyped initiative of vehicle ban within the campus.
The orders for imposing ban on vehicle movement inside KU campus were issued by the Registrar May 04 this year for continuing restrictions on the movement of vehicles inside the university campus.
“But even though more than one and a half months have passed since then no alternative arrangements of transport within the campus have been made. Not even one bicycle or battery-driven vehicle has been added for use by the staff or students,” reads the letter.
“He had no clue at all regarding implementation of his own order which had at one point of time turned into a bone of contention within KUTA,” it reads.
KUTA in its letter has stated that it has been a big failure of the incumbent Registrar to implement the vehicle ban in the campus.
The KUTA has also censured the Registrar for holding PG admissions twice during the current academic session saying that the decision has boomeranged as had been “forecasted by KUTA well in advance.”
“Admission process of the previous year’s drop-out candidates has been completed recently whereas the announcement was made to this effect by the Registrar on February 14, 2019. Recently, statements have been issued to the press by Director Admissions wherein it has been mentioned that admission of second batch will start in November and the class work will start from March 2020,” the letter reads.
“Had the Registrar paid some heed to our suggestions and the indications that the University teaching departments do not possess adequate infrastructure to accommodate two batches in a year, this decision that was taken without taking teachers and HODs on board would not have proved to be such a big disaster,” it reads.
The KUTA has stated that the order issued by the administration for constituting two tier committees for screening of pending promotion cases under CAS and OPEN categories has “deliberately” omitted KUTA representation in contravention to the past practice.
“It is highly unfortunate that every time screening committee is reconstituted we have to make representations for our inclusion in the committee in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of our teachers,” the letter reads.
In its letter, KUTA stated that the Registrar, instead of granting administrative approval to those decisions of the screening committee and issuing orders to that effect has blocked any progress on those matters by either raising irrelevant queries or by referring the matter to UGC for clarification which has never been received since long.
“Such approach of the administration has only resulted into further delay of justice to the concerned teachers and has become a reason of frustration and sense of despair for the concerned teachers. This again reflects obstructionist mindset of the present Registrar,” the letter reads.
