The
Committee for Defence and Release of G N Saibaba condemns the
arbitrary manner in which the authorities of Ram Lal Anand
College are continuing to deny him the right to resume his duties as
an assistant professor in the college after he has been released on
unconditional bail by the Supreme Court in April 2016.
The
decision to suspend him from services until the criminal case against
him in Maharashtra is settled and curtail his entry to the
college till further orders as well as the consideration of an
“independent disciplinary proceedings are being contemplated
under University Act, Ordinance and Rules for your act
unbecoming of a teacher besides other misconducts noticed now”
is based on the report of a one-man inquiry committee. This report
has not been made available to Saibaba. It should be noted that the
decision to conduct disciplinary action against him is seriously
prejudicial to his defence in his criminal case, which is currently
sub judice. Once he is released on bail and is fit to perform his
duties, it is only a matter of routine procedure that he be
allowed to join duty as his suspension was predicated on the false
FIR
(Crime Case No 13/2014) registered against him in Maharashtra, and
has no connection whatsoever with his position as a teacher of the
college. In its eagerness to “punish” and victimise him,
the college authorities have violated all procedural norms. The
person who conducted the inquiry has subsequently been asked to step
down from the governing body, but only after his recommendation
of Saibaba’s suspension was approved by the body, which had no
representatives from among the teachers of the college.
The
defence committee demands that the governing body of Ram Lal Anand
College should immediately retract the blatanly illegal decisions
made by them and reinstate G N Saibaba in his teaching position as
per the central government employees rules and various judgments of
the Supreme Court. We appeal to the university vice chancellor to
immediately intervene and ensure that justice is meted out to
Saibaba.
G
Hargopal, Chairperson,
Hany
Babu M T, Convenor