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Dear Chief Justice l < > .t Apropos your order under Sec."7(3) of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University Act, 1998, appointing this Committee for causing inspection of buildings, libraries, equipments and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted by the University and to cause enqui1 to be made in respect of the aforesaid y matters, the Committee hereby forwards its report for your perusal and further action under Sub Sec.4 of Sec.7 of the said Act. The report is based on the primary data and secondary data. The primary data consists of response of the various stakehol ders - the Registrar, the faculty, the students, non-teaching staff and the medical Doctors. However, to maintain anonymity, we did not refer to any name in the report. The committee members also collected secondary data on various subjects from the office of the Registrar of NALSAR and other sources. We thanl< the Hon'ble Chancellor for reposing confidence in the Committee for the purpose of inspection and report under Sec.7(3) of the Act. Yours Sincerely, Hyderabad, 12.09.201- . 1

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INDEX TO REPORT CHAPTER I.. .. . . ..... . . .. . . . . ... . . . ..... . .... . INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II . . . . ..... . . . . .... . ..... . .. . .. . .. . ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTUREa) . C en tralization of au thority ........ b) Exp en diture ................ ................ c) Sp ecialized positions in A d ministration in clu din g that of Registrar ........... d) Discharge of fun ction s of Dep uty Reg istrar e) Attendance Register ..................f)

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g) C onsolidated set of Rules . ........... h) Award of Gold M e d a ls.................. i) Leakage of Final Semester Exa min atio n Q uestio n p a p ers j) O ccup ation of q u arters w itho u t pa y ment of r e n t .............................

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CHAPTER III ACADEMIC ISSUESa) R ecruitm ent of Faculty .................... . b) Faculty Dev elop ment ..................... c) Execution of Projects d) R esearch

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In exercise of the po wers, conferred by Sectio n 7(3) of the Act, the Chief Ju stic e, High C ourt of A.P. an d th e C hancellor, NALSAR U niversity co nstituted a co m m ittee co nsisting of1). H o n'b le S ri Justice Syed S h ah M oha m m ed Q ua dri, For m er Jud ge, S u pre m e C ourt of I n d ia - C h a ir m a n ;

2). H o n'ble Sri Ju stic e V.V.S. Rao, Ju d g e, High C ourt of A.P. - Member; 3). Hon'ble Sri Justic e R a m e sh R an ga na tha n, J u d g e , High C ourt of A. P. - Member; 4) . Sri S. Ravi Ku m ar , D istrict & S essions Jud ge, p rese n tly M e m b er S ecretary of A.P. S tate Legal Services Authority - Me mber-cumSecre tary of the Com mittee so c o nstitu ted;

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for the p u rp oses of in spection / inq uiry in resp ect of the ar ea s sp elt o u t in Section 7 (3 ) of the Act, a n d s u b m it its rep o rt a n d r eco mmend a tions The Hon'ble Chief Ju stic e of A n d h ra P ra d esh is the

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C hancellor of NALSAR un der Sectio n 7(1) of the National Academy of Legal Studies an d R esearch U niversity A ct, 19 9 8 (the Act). Sectio n 7(3) of the Act empo wers the Chancello r to ca use a n in sp e ctio n lo be made by a p e rs o n

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ex a m in a tio ns, teach in g a n d o th er work condu cted or do ne by the Univ ersity, fa lls w ithin its scope. T h is r ep o rt is in Sev en chap ters. The Intro du c tion to the R ep ort is in C h a p t e r l. A d min istration an d C h a p t e r II d e a l s with the Academic G o v e rn a nce Stru cture.

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r esid en ce of its C h a ir m a n. T hereafte r the C o m m ittee met on 26 occasions b etween April and m e mb ers of the co m mittee first A ugu st, 20 11. T h e vi sited NALSAR on

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Alu m n i of NALSAR. As this C o m m ittee h a d assured the co m p la ina ntsjrep res en tatio n ists, and the faculty me mb ers with whom they had interacted individu ally , of anon ymity their co mp laints /v ie w s a n d a few of their sug g estio ns h a ve been incorp orated after co n sid eration as p art of th is r eport witho u t identifying the a utho rs of those sugg estion s. T his C o m m ittee p la ces on record its deep sense of ap preciation for all tho se sugg estion s which are a d o p ted a s p a rt of this rep ort.

