The report of the preliminary inquiry into allegations of irregularities in the recruitment process of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has indicted the varsity for “taking advantage of the government’s silence.” The report prepared by the then Additional Chief Secretary G.V. Krishna Rau deems the process of recruitment to 168 teaching posts as “a fit case to be ordered for an investigation.”
MLCs Marithibbe Gowda and Puttanna had filed a complaint with the State Government in December 2013 about irregularities in the Higher Education Department, including in VTU’s recruitment process.
The report of the inquiry conducted in January this year says that VTU’s 2011 proposal to create 168 teaching posts was approved in 2012 by the government. Subsequently, VTU issued advertisements calling for applications in March 2013. In July the same year, the government suspended the process after allegations of malpractices were raised in the Legislative Council.
The report said VTU continued the recruitment process even as the government had issued orders to stop recruitment until orders for reservation for candidates from the Hyderabad-Karnataka region were issued.
