In a report offered to the college two months in the past, the JU anti-ragging squad really useful the expulsion of 35 senior college students who lived in the hostel the place the UG pupil died
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The JUTA expressed vital issues in regards to the administration’s intentions in a letter to appearing vice-chancellor Buddhadeb Sau, citing the “inordinate delay in imposing punishment” on the scholars
Over three months after the demise of an undergraduate pupil of Jadavpur University due to ragging and subsequent fall from a hostel balcony, the consultant physique of college members voiced concern that “disciplinary action” towards the responsible was but to be taken by the college. The Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA) in a letter to officiating vice-chancellor Buddhadeb Sau mentioned the “inordinate delay in imposing punishment” on the scholars has raised severe questions on the intent of the administration to curb ragging on the campus. The pupil fell off a second-floor balcony of the JU Main Hostel on August 9 after intensive ragging. He died at a non-public hospital the following day.
“We note with deep concern that disciplinary action against the convicted persons in the death of a first-year student has not yet been taken in spite of series of meetings of anti-ragging committee and anti-ragging squad of the university,” the letter by JUTA mentioned on Wednesday. “Inordinate delay in imposing punishment has raised serious questions on the role and interest of the administration to curb ragging in university. In this context, JUTA demands immediate punishment of identified guilty persons using the institutional rules and regulations failing which serious legal measures will be initiated against the administration to ensure social justice,” the letter, a duplicate of which was made out there to the media, mentioned.
The affiliation mentioned it can mobilise the stakeholders to launch an agitation towards the motivated inaction by a piece of administration to curb ragging if no steps are taken. The anti-ragging squad of JU in its report submitted to the college two months in the past had advised expelling 35 senior college students residing in the varsity hostel the place the UG pupil died. The squad additionally supported one other advice of the panel to expel 4 senior college students from the college for his or her alleged direct involvement in the ragging of the Bengali honours pupil resulting in his fall from the balcony.
Attempts to contact JU interim VC to elicit his response on the problem failed. JUTA additionally reiterated its opposition to any transfer by the state authorities to roll out human useful resource administration system (HRMS) in JU and different state universities for disbursement of wage, retirement advantages, issues associated to pay fixation, promotion and so forth. apprehending it can significantly jeopardize the tutorial and monetary autonomy of the establishment.
Urging Sau to “place the matter in the executive council and discuss the policy threats which are hidden in HRMS”, JUTA mentioned this was wanted to guard the pursuits of the stakeholders. Under the circumstances, silence of the college administration turns into an actual risk for the stakeholders, JUTA mentioned and threatened a much bigger motion if their issues will not be addressed.
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