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University. It h a s all the po w ers as en u m er ated in Sectio n 5 of the Act un less a n y su ch power is specifically given to any oth er a u tho rities of the Univ ersity. Even th e n it is the G en era l C o un c il w h ich h a s the power of veto. As, u n d er

Section 10(2)(i), the G eneral C o un cil mee ts on ce a year a ll d ecisio n s of all the aut ho rities, na mely, the Executive

Council, the Academic Cou ncil, the Fin ance Com mittee a n d the Planning B oard shou ld be broug ht to the notice of, a n d be discu ssed by, the G eneral Council. The Executive C oun cil is en tru sted with all such po w ers as are n e cessary to a d m in ister the Univ ersity. It is a lso e mpowered to mak e7

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ed ucatio n co urses, no d oub t, sup p le m ent the rev en u es wh ich NALSAR gets by way of fees for the un d er g ra d u ate an d p o stgra d u ate co u rses offered by it, a n d may h elp it sho re up its fin a n ce s, NALSAR h a s, by sp rea din g itself wide a n d thin , created .1.is.satisfaction a m o n g it s stu d e n ts a n d faculty of the m a n n er in which the in stitutio n 1s

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CENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY

D iscretion ary power,

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m u st be stru ctu red an d co n fin ed withirt limits. Unb ridled discr etio na ry p o w e rs a re, more often !.han no t, ab used . While the Vice C hancellor is in ch arge of the fun ction ing of the U niv ersity, an d the role of the C h ancellor or !.he G en eral Council in these matters is limited, it is a m a tter of

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coordination with the A ssistant R eg istrar. The said order req uired D r.V en d er K u mar to be paid R s.4 0 0 0 / - p er F r o m J u ly m o n th a s re m u n e rat io n for the ex tr a w o rk.

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E mp lo yees Se rvice R eg ulations

which categorized vario us po sts; p rescrib ed their scales of pay etc. The said R eg ulations req uire ap poin tme n t to th e post of Dy. R egistrar to be in the pay sca le of Rs .8 4 0 0 R s.16,5 25. The q ualification s p rescrib ed for the said p o st

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is a d egree fro m a recog n ized U niv ersity, with a t le a st 1 5 years exp erience of having worked in a Univers ity, or in a n ed u cation al in stitutio n of na tio n a l st a n dard . The selection co m m ittee, for selectio n of the Dy. R eg istrar, is lhe Vice C hancellor, the R egistrar, one Professor of the Univ ersit y no minated by the Vice C hancellor, and o ne outsid e ex pert

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the new Regulations were made on 8.8 .20 0 8 creating the p ost of Dy. R eg istrar, Dr. Vijender Ku mar is being ask ed to d isc ha rg e the fun ctio n s of a Dy. R eg istrar. T his Com mittee h a s not b een info rmed why, instead of ap p ointin g a reg ula r Dy. Registra r , NALSAR con tinu es to utilize the services of Dr. V ijen der K u mar, a senior faculty mem ber, to disch arge the fu n ctio ns of a Dy. R egistrar.(e)

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No atten d an ce register is ma intain ed for the faculty of NALSAR nor is their time of en try and ex it, from th e NALSAR Shameerp et ca mp us, recorded even at th e

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O u r d iscu ssio n s with the facu lty sho w tha t ,

while cla sses a re co n d u cted from 9 .0 0 a.m . to 1.4 0 p.m., the time set ap ar t b etwe en 1.4 0 p. m. to 4.0 0 p.m. for s tu d e n t s in ter a c tio n with the facul ty is seld o m utilized ex cep t during sub missio n of project rep o rts. We learn t ha t sev era l faculty m e mb ers of NALSAR leave the ca m p u s after 1.4 0 p.m. ev en without obta inin g p ermission of the ViceC hancellor. Prop er system s sho uld be in trodu ced to record a t tend an ce of facu lty m emb ers, the time of th eir e ntry a n d exit from NALSAR S ha m eerp et ca m p u s, a n d ma inten a nce of p ro per lea v e/ p ermission registers w h e rein either their leave of ab sen ce, or permission to leave ea rly , is record ed.

