Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The Jammu University has terminated from service a casual worker just few days after regularizing him, citing shortage of funds.
Ravi Kumar, who was working as a casual labourer in the Human Genetic Research-Cum-Counseling Centre (HGRCC), was regularized following the recommendation of Empowered Committee.
Ravi, 40, was regularized after 17 years, and now with order of his termination he has become jobless.
The termination order of Ravi and five more employees was issued by the Registrar on September 10. "A meeting of the committee constituted to look into the functioning of the HGRCC was held on September 8. In the meeting it was recommended that the six casual/contractual employees engaged in the centre should be disengaged," the order read.
The five other terminated employees are: Pawan Kumar, Bodh Raj, Rajinder Kumar, Hari Krishan and Avtar Singh Chib-all casual labourers. They stand disengaged with effect from July 31, reads the order (Estab./15/12541-54, dated September 10).
Sources told Early Times that the casual labourers were terminated to save the exchequer from further burden. The move has, however, hit six families.
"The varsity administration has hit the livelihood of the six poor casual labourers. There are many top professors drawing huge salaries but are deemed as deadwood. Their fat salaries do not drain the exchequer," said sources.
Notably, the university is closing down HGRCC apparently because of shortage of funds. But documents available with Early Times expose the claims of administration.
In its letter to the VC, the JU's Department of Science and Technology has revealed that more than Rs 1.5 crore stands unspent.
"An allocation of Rs 224 lakh is lying in civil deposit including 3rd installment of Rs 70 lakh in terms of government order no. 63 ST of 2009 dated 22-12-2009 and Rs 154 lakh in terms of government order no. 4-ST of 2010 dated 27-01-2010 towards final phase of the project, and the audit party has served half margin for blocking the huge money in the treasury," reads the letter written by Joint Director of the Science and Technology Department.
No top official of the university was available for comment. |
