OOPS! HE DID, AGAIN
GU Vice Chancellor Adesh Pal asks law colleges to begin admission process afresh after academic session begins. He then goes on the back foot following strong objection from principals
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Wednesday, July 10, 2013
http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2013071020130710022255887d609a61d/OOPS-HE-DID-AGAIN.html
It was déjà vu for Adesh Pal the day he was forced to revoke his decision asking law colleges — that were almost through with their admission process — to start the procedure afresh. Not long ago, he had to do away with his decision of centralised admissions for BBA, BCA and BEd courses after being pulled up by the state government. Before initiating the admission process, the law colleges had on May 30 written a letter to the registrar and attached with it the schedule for LLB Semester 1 admission.
The colleges had decided on a common schedule for the first time. According to sources in Gujarat University, soon after the first merit list was out, a BJP worker met Pal to complain to him that his wife, who had completed BA in 2004, was not being given admission. His wife had lost out on her admission because, as per the ordinances and regulations for the three-year LLB programme, 5 per cent marks are deducted in case of applicants who have cleared their graduation before 2010.
‘NO NEED TO DEDUCT 5 PER CENT MARKS’
Sources said that Pal, acting on an impulse, got the registrar to write a letter to all the colleges on July 1, asking them to declare the admissions given to candidates null and void and begin the process afresh. The letter directed colleges to: a) Do away with the rule of deducting 5 per cent marks for candidates who cleared their graduation before 2010 and 2 per cent marks for those who cleared it in 2011 and 2012. b) Give admissions as per merit c)Prepare a fresh merit list and declare previous admissions as null and void d)Restart admission process on July 6 However, on July 1, the day this letter was issued, the law colleges had almost completed the admission process and begun their academic session.
‘WE CANNOT INVITE UNREST FROM STUDENTS’
Taking a strong objection to the directions laid down by the GU registrar, Gujarat Law Society’s Executive Vice President Sudhir Nanavati shot off a strongly-worded reply to him stating that it was neither possible for colleges to begin admissions afresh, nor do
FOOT-IN-THE-MOUTH SYNDROME
A SWIMMING POOL IN TIMES OF WATER CRISIS State government came down heavily on GU Vice Chancellor Adesh Pal on April 13 and directed him to halt all work on the swimming pool he was readying for his personal use at the official residence. Pal was also asked to submit an explanation towards what prompted him to get a pool built in times of acute water crisis, without taking necessary approvals before the work was started on the project. In TV interviews Pal had said, “Nearly 90% of VCs all over the country have swimming pools in their residences. I am not doing anything extraordinary. The bill has to be footed by the university.”
CENTRALISING-DECENTRALISING ADMISSIONS GU revoked its decision to go ahead with centralised admissions for BBA, BCA and BEd courses. The turnaround came after the university authorities were pulled up by the state government for tarnishing its image. It was communicated to Pal that while the system of centralised admissions was being adopted across the country, Gujarat University was moving in the opposite direction.
It was déjà vu for Adesh Pal the day he was forced to revoke his decision asking law colleges — that were almost through with their admission process — to start the procedure afresh. Not long ago, he had to do away with his decision of centralised admissions for BBA, BCA and BEd courses after being pulled up by the state government. Before initiating the admission process, the law colleges had on May 30 written a letter to the registrar and attached with it the schedule for LLB Semester 1 admission.
The colleges had decided on a common schedule for the first time. According to sources in Gujarat University, soon after the first merit list was out, a BJP worker met Pal to complain to him that his wife, who had completed BA in 2004, was not being given admission. His wife had lost out on her admission because, as per the ordinances and regulations for the three-year LLB programme, 5 per cent marks are deducted in case of applicants who have cleared their graduation before 2010.
‘NO NEED TO DEDUCT 5 PER CENT MARKS’
Sources said that Pal, acting on an impulse, got the registrar to write a letter to all the colleges on July 1, asking them to declare the admissions given to candidates null and void and begin the process afresh. The letter directed colleges to: a) Do away with the rule of deducting 5 per cent marks for candidates who cleared their graduation before 2010 and 2 per cent marks for those who cleared it in 2011 and 2012. b) Give admissions as per merit c)Prepare a fresh merit list and declare previous admissions as null and void d)Restart admission process on July 6 However, on July 1, the day this letter was issued, the law colleges had almost completed the admission process and begun their academic session.
‘WE CANNOT INVITE UNREST FROM STUDENTS’
Taking a strong objection to the directions laid down by the GU registrar, Gujarat Law Society’s Executive Vice President Sudhir Nanavati shot off a strongly-worded reply to him stating that it was neither possible for colleges to begin admissions afresh, nor do
FOOT-IN-THE-MOUTH SYNDROME
A SWIMMING POOL IN TIMES OF WATER CRISIS State government came down heavily on GU Vice Chancellor Adesh Pal on April 13 and directed him to halt all work on the swimming pool he was readying for his personal use at the official residence. Pal was also asked to submit an explanation towards what prompted him to get a pool built in times of acute water crisis, without taking necessary approvals before the work was started on the project. In TV interviews Pal had said, “Nearly 90% of VCs all over the country have swimming pools in their residences. I am not doing anything extraordinary. The bill has to be footed by the university.”
CENTRALISING-DECENTRALISING ADMISSIONS GU revoked its decision to go ahead with centralised admissions for BBA, BCA and BEd courses. The turnaround came after the university authorities were pulled up by the state government for tarnishing its image. It was communicated to Pal that while the system of centralised admissions was being adopted across the country, Gujarat University was moving in the opposite direction.
