The Controller of Examinations of Mahatma Gandhi University, Thomas John Mampra, has been asked to go on leave, for a month, by the Vice-Chancellor.
The action comes in the wake of his (Mr. Mampra's) alleged failure to implement the decision of the university Syndicate to permanently debar CMS College Principal M.M. Korah from examination duties.
It was on Saturday that the MG University Syndicate debarred Mr Korah from examination duties for dereliction of duty. The Controller of Examinations was to go in person and hold the examinations scheduled for Monday at the college. By the time Mr. Mampra reached the college on Monday, the Principal had opened the packet and distributed the smaller packets containing question papers to the invigilators. According to college authorities, the Principal had to open the packet as they had not been formally informed of alternative arrangements and no one was present to hand over the duty.
The Controller had arrived late and the time the packets were open so that the examinations could be conducted on time. Speaking to The Hindu , Vice-Chancellor Rajan Gurukkal said he had asked the Controller to go to the college in person and take charge of the conduct of examinations. “The university believes that the Controller should have been more alert. While there was no reason to believe that it was a deliberate act on the part of the Controller, it was his lack of vigilance that had led to the failure in implementing an important decision taken by the university,” he said. The Controller had informed the university that he had informed the Principal that he was reaching the college. There was no need for the Principal to have acted hastily. He believed that the Principal was deliberately being insolent by disrespecting the orders of the university, he said. The Vice-Chancellor will convene a meeting of the Syndicate sub-committee on examinations on Tuesday.
