The move comes a day before Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to meet the principals of the 12 colleges. The principals have been asked to produce details of appointments, and surplus funds available with them.
The Delhi University (DU) administration has wrote out to the Delhi government stating that 12 of its fully funded colleges are bound to follow the University Grants Commission (UGC) norms in matters of budgeting and expenditure, the government cannot change the pattern of assistance for releasing funds.
The move comes a day before Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to meet the principals of the 12 colleges. The principals have been asked to produce details of appointments, and surplus funds available with them.
These 12 state government-funded colleges have been at loggerheads with the Delhi government over funds for a long time. Earlier, the colleges had alleged that the government either delayed release of funds or gave “insufficient” funds, and the government alleged financial irregularities in these colleges claiming they had surplus reserves.
On Saturday, the governing bodies (GBs) of two of these colleges -- Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and the Sports Sciences, and Maharishi Valmiki College of Education -- passed a resolution stating that the pattern of assistance as suggested by the Delhi government, and not that of the UGC, will be followed for the release of grant-in-aid from the government.
Meanwhile, Delhi University teachers Association went on strike to protest the non-payment of salaries for the past six months. 12 DU colleges, that are 100 per cent funded by the Delhi government, alleged that they had not received their salaries and other dues for over six months.The (DUTA) Extended Executive also alleged that the 12 Delhi government-funded colleges of Delhi University are being forced to adopt a new document titled "Pattern of Assistance" in their governing bodies, through which the government is trying to find ways to "disaffiliate them from the Delhi University".
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