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LEAVE RECORDS

While pa rt B(l) of the Leave Rules req uire faculty m e mb ers to obtain san ction of the Vice-ch an cellor for , availing "on duty leave", this Rule h a s been ob served more in b rea ch tha n in p ractice. The en tries in the Leave Register

are sk etch y, a n d the Leave record need p rop er an d up to)I

d ate maintena nce. T h ere is no system in p lace to en sure that leave a pp lications are sub m itted by the R eg istrar an d oth er faculty m e mb ers; of leave being sanction ed; for san ctio n of leave to be intim ated to the A d min istratio n D ep artm en t; an d for recordin g su ch leave in the Leave Register. I t is

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latest trip of the Vice Chancellor to C a na da in Ju n e, 2 0 1 1 is a lso not sho w n a s leave of any sort ei th er in the ca su al leave file or in the p ersonal file or in the Leave register, tho u gh he h a s been paid his m o nth ly rem u n era tio n du rin g this period of ab sen ce. From the inceptio n of the University till da te, no p ermission seems to have b een sou g ht or Vice C ha n cellor an d the the Executive R egistrar of or the

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m a d e th e r e in .(g) CONSOLIDATED SET OF RULES

A consolid ated set of rules shouLd be periodically ma d e av ailable to stu d en ts, say on ce each year. T his would not only en su re greater clarity an d tran sp aren cy b ut w o uld also help in h oldin g stu d ents acco untab le for violation of the ru les. A co mp rehensive code s a n c tio n s flowing from a breach of con d u ct, an d the thereo f, shou ld be

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The reg ulations fram ed by NALSA R, for the a w ard of gold med als, p rescr ibe t hat the selection therefo r shall be m a d e o n the b asis of the r eco m men dation s m ad e by a C o m m ittee, an d ap prov e d by th e Vice C h ancellor; the Com mittee is to be ap po inted by the Vice Chancello r fro m time to time; it is to co mprise of five me m bers no minated by the Vice C hancellor; in resp ect of med als to be aw ard ed , for performance in an y p articular sub ject as in d icated b y the D on or, the p erform a n ce of the stu dent o b tain in g the high est grad e, a nd the hig hest mark, is to be aw ard ed th e medal; in resp e ct of gold medal to be a w ard ed to th e fir st position in the a n n u al ex amin a tion / best s tu d en t for ov erall ex celle n ce/best w o man stud ent for overci.ll ex cellen ce/ first ra n k in the final exam ination final year

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ca nd id a tes who hav e sec u red the hig h est CGPA shall be fu r n is h ed to th e co m m ittee; from o u t of the short listed five stu d ents, th e co m m ittee shall collectively reco m m en d th e b est stu d e n t who deserv es the aw ard of the concern ed gold medal; the decision of the Vice C h an cellor shall be final; a n d the n or m s on which the selection is fin ally mad e is to be d eter m in ed by the co m mittee itse lf.

