3,400 offer letters against 135 seats: VNSGU issues penalty notice of Rs 3.62 lakh to society running MTB Arts College
Umra Police Inspector J A Rathwa said, “We have started a probe in the matter and are trying to identify those who had entered the principal’s office with the help of a video of the incident that had gone viral.”
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The ABVP also handed a memorandum to the college in-charge principal and VNSGU Vice-Chancellor Dr K N Chavda and urged him to take action against the college authorities for the “mistake”. (Source: File)The Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) on Wednesday served a penalty notice of Rs 3.62 lakh to Sarvajanik Education Society, which runs MTB Arts College, for issuing around 3,400 call (offer) letters to students against 135 vacant seats for BA first year admissions.
ABVP members had a few days ago held the college principal — who was later removed from the post — hostage in his own office to mark their protest over the issue. The South Gujarat College Teachers Association had condemned the incident.
On July 10, a large number of students were in the pipeline for first-year undergraduate admissions in the Arts stream at MTB Arts College. However, on receiving call letters from the college, when these students learnt that there were only 135 seats left, they protested. Leaders and members of the ABVP’s Surat unit subsequently reached the spot and joined the students in their protest. The ABVP also handed a memorandum to the college in-charge principal and VNSGU Vice-Chancellor Dr K N Chavda and urged him to take action against the college authorities for the “mistake”.
After receiving notice from the VNSGU, Dr Rudresh Vyas, who was the in-charge principal of MTB Arts College, said that the “technical mistake” was made by college clerk Sagar Rana, who had issued over 3,400 call letters to students while only 135 seats were available.
ABVP leaders in Surat held a protest on Sunday again and entered the office of then Principal Vyas on the college campus. Vyas was allegedly held hostage for eight hours and was not allowed to take his medicines. Vyas later submitted a written complaint at Umra police station against the ABVP members, after which the police launched a probe.
Umra Police Inspector J A Rathwa said, “We have started a probe in the matter and are trying to identify those who had entered the principal’s office with the help of a video of the incident that had gone viral.”
Chairman of the Sarvajanik Education Society, Bharat Shah, said: “After the issue came into light, we issued a notice to the in-charge principal Dr Rudresh Vyas. He responded that the mistake was made by a clerk and distanced himself from all responsibilities. We have removed him from the post of in-charge principal of MTB Arts college, but he will still serve as professor with the grant-in-aid college, which is affiliated to VNSGU.”
He further said, “We have written a letter to the VNSGU stating that the college is run by an education society, which cannot bear such a heavy penalty amount, and so it should be waived. We are running over 12 colleges, which have thousands of students. The act done by the ABVP is unpardonable, and it is unethical to hold an in-charge college principal hostage in his own office. We also want the police to take strict legal actions against the the ABVP members involved in the incident.”
South Gujarat College Teachers Association president Ajay Naik said, “We condemn the incident, which saw Dr Rudresh Vyas being held hostage by ABVP members for eight hours and not being allowed to take his medicines of diabetes. Legal actions should be taken against those involved in such an act.”
When contacted, Vyas refused to comment on the issue.
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