Indore : Pankaj Prajapati, NSUI leader and whistle-blower of alleged irregularities in profs appointments in government colleges in 2009, accused the State Government of sweeping the issue under the carpet.
“Following directives of the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, I had lodged a complaint with the Chief Secretary about irregularities took place in appointments of professors in 2009. More than three months have passed, but my complaint has still not been addressed,” Prajapati told Free Press.
He said that he would move the court again into the matter.
According to Prajapati, he had lodged a complaint with the Department of Higher Education exposing anomalies in the appointments of 88 persons on professors’ post made by MP Public Service Commission in 2009. However, no action was taken on his complaint so he moved the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
“The government lawyer informed the court that the petitioner did not make a representation with the respondent(s) and directly moved the petition in the court. The court directed the petitioner to make a representation before the Chief Secretary which he did in the second week of September. Even after three months, no step has been taken by the government on the complaint. At least, the petitioner has not been informed about any step, if taken, on his complaint,” Anshuman Shrivastava, the petitioner’s counsel said.
Some newspapers published that the State Government had constituted a committee to probe into the charges levelled by Prajapati.
He, however, said that he did not know anything about the committee. “I have not been informed about any such committee. Reasonable time has been given to the government to act on my compliant but it failed to act, so I am going to move court,” he said.
According to Prajapati, as many as 88 candidates, who did not meet the eligibility criteria for professorship, were appointed by the MPPSC in 2009.
According to Prajapati, a candidate must have a PhD and 10 years of teaching experience after the doctoral degree.
“As many as 88 candidates did not meet this eligibility. They had less than 10 years of teaching experience after the award of PhD,” he claimed.