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Rhodes to the

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S ch o la rsh ip at the A nn ua l C o nv o cation starting from the C o n v o c a tio n to be held in 200 7. C o ntrary

R eg ulations the th e n Vice Chancellor by his circu la r da ted 2 6 .0 8 .2 0 04, while co n stitutin g the gold medal co m mittee, info r m ed th e m th at the two gold medals for the b est

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s tu d e n t (i.e., one boy a n d one girl) would be decided by h im . A similar circu lar, co n ferring power on himself lo

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en q uiries rev eal that there were 3 to 4 s ets of keys of the ex am ination room which were available in the offices of th e Vice C hancellor, R eg istrar, the ex am ination section in ch a r g e a n d the cleaning staff. The exam in a tio n room used to be op en ed an d clea n ed every morning even before the staff arriv ed . The driv er-cu m -attend er of NALSAR was a lso e ntru sted w it h a key of the examination section roo m. He was being mo n etarily assisted by the stu d en ts. One of them ob tain ed the key from the said d r iv e r a n d m a d e a d u p lica te key which was used to op en the exam ination section roo m. T his student entered the room , hack ed into the co mp uter, loaded the q u estion pap ers into his flash

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Registrar, NALSAR on

informing him tha t the Vice C hance ll or had con st ituted a n enq uiry co m m ittee consisting of (1) Prof. V. R a m akrishna, Former Professor (History), University of H yderab ad , (2)

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U n iv ersity, H yd e rabad an d

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a n d , p ursu a nt to the directions of the Executive C oun cil on 12 .5 .20 11 , a co mp laint was being lodged. The Executive Council, in its meeting held on

12.5 .2 0 01 , after noting Lhat the examin a tion pap er rela t ing to law an d poverty had been replaced with a new p ap er im m ed iately before the examina tion on 27 .4 .2 01 1, decided to cancel the following ex a min a tion s an d resolved that the examination should be held afresh du ring the4th

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J u n e , 2 01 1."FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR THI RD YEAR FOURTH YEAR 2 . 1 Law of Con tr ac ts -I 2.2 Sociology - I 4.1 C riminal Law - II 6.1 Jurisp r ud e nc e II 6.2 Cons titutio n a l Law - II 8.1 Ban k in g a nd Finan ce 8.2 T a xation La w - II"

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cu m d riv e r who was dis missed from service. Four stu d e n ts , involved in this u nsa v ory ep iso d e, were ex p elled fro m th e University. The pay of the Sr. A ssistant (E xa min ation ) w as

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faculty were faulted for such s erio u s l a p se s in leakage of th e fin a l s em e ster ex a m in atio n q u estio n p a p ers. N eith er th e ex a m inatio n co m m ittee, nor an y on e else in up p er ech elon s of a d m in istratio n , were held acco u ntable, let

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alo n e an y action b ein g tak en ag ain st th e m. We were in fo r m e d tha t the rec en t p ap er lea k s, d u r in g th e fin al se m ester exa m in atio n of 20 1 0 -2 0 1 1 , is not a n isolated in stan ce b u t h a s b een p reced ed by s ev e ra l s u ch lea ks in th e p rev io u s b atch es also. No actio n . was ta k en a n d th e co m p la in ts were b ru sh e d a sid e a s m er e ru m o u r m ongenng. T h is co m m itte e h a s not b een inform ed of a n y syste ms ha vin g b een intro d uced th ereafter to e n s u r e th a t s u c h

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OCCUPATION OF QUARTERS WITHOUT PAYMENT OF RENT

)On his hith erto p u r c ha sin g a flat at T iru m a lg herry, Dr . fore- noon of Vijend er Ku mar vacated Quarter No.A- 1, w hich he w as occu p yin g, with effect fro m the

1.6 .2 0 0 9. The very nex t day i.e., on 2.6 .2 0 0 9 he informed tha t, sin ce he was also servin g the U niversity as a Proctor he needed to sta y on th e ca mp us so m eU m es, for w hich h e sh o u ld be a llo tted a room in the facult y resid ential a rea witho ut forfeitin g h is entitlem en t for HRA. ) The th en Registra r, vide proceedin gs d ated 2.6 .20 09 , p ermitted him to occupy one bed room in Q u arter No.A.1 (the very sa m e q uar ters w hich Dr. Vijend er Kumar was occup ying till jus t a day before). The M emb er Secretary of lhis C o m m ittee

