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This is an archive article published on November 3, 2003
ICHR deadlock: Chief alleges interference
The stalemate continues at the Indian Council of Historical Research over its two member secretaries 8212; P.K. Shukla and Kapil Kumar.Last...
The stalemate continues at the Indian Council of Historical Research over its two member secretaries 8212; P.K. Shukla and Kapil Kumar.
Last night, ICHR chairman Professor M.G.S. Narayanan shot off a letter to the Ministry of Human Resource Development alleging 8216;8216;politically or personally motivated interference8217;8217; and saying the Council cannot be 8216;8216;saved from further disgrace8217;8217; if the Ministry continues to insist on the appointment of Kapil as acting member secretary. Kapil is the Ministry nominee while Shukla has Narayanan8217;s blessings.
Narayanan sent the letter from his home town in Calicut in response to two consecutive letters despatched to him by two bureaucrats of the HRD Ministry on October 30 and 31. Both letters had informed him that his appointment of Shukla as the acting member secretary was 8216;8216;ultra vires8217;8217; and that disciplinary action as well as criminal proceedings could be started against him for continuing to handle the ICHR8217;s finances and administration.
Narayanan pointed out that he was in Delhi from October 13 to 19 and Kapil should have met him with his appointment letter from the HRD Ministry. He said the latter appeared at the ICHR office, whenever he was away, and started instructing people and issuing office orders.
Indicating that he had not adopted this collision course without provocation, the chairman argued that he had to appoint Shukla because Kapil did not report to him and he needed an official to handle the day-to-day administration.
The letter said 8216;8216;smooth and efficient working of the Council depends on coordination between the chairman and the member secretary8217;8217;. 8216;8216;It is undesirable on the part of the Ministry to nominate as member secretary a person who has always been making wild and baseless allegations against the former member secretary and the chairman and misbehaving in Council meetings. If the Ministry persists in this move, it will be held responsible for interfering with the autonomy of the Council.8217;8217; he argued.
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