Delhi University's statutory bodies write to VC over denial of extension of GB funded by Govt

In a letter to VC, the eight Academic Council (AC) and Executive Council (EC) members accused the university of suggesting GB members' names without consulting the statutory bodies and alleged that due to the non-consultation, the panel of names suffers from political partisanship. There was no immediate reaction from the university.

Delhi University's statutory bodies write to VC over denial of extension of GB funded by Delhi Govt

Delhi University's statutory bodies have written to Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh raising their concerns over the denial of the extension of governing bodies (GB) of colleges that are funded by the Delhi government. 

In a letter to VC, the eight Academic Council (AC) and Executive Council (EC) members accused the university of suggesting GB members' names without consulting the statutory bodies and alleged that due to the non-consultation, the panel of names suffers from political partisanship. There was no immediate reaction from the university.

There are 28 DU colleges fully or partly funded by the Delhi government which selects the 10 members of a governing body of these colleges. Five members of a governing body are directly selected by the government and the rest are chosen from the names suggested by a university panel, the NDTV reported.

"The university administration has not given an extension of three months (to governing bodies) despite such a provision under Clause 3(1) of Order XVIII. There have been long-standing conventions for such extensions despite the different political strands of the central and the state governments," the letter read.

"Even the panel of 178 names has been sent by the administration to the Delhi government without any consultation with members of AC and EC, which has been long-standing precedent," the letter added.

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