The Affiliation of College Lecturers (AUT) on Thursday, February 1, 2024, urged the T.N. Increased Schooling Division to withhold its approval of the retirement and re-employment of Periyar College registrar (full extra cost) Okay. Thangavel.
AUT State president, M.S. Balamurugan, mentioned that the affiliation has demanded pressing and swift motion on the alleged illegality surrounding the appointment of Mr. Thangavel as a professor of laptop science, and into the thriller behind the Native Fund Audit (LFA) clearance granted.
Mr. Thangavel, the incumbent registrar, had allegedly abused his official place and camouflaged his appointment particulars since 2006 from the scrutiny of the Native Fund Audit. Mr. Thangavel’s appointment particulars have come to gentle now by means of RTI (Proper to Data Act, 2005) replies from the LFA, which affirm the truth that Mr. Thangavel, a college member of arithmetic at Gandhigram Rural College in Dindigul district, had been appointed as a professor of laptop science at Periyar College, superseding 4 different contestants who had PhDs in laptop science, Mr. Balamurugan mentioned.
Additional, the RTI replies additionally affirm that the Assistant Director, LFA in Salem, in brazen violation of guidelines, entertained an unofficial letter from Mr. Thangavel, requesting clearance of his decade-old audit objection — and this had been cleared at “lightning” velocity, Mr. Balamurugan alleged.
Urging the Increased Schooling Division to withhold its approval of the retirement of Mr. Thangavel, Mr. Balamurugan mentioned that the college had positioned on its agenda on the 114th Syndicate, held on November 6, 2023, the consideration and approval of the retirement of Mr. Thangavel from service on February 29, 2024, as superannuation at attaining the age of 60, and for the extension of his providers till the tip of the educational 12 months, as much as March 31, primarily based on a re-employment foundation as per the statutes of the college. It additionally had positioned on the agenda, the disbursement of the pension scheme and different terminal advantages to Mr. Thangavel, as per G.O. No. 304, after an approval was obtained from the native fund audit division.
Mr. Balamurugan mentioned it was pertinent to notice that the incumbent administration had allegedly brought on a loss to exchequer to the tune of ₹86 lakhs by granting re-employment after superannuation to most well-liked lecturers for extraneous causes.
Final month, in a letter to Increased Schooling Minister R.S. Raja Kannappan, the AUT had mentioned the incumbent officers of Periyar College, together with the Vice Chancellor R. Jagannathan and the registrar-in cost Okay. Thangavel, must be allotted with, to safeguard the pursuits of the College and of upper training.