Chennithala alleges foul play in MGU move

Days after the Kerala High Court revoked the MG University’s choice to take again the diploma certificates of those that had handed the BTech course below a particular moderation scheme, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala has now approached the Governor in search of a probe into an alleged foul play by the varsity.

In a letter, Mr.Chennithala identified that the varsity syndicate had unauthorisedly taken the choice regardless of a transparent rule that solely the Governor, as Chancellor of the establishment, had the authority to withdraw the certificates as soon as awarded. This, in line with him, was carried out deliberately to assist the scholars strategy the court docket later and procure a beneficial verdict.

He additionally sought to remind the Governor about declaring this plot on the identical day when the varsity had determined to take again the certificates. In this context, he additionally sought rapid intervention of the Governor in the difficulty and urged him to provoke stern motion by exercising the powers vested in him as Chancellor to uphold the values, sanctity and excellence of college examinations.

A choice to offer particular moderation of 5 marks to B.Tech college students, who had failed in any one of many 56 topics altogether in the course, was taken at a gathering of the MGU Syndicate held on April 30, 2019. The move, nevertheless, drew sharp criticism following allegations relating to the Higher Education Minister’s intervention behind the move.

Following this, the college withdrew the choice in order ‘to avoid people casting suspicion over the university and the academic community.’ Accordingly, a listing of 16 college students who had handed the course with particular moderation was printed and an order was issued to cancel their diploma certificates.

The order, nevertheless, was put aside by the HC, citing that it had been issued with out correct thought and primarily based merely ‘on public objections.’