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| Agri universities’ appointment, promotion scam: No action despite CAG’s exposure | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 29: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its latest report has exposed mass irregularities in the appointments and promotions in the two prestigious agricultural universities of J&K but no action has been taken so far.
Highly placed sources said that higher-ups in the administration have yet to take cognizance of the CAG’s exposure because members of influential families are involved in recruitment and promotion scandals in both the agricultural universities of J&K.
“Instead of taking action against those who were involved in illegal appointments, higher-ups in the administration are rather trying to hush up the matter by taking observations of CAG as causal and non-serious”, sources.
CAG in its latest report observed that the human resources function of the universities was far from satisfactory and was plagued by irregular appointments, favoritism, and inadmissible financial up-gradations.
The CAG further observed that relaxing the minimum standards for appointments and promotions of teachers compromised the quality of teaching and research in the universities.
“Lateral entry to teaching positions from lower technical positions deprived the universities of availing the benefits of recruiting meritorious teachers through open advertisements. Extension of undue benefits due to excess drawl of pay, allowances, and entitlements led to financial strain on the state coffers”, the CAG observed.
The CAG has exposed wrongdoings by the SKUAST authorities in appointments, promotions, and entitlements over the years, raising serious questions over silence on J&K’s successive regimes over their affairs.
The CAG report detected that both universities violated UGC norms for the direct appointment of teachers and filled these posts through lateral entry.
“The mandatory criteria for appointment and career advancement of teachers was diluted. Pre-mature promotions, the inadmissible benefit of career advancement scheme, incorrect pay fixations, inadmissible allowances, and entitlements, resulted in an extra financial burden to the government exchequer,” reads the report. |
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