KURUKSHETRA: The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued a contempt of court notice to Kurukshetra University registrar, Surinder Deswal, for alleged misrepresentation of facts in an affidavit relating to appointment of an associate professor. The issue concerns the appointment of DrDevvrat Singh in the Institute of Mass Communications and Media Technology in KU which was challanged by Dr Ashutosh Mishra, an aspirant and resident of Zirakpur. The high court has fixed March 29 as next date for hearing the case.
Deswal reportedly permitted Dr Devvrat Singh to join IMCMT as associate professor, though a case has been filed against the appointment. In 2008, Mishra had challenged the appointment saying that the appointee did not have the required experience. When the court served notice to KU as party in the case, the varsity authorities submitted an affidavit that Dr Devvrat had left KU as he had joined MD Univeristy, Rohtak.The case was accordingly disposed of by the court. But in 2010, Mishra again filed a writ against the joining of the teacher in MDU saying that the teacher was taking wrong advantage of experience in KU.
During hearings of MDU case in 2010-11, Devvrat resigned from MDU, Rohtak before the petition’s outcome on October 13, 2011 and joined back Kurukshetra University. Earlier, KU had washed its hands off when the court sought the status of appointment of the professor by saying that the teacher had left KU and it had nothing to do with him. But KU registrar meanwhile reportedly permitted the teacher to join the varsity. Asked about the notice, Deswal told TOI over phone, “I have not received a copy of notice. So I cannot say anything.” Courtesy : TOI