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insp ected Q uarter No.A- 1 in the after-noo n of 08 .0 9 .2 0 1 1. On in sp ectio n he fou n d that, while officially Dr. Vijender K u m a r h a s b ee n allo tte d jus t one roo m, A.1 q ua rters co n sists of t hree bed roo m s, one kitch en an d one hall; the sa id Q u arters h a s only one door a l the entran ce; oth er tha n th is en tra n c e th er e is no oth er way for entry or ex it from the sa id Q u arters; there is no sep a ra te en tran ce or exit for any p ar ticular room th erein; the fur nitu re

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p u rch a sed by NALSAR from Dr. Vijender Ku mar, vid e V ouch er N o.530 dated 23 .7.2 009, for Rs .3 2 ,0 00 / -, when he shifted from Q u arter No.A-1 to h is own fla t a t

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S ecun d erab ad , (i.e., Iron Cot -2 Nos, Wooden C o t - 2 Nos, Dining Table with 6 ch a irs, C a n e Sofa do ub le s e a t e r - 1 no, single seater - 4 no s, can e diw an - 1 no. sofa tab les - 2 no s, refrigerato r (whirlpool) 190 ltrs, W indow A/ c (LG) 1.5 ton, T.V. (Onida) with T.V. stan d a n d power inverter), were still there in Q u arter No.A-1. T hat Q uarter No.A-1 h a s again been provided to Dr. Vijender Kumar, from the very next day of his vacating the said q u arters, m e an s th at th e f u r n itu r e p u r c h a s e d from him is still being made av ailable for his ex clu siv e use at Q uarter No.A-1; a n d he h a s n eith er paid rent nor h a s he foregone his HRA for su ch o ccu p ation . Our enq uiries rev eal that on w eek-ends Dr. Vijender K u ma r stays in the said q u arters alon g with his family

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s t a y on the ca m p u s on special occasions i.e., for evening cultura l function s, anti-rag ging , insp ectio n of hostels, work conn ected with conferen ces and sem in a r s etc; they are

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the occup ation for some p eriod of Q uarter No.A-3, no referen ce is mad e therein to Q uarter No.A-1 in which on e room is sa id to have been provided lo Dr. Vijen der Ku mar. As Dr. Vijender Ku mar had ceased lo be the Chief Warden from 12 .8.2 0 08, after a w ritten co m p la int was made ag ainst him by stu d en ts of the 20 05 -2 0 1 0 b atch o n

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o rdin ate the work of w arden s, let alon e be p r o v id e d a res id en tia l q u a rters for t h is p u rp ose. Our en q uiries also rev ea l tha t no oth er fa cu l ty me mb er has b een permitted lo

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NALSAR h a s so far p u rc ha sed nin e v ehicles of which o ne A m b assad or car was au ctio n ed in the y ea r 2 0 1 0 .

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d e ta ils, a s a re a v a ilable th ere in , it is clear that v ehicles have been mad e av ailab le to Dr. Vijen d er K u mar an d Prof. K.V.S. S ar m a (wh en he was the Regis tra r ) for th eir p rivate

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w id e -sp read belief a m o ng th e m that Prof. Vijen d er Ku mar , P ro cto r a n d P r o f es so r of NALSAR, h as b een accorded fa vo ured treatm e nt by the V ice-ch an cellor. T ha t th is belief

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is not w itho u t su b s tan ce is reflected from the following insta n ces:i) When Prof. V ijen der Ku m ar sh ifted h is residen ce from NALSAR Sh a m e e rp et cam pu s to Se cun d era b ad, certain ite m s of fu rniture w ere

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V ou cher N o.53 0 dated 2 3.7.2 00 9 for Rs.3 2 ,0 0 0 /-.

