PU debars homoeopathy pupils from exams
The future of around 200 students pursuing Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) at the Homoeopathic Medical College, Sector 26, is at stake with Panjab University deciding that they will not be allowed to take the university examinations.
The college has been debarred from university work such as appointment as examiners and superintendent of examination centres, etc. The notice, issued a few days ago, mentions that the university had gone through various communications regarding “non-eligibility” of the college principal and the assignment of officiating charge to the senior most faculty member of the college. The principal, Ankit Dubey, had assumed charge on March 9, 2022.
“The college should obey the set of rules and regulations. Despite repeated reminders, they have not been assigning the charge of officiating principal to the senior most faculty there. We have proceeded as per the provisions in the PU Calendar only,” said the Dean of College Development Council, Professor Sanjay Kaushik.
The university on April 29 had conveyed to the college regarding the ‘non-eligibility’ of Dr Ankit Dubey as principal. The Panjab and Haryana High Court, acting on a writ petition filed by Dubey, had issued a notice of motion and ordered that the process of fresh recruitment would be kept in abeyance. On June 11, the university asked the college authorities to assign the charge of officiating principal to the senior most faculty member, to which, the college replied that the management committee president was out of station. On June 20, the management secretary told the university that the meeting of the governing body could not be held due to a lack of quorum and hence, charge of officiating principal could not be assigned to the senior most faculty member.
In August, the university sought the seniority list of the faculty but no reply was sent by the management. In September, the Affiliation Committee of the university “reiterated the non-satisfactory reply from the college regarding assignment of charge of officiating principal and asked them to reply within three days from the date of issue of letter”.
The college informed the Affiliation Committee that the secretary of their management committee be allowed to do correspondence with the university, but the university says that the college was still silent on assigning the charge of officiating principal.
Dubey said, “We are in touch with the university authorities and have been trying that nothing goes wrong for the students. My appointment is being wrongfully questioned. I hope that we will soon reach a way out.”
The trigger
“The college should obey the set of rules and regulations. Despite repeated reminders, they have not been assigning the charge of officiating principal to the senior most faculty there. We have proceeded as per the provisions in the PU Calendar only,” said the Dean of College Development Council, Professor Sanjay Kaushik.
