ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, ALIGARH
S. Mustafa Zaidi Hony. Secretary | Teaching Staff Club, AMU, Aligarh, 202002 (O); (R); (M) Email: secretaryamuta@gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ |
October 9, 2011
The Executive Committee of the Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) at its meeting held on Oct. 08, 2011 at 2:30 P.M considered the following issues:
1. Show cause notice served to the Principal, J.N. Medical College by the Registrar, who has no such power;
2. The harassment of teachers through filing police cases against them for example the case of Dr.(Ms.) Tanzeem Fatima, Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Prof. S.D. Kaushik, Department of Sanskrit although the problems relate to functioning of the departments concerned;
3. The reported acceptance by Mr. Salman Khursheed, Union Minister for Law to share the stage with Dr. P.K. Abdul Azis, who is facing a CBI enquiry ordered by the President of India, at the commemoration meeting on Sir Syed day;
4. The Govt. sponsored riot at Rudarpur, Uttrakhand; and
5. The arrest of Mr. Sanjeev Bhatt, senior IPS officer, by the Modi headed Gujarat Govt.
The following was resolved unanimously:
1. The Executive Committee reiterated its earlier resolution of Oct.01, 2011 which condemned the attempts to harass and intimidate persons who do not tow Dr. Azis’s line. Prof. Ashraf Malik, Principal, J.N.Medical College has been issued a show cause notice by the Registrar, that is beyond his jurisdiction. The Principal was well within his rights as provided in the Ordinances not to allow a transfer on which he was not consulted and where his competence both legal and technical cannot be ignored. The tone and tenor of the show cause notice is remarkably harsh and extremely humiliating, apart from being based on incorrect and false information. None of the transfer orders had anywhere invoked the office of the Vice-Chancellor (in fact not even a copy was endorsed to it), but the notice mentions it as a cause a number of times. The Association notes that previously too, many heads of offices have refused to relieve/did not permit the joining of any non-teaching staff that in their opinion was not in the interest of their office but, no one has ever been given a show cause notice on this count. Presumably the only reason in the instant case has been the refusal of the Principal to attend the Executive Council meeting on 17.09.11, on the basis of a principle.
2. The harassment of teachers through filing police cases against them for example the case of Dr.(Ms.) Tanzeem Fatima, Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Prof. S.D. Kaushik, Department of Sanskrit although the problems relate to functioning of the departments concerned;
3. The reported acceptance by Mr. Salman Khursheed, Union Minister for Law to share the stage with Dr. P.K. Abdul Azis, who is facing a CBI enquiry ordered by the President of India, at the commemoration meeting on Sir Syed day;
4. The Govt. sponsored riot at Rudarpur, Uttrakhand; and
5. The arrest of Mr. Sanjeev Bhatt, senior IPS officer, by the Modi headed Gujarat Govt.
The following was resolved unanimously:
1. The Executive Committee reiterated its earlier resolution of Oct.01, 2011 which condemned the attempts to harass and intimidate persons who do not tow Dr. Azis’s line. Prof. Ashraf Malik, Principal, J.N.Medical College has been issued a show cause notice by the Registrar, that is beyond his jurisdiction. The Principal was well within his rights as provided in the Ordinances not to allow a transfer on which he was not consulted and where his competence both legal and technical cannot be ignored. The tone and tenor of the show cause notice is remarkably harsh and extremely humiliating, apart from being based on incorrect and false information. None of the transfer orders had anywhere invoked the office of the Vice-Chancellor (in fact not even a copy was endorsed to it), but the notice mentions it as a cause a number of times. The Association notes that previously too, many heads of offices have refused to relieve/did not permit the joining of any non-teaching staff that in their opinion was not in the interest of their office but, no one has ever been given a show cause notice on this count. Presumably the only reason in the instant case has been the refusal of the Principal to attend the Executive Council meeting on 17.09.11, on the basis of a principle.
We therefore demand that the notice should be withdrawn forthwith and the Principal, J.N.M.C, the CEO of the Hospital, be allowed to function unhindered with complete autonomy. In case the University administration carries out its threat, the Association shall be forced to take recourse to agitational means such as strike etc. to restore order, the rule of law and an end to targeted harassment.
2. The Association is of the opinion that internal bickering of departments should not result in filing of FIRs that lead to undue involvement of the police. We condemn all such incidents which result in harassment of teachers at the hands of outsiders. Dr. Tanzeem Fatima has been living this nightmare since 2007 and the case is still going on, the police authorities are allegedly suppressing the true facts of the final report of the case being presented before the relevant judicial authority, we request the senior police administration that this
should immediately be resolved.
Prof. S.D. Kaushik is the latest victim of a departmental misunderstanding being converted into a law and order problem and being harassed. The Executive Committee condemns the haste with which the Proctor’s Office got the FIR registered without, presumably not reporting the matter to the Vice Chancellor and effectively bypassing him. We demand that he should intervene and resolve the matter.
should immediately be resolved.
Prof. S.D. Kaushik is the latest victim of a departmental misunderstanding being converted into a law and order problem and being harassed. The Executive Committee condemns the haste with which the Proctor’s Office got the FIR registered without, presumably not reporting the matter to the Vice Chancellor and effectively bypassing him. We demand that he should intervene and resolve the matter.
3. Mr. Salman Khursheed’s visit shows the confusion in the Congress Party and the Government on issues of fighting corruption in AMU and other public institutions. The Sir Syed Day commemoration meeting is a highly revered occasion for the Aligarh Muslim University community and for it to be headed by tainted persons who are facing CBI enquiry is condemnable and painful, which is being added to with Central Government Ministers accepting the invitation to share the dais with him thereby giving him credibility. It may be noted that to the best of our knowledge, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development has refused appointment to Prof Azis because of the enquiries he has faced and is facing. It may further be noted that in 2009, on the orders of Prof. Azis, Guest House facilities were refused to the present Union Minister for Law & Justice, when he visited AMU on the occasion of Sir Syed day because he was AMUTA’s guest.
We appeal to the Prime Minister as head of the Government and Smt. Sonia Gandhi as Congress President to ensure that the Congress Party does not become a party in shielding corruption, failing which it shall be open to us to protest against the Government and the Congress Party by using appropriate agitational means such as public demonstrations showing placards and black flags etc.
4. The drawing closer of the election in the various states have emboldened communal forces to instigate riots for electoral games. The riot at Gopalgarh, Rajasthan and the latest riot at Rudarpur, Uttrakhand, have been engineered to polarize voters and have also shown the role of the police and administration in their true colours as being anti-minority and communal.
We condemn the incident and demand that adequate steps, that should essentially include a time bound enquiry, should be taken to bring the culprits to book at the earliest and compensate the victims. We also reiterate our earlier resolutions against the communal canker and again appeal that all political parties ensure the passage of the Communal violence bill in the next Parliamentary session.
5. The arrest of Mr. Sanjeev Bhatt has ripped off the 'sadbhavna' mask and displayed the true colours of the ‘development oriented’ Modi Govt. which is out to stifle any voice which tries to set the record straight regarding the genocide of 2002 and the piteous conditions in which minorities have lived later in the 'most developed' state of India.
The Executive Committee demands that Mr. Bhatt should be released immediately and his testimony be given due consideration to help in punishing the culprits of both, the 2002 carnage and, the murder of Mr Hiren Pandya.
(S. Mustafa Zaidi)
(S. Mustafa Zaidi)