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Chancellor from incurring capital expenditure, -without the previous sanction of the Vijender Ku mar was purchased without the prior sanction of the

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purchase of fu rnitu re is capital

ii) The Vice Chancellor, vide proceedings dated 24.9.2009, accorded approval for sanction of duty leave to Prof. Vijender Ku mar for six m on ths from October 1st 2009, and he was paid full salary and allowances for the said period a s per the University Ru les, as advised by the Joi nt Secret ar y, UGC in his letter dated 20.7.2009. During hi s

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C h ristmas holidays from December, 2009 to Janu ary 2010, when Prof. Vijender Ku mar was "on du(J!" leave in the United Kingdom on a Commonwealth Fellowship programme, he was asked to come from Kings College to NALSAR. The ostensible purpose of his being called was for rendering assistance for the following:a) Final editing and finalization of NALSAR Annunl reports from 19 99 to 2008 for publication; b) Designing and finalizing the NALSAR prosp ectus for the year 2010; c) Review and updatin g of reading material in Family Law; d) Designing and finalizing the NALSAR calendar 2010 for printing; and e) designing and finalizing CLAT 2010 information brochure write-u p on NALSAR

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Prof. Vijender Ku mar was paid flight charges, for his travel from London to Hyderabad and back, by NALSAR. Rs.55,494/- was paid to M /s International Travel House, Hyderabad in this regard vide Cheque No.900488 dated 31.12.2009. could not have It is not a s if th ese matters been entru sted to any other faculty me mber of

NALSAR. No other in stan ce of such ben efits bei ng extended to any of the other faculty me mbers of NALSAR was brou gh t to the notice of this committee. )

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200 9, h on orariu m was paid.

the R egistrar, the only other facu lty of NALSAR who was

ho n orariu m in this regard of R s.5 0,0 00/ - was Prof. Vijender Ku mar. iv) Prof.Vijender Ku mar has, ever sin ce 200 7, been c on tinu ou sly paid R s.4 00 0 /- per month for disch argin g the duties of a De puty R egistrar. In addition he is bein g paid Rs.4000 I - per month as P roclor. C u ri ously, even after the new Regulations were made on 8.8.2 00 8 creatin g the post of Dy. Registrar, Dr. VU er Ku m ar, a S en i o r end Faculty me mber, is still asked to disc harge the functions of a Depu ty Registrar. v) By proceedings dated 2.6.2009, Dr. Vijendra Kumar was permi t ted to oc c u p y a bed room in Q uarters No.A. l (Lhe very sa m e qu arter s w hich Dr. Vijender Ku m a r had vacated ju st a day before). While officially Dr. Vijender Ku m ar has been allot ted ju sl one room he is, in

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fa ct, occu pyin g the en tire A.l quarte r s wh ich co n si st s of three bed r ooms. In spection by the Me m ber Secretary of this Com mittee on

8.9.201 1 revealed that Q uarter No.A.l h as only one door at the e ntran ce; an d th ere is no separate entran ce or exit for any particu la r room therein. Our enqui ries reveal th at every week end Dr. Vijende r Ku m ar stays in the said qu arter s, along with his family mem bers; and he has n eith er paid rent n or he forego ne hi s HRA for suc h occupation.

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R s.32,000 1- when he sh ifted from Q uarter No.A-1 to his own flat at S ecun derabad . Th at Q uarters No.A-1 has again been provided for his u s e , from the very next day of his vacatin g the said quarlers, mean s th at the furnitu re purchased from him is still being made available for his exclusive use at Quarter No.A-1. (viii) In addition to being the Proctor, and disch arging the duties of a D e put y R egistrar, Prof. Vijender Ku mar is also a con ven er/ me mber of the following com mittees con stituted by NALSAR (1) Library committee; (2) P.G di ploma academic committee; (3) S cholarship /fee concession committee; (4) Proctoral Board; (5) Convenor of the Moot

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stud e nts, from the 3rd batch of stu d e nts in 2005 onw ards till the present batch. (x) Though the question paper set by Prof.Vijencler Ku mar is also s aid to have been leaked earlier, he was the only faculty me mber of NALSAR to be app oin ted a s a me mber of the enquiry co mmittee con stituted to enquire into the examin ation paper leal

(cr ed it) were ad justed in the bo oks of accounts of NALSAR d u rin g the finan cial year 2 01 0 -2 0 1 1. The special audit report, of M/ s. Rayasa m & Co. dated 30.06.20 09, expenditure Details of such records the amoun t of income and for which no inform ation was available. unkno wn expend ilure are:-

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a). As per Ban k reconciliation statem e nt:i). Miscellaneou s expen ses a s per pass book (Dr)ii). Miscellaneous expenditure as per cash book (Cr)(b) .

