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MADURAI: The issue of providing adequate quota to Most Backward Classes (MBCs) while preparing vacancy list for appointment of lecturers in Madurai Kamaraj University rocked the Senate meeting held here on Tuesday. Heated exchanges took place in the house when the matter was raised through an adjournment motion by a member, who accused the Vice-Chancellor and the administration of not following the community roster while clearing backlog vacancies. “The matter has gone to the court. So, does this mean that something went wrong and rules were not followed,” asked Paraman, Senate member, who raised the issue. He accused the Vice-Chancellor, P. Maruthamuthu, of not following government norms or roster system and sought an explanation on what methodology was adopted while drafting the list of backlog vacancies. The Vice-Chancellor, who chaired the meeting, tried to convince the member that all rules were properly followed and that he could not comment on it as the matter was sub judice. “How can you say that I did not adhere to norms. We followed only the Supreme Court judgement on a similar issue,” Dr. Maruthamuthu said. When the member insisted on knowing why teachers of other universities did not go to court when appointments were made and why happened only in MKU, the Vice-Chancellor said that other varsities were also following the MKU system. Another member, S. Jeyabalan, wanted to know from the chair whether the university was following the SC judgement or the State Government norms. S. Vivekanandan, former Syndicate member, said it was a fact that roster system was not properly followed for several years. For withdrawal of autonomyThe Senate of the Madurai Kamaraj University on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution recommending steps for withdrawal of autonomous status for Saraswathi Narayanan College here. Accepting the members’ views, the Vice-Chancellor, P. Maruthamuthu, and Syndicate members assured the house that the university would not hesitate to write to the University Grants Commission and the State Government to withdraw the college’s autonomy. An intense debate took place at the Senate meeting in which several members demanded that the varsity fact finding committee’s report should be presented to the house and a copy sent to the UGC and the Government for appropriate action against the college management. The issue was raised as an adjournment motion by P. Rajamanickam, member, who said that the university should understand the plight of 27 faculty members of the college who were not paid their salary for the past three months. Members belonging to Madurai Kamaraj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar, Mother Teresa and Alagappa University Teachers’ Association (MUTA) urged the Vice-Chancellor to ensure that the college did not introduce any new courses because there was inadequate infrastructure. Former Syndicate member, S. Vivekanandan, said that the demand by college management for an unconditional apology from faculty members was unacceptable since the teachers did not commit any wrong and they only adhered to government rules.
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