Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Row Over Sackings in EFLU

Mohammed Younus  
Hyderabad : Students and employees of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) are crying foul over the unlawful sackings of a few Class IV employees in the university. Students alleged that the administration has been using the services of an employee B Jayaram, appointed on an ad hoc basis, to cover their tracks on the campus. According to student unions, the university administration has given several key responsibilities to him, though his appointment was not made as per the norms.

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According to students, the CAG report had also held EFLU responsible for illegal appointment of office attendant Jayaram who was later appointed as university caretaker. It is alleged that after attaining the position of caretaker, Jayaram has been harassing the Class IV employees and has sacked nearly 10 employees. It was also alleged that he demanded Rs 50,000 from a sacked employee Mariyamma to take her back on rolls. Telangana Students Association secretary B Sateesh said that university administration is completely against the SC/ST students and employees on the campus and is showing utmost discrimination towards marginalised sections.

He said that the appointment of Jayaram was illegal as the Universities Act permits the vice-chancellor to recruit only teaching staff and not non-teaching staff. He also said that in case of appointing the non-teaching staff, it should not be for a period exceeding six months. It is said that Jayaram and his brother were using political clout for continuing their activities in the varsity and were harassing women employees.

Complaints have also been lodged with the university administration in this regard, he said. Attempts to contact the vice-chancellor and other officials of the varsity were futile. The students demanded an enquiry into this matter and bring all the sacked employees back on rolls.

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