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23/08/2022

Government vs Governor: Bill to clip chancellor’s wings to be tabled Wednesday in Kerala Assembly

It proposes to increase number of members in search committee to choose the vice-chancellors in various universities from 3 to 5

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opening up a new war front with the Governor, the Left government will table the bill that proposes to restrict his role in vice-chancellor appointment, in the Assembly on Wednesday.

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The University Laws Amendment Bill-2022 is part of the government’s move to cull the powers of the Governor as chancellor of state’s varsities.

Making clear that they are in no mood to relent, the Left leadership took a political decision to go for an open confrontation with the Governor.

The bill proposes to increase the number of members in the search committee to choose the vice-chancellors in various universities, from three to five.

The earlier search committees comprised nominees of the Governor, the University Grants Commission and the university senate’s representative.

But now the enhanced committee will also see nominees of the state government and State Higher Education Council.

This will end the Governor’s discretion in the selection process as the names suggested by the majority of members will only reach him.

The Governor can only select the vice-chancellor from this list.

The bill also proposes to raise the retirement age of vice-chancellors from 60 to 65.

The contentious issue of Kannur University Vice-Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran’s reappointment is also expected to be regularised once the bill is passed in the assembly.

Earlier, the government had planned to present the new bill on Friday. But on Monday the business advisory committee of the Assembly decided to cut short the session.

Consequently, the house will not convene on August 25 and 26 and also on September 2. Hence it was decided to table the bill on Wednesday.

With the government and the Governor at loggerheads for quite some time over various issues, the latter had refused the demand to re-promulgate 11 ordinances approved by the cabinet.

23/08/2022

Delhi Excise Policy row: CBI to summon 11 babus caught in liquor scam web, Centre suspends senior bureaucrats

The FIR alleged that the liquor barons were in close contact with accused public servants and were regularly lining their pockets.
NEW DELHI: After questioning four liquor barons and middlemen over the past few days, the CBI is expected to summon 11 bureaucrats against whom action was recommended last week by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in connection with the Delhi liquor policy scam.

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All 11 officers are part of the Delhi excise department. Three of them Arva Gopi Krishna, the then Commissioner (Excise), Anand Tiwari, the then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), and Pankaj Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner (Excise) figure in the CBI’s first information report as accused in the scam. Krishna and Tiwari were suspended by the Union home ministry on Monday.

The FIR alleged that the liquor barons were in close contact with accused public servants and were regularly lining their pockets.

The eight others suspended are assistant commissioners Narinder Singh and Neeraj Gupta, section officers Kuljeet Singh, Subhash Ranjan and Suman and dealing hands Satya Brat Bhargav, Sachin Solanki and Gaurav Mann.

They have not been named in the case yet.

The L-G had found serious lapses on the part of the officers in the implementation of the excise policy, including finalising the tender and extending benefits to select vendors.

The initial probe found blatant violation of procedures, deliberate misinterpretation and subversion of basic government financial rules to provide benefit to licencees for alleged quid pro quo.

Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar had submitted a report to the L-G alleging corruption and violation of business rules by the bureaucrats in the rollout of the new excise policy. The report alleged that undue benefits were provided to liquor vend licencees in lieu of kickbacks and commissions.

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