Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 30: Jammu University has strongly rebutted the baseless allegations published in section of press regarding “appointment of Dy Registrars and replacement of former Registrar”.
Maintaining that the JU at present is following the reservation rules as per SRO 294 of 2005, issued by the Social Welfare Department, J&K Govt, read with SRO 144 of 2008 for the appointment of non teaching cadres upto the positions of Section Officer and equivalent, the university has clarified that for the post of Dy Registrar, as per existing Statutes, there has been no reservation policy in vogue since inception of Jammu University.
“Reservations are made applicable for Officers at entry level only and the same was followed in the interviews for the post of Assistant Registrars, held alongwith the interviews of the Deputy Registrars,” the university explained.
Further, the university said, the process of inviting applications and short listing the same for the posts of Deputy Registrars commenced as early as 2013 and the process was completed in 2018. The entire process of short listing the candidates, preparation of list of eligible candidates and seeking objections, if any, was completed during the tenure of Dr Meenakshi Kilam as then Registrar, who, while supervising the exercise did not raise the question of implementation of roaster for the said posts, as has been claimed by section of press. The claim, therefore, by a section of print media with regard to the replacement of Dr Kilam and holding unfair interviews is imaginary and unfounded, said JU official spokesperson, Dr Vinay Thusoo.
The spokesperson further said that the Financial Advisor had officially deputed his nominee as per past precedence wherein nominees have represented their seniors, number of times even in the important meetings of statutory bodies of the University. “Prof Sangmi in the capacity of Dean College Development Council, University of Kashmir and member of the JU Syndicate was present in the meeting and by virtue of his position, he had also attended the recently held meeting of JU Syndicate on the invitation of former Registrar wherein the latter was Member Secretary,” he added.
Reminding that for the last around 15 years, any teacher or officer of the University is being authorized by the Vice-Chancellor to function as Registrar and the same holds true for former Registrar too, the spokesperson said that Prof R K Ganjoo or any other teacher, holding the post of Registrar or any other equivalent Administrative position in the University are essentially the Professors of the University and are in their active service. “Therefore, in view of the above and in the interest of administration, Prof R.K. Ganjoo has been authorized to function as Registrar purely as a short term arrangement as per past practice,” the spokesperson said adding that the University would have appreciated, had the section of print media verified the facts from the concerned office before filing the baseless allegations.
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