AAU corruption: SC disposes of plea against HC stay

The Supreme Court has disposed of the special leave petition (SLP) filed against the stay granted by the Gujarat High Court in the matter of inquiry against Anand Agriculture University...

The Supreme Court has disposed of the special leave petition (SLP) filed against the stay granted by the Gujarat High Court in the matter of inquiry against Anand Agriculture University (AAU) Vice-Chancellor M C Varshneya and Registrar A J Pandya.

Vinodchandra Bhatt,a senior clerk at AAU,had filed the petition against the stay on Thursday.

Bhatt had filed the complaint against the duo for relaxing the norms regarding the National Eligibility Test (NET) and alleging corruption in recruitment and other matters before the Anand district magistrate. The district magistrate had ordered an inquiry by the deputy superintendent of police. Against this order,the university appealed in the High Court and was granted a stay,said a statement.

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According to the AAU,the regulation to pass NET was recommended by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR),making it mandatory for the posts of assistant professor. But looking at the shortage of staff in Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs),it had to relax this rule for the recruitment.

A total of 28 universities out of 45 have relaxed this clause. The statement further said that based on these facts,the SC disposed of the SLP and directed the HC to expedite the matter.

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