The DU teachers' body today said it was "shocked and dismayed" at VC Dinesh Singh's efforts to clear his name as he defended his decisions regarding the running of the varsity in a reply to a HRD ministry show-cause notice.
Vociferous in its demand for the VC's removal, the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) charged that Singh's refusal to accept his guilt shows his disregard for the rule of law.
Singh in his reply to the show-cause notice, has put forward a strong defence and claimed no wrongdoing on his part in rolling out the controversial FYUP programme, saying that it had the necessary approvals.
"DUTA expresses shock and dismay over the DU VC's reported attempts to clear his name from all the serious charges that have been proved against him," DUTA President Nandita Narain said in a press statement.
In his reply to the show-cause notice, Singh is understood to have said that the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) that was scrapped by UGC in June last year, had the sanction of the ministry.
About the four year B.Tech courses, he is understood to have argued that they required no approval as they were being offered by the varsity.
"His nonchalant refusal, as reported in the news media, to accept guilt in matters related to the unauthorised restructuring of undergraduate courses through FYUP, the diversion of crores of rupees from the earmarked OBC expansion grant for purchase of the now-redundant FYUP laptops, and the unapproved B.Tech courses introduced alongside the FYUP, shows that he has scant regard for the rule of law and norms of governance in public institutions," Narain alleged.
She further demanded to know that if the VC is claiming that the diverted money was put back into the OBC fund, then where did the money come from.
"Can the VC show any sanction taken from statutory bodies prior to spending such a huge amount? We wish to know why the second tranche of teaching posts under the OBC-Expansion scheme has not yet been released?
"Why are DU colleges and departments not able to ensure adequate faculty for their students? Why are laboratories overburdened by several simultaneous batches of students? Why are SOL students being neglected?" she said.