24,01,573 2,15,624

T h is w a s a d ju s te d in th e a / c s of 2 0 0 8 -0 9 a s u n d e r :i). Miscellaneou s expenditure a s per pass book (Dr)

23,55,178 1,84,761

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ad j u ste d a s m isce llan e o u s e x p e n d itu r e in the boo ks of acc ou n ts. In s u b stan c e, no informatio n is availa ble regarding th e n a tu r e of e xp enditure, for the en t ries reflected in the p a ssb oo k,

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These deficiencies, in the m ainte na nc e of accou nts w er e neither b r o ug ht to the notice of the Finance C om m ittee of NALSAR, n o r wa s the Ge nera l Cou n cil infor med of these

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discrep ancies. In the General Council meeti ng held on 22 .03 .2 0 09 ,

J u s t i c e P. V enkata Rami Reddi raised q uer ies on certaiJ.1 ite m s of revenu e a nd expend itu re sho w n in Audited A cco unts for the year 20 07 -20 08 . The m inu tes of th e s a id m eeting recor ds that U1e exp lanator y note on th ese

q ueries was circulate d to the m em b ers of the General C o u nc il at the meeting; the sa m e was acce pted ; a nd Lhe V ice- C ha nc ell or assu re d the m em b ers th a t he would

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la kh s; a nd the detail s of this hu ge increase was no t know n. The reply given by NALSAR thereto was vague. The

Ge neral Council was me rely in for m e d th a t, d u ring the ye ar s 200 1- 2 00 2 to 200 6 -20 07 , so m e of the receip ts a nd p a ym e nts were not ta ke n in the books of a cc o u n ts; a fter reco nciliation necessar y entr ies were p assed in the year 2 0 08 -2 0 0 9 a s per the au dit rep ort; an d, due to thi s, the

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U niversity be au d ite d once in a q u arte r .ACCOUNTANT GENERAL AUDIT

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P u r s u a n t to th e AG au d it , c on d u c t ed for t h e fin an ci al yea r 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 , th e A cc ou n t a n t G e n e r al r e c o r d s i n h i s r e p or t th a t: I n the execu tion of works of NALSAR, instead of calling for tend ers by open notification through newsp ape rs, tend er s were invited from selected firms; the basis for selectio n of the firms was not made available to audit; even amon g the selected firms, instead of accepting lh e lowest tender of R s.l9 2.4 7 lakh s, NALSAR had accepted the highest tender of R s.2 46.42 lakh s in respect of "Co n stru cti on of H ostel B lo ck, R esid en tia l u n its a n d a llied wo rks" The same meth od had been E lectri ca l Worlcs". Though the by one of the pre-identified firms work was awarded to the high est adopt ed for "Inte rn al low est tend er sub mitted was Rs.27.40 lakh s, the tend er of R s.3 0.6 lakh s.

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Si milarly for "External Electrical works", while the lowest tender was for Rs.31.56 lakh s, the work was aw ard ed to the highest bidder for R s.3 4.7 0 lakh s. In the case of "Intern al a nd Extern al plu mbing works" only two fir ms had sub mitted their quotation s, out of which one had withdrawn subsequently. The other fir m was awarded the co ntract, in stead of invi ting tend ers afresh. M easure ment boo.ks had not been maintained by NALSAR for the works executed. S c h e d u l e of quantities, qu antities of works actuall y executed, the date of award, the date of completion, and a m o u n t s paid to the contract ors could not be verified by them in the absence of such books being made available for verification. )>

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Pay ment of fees to consu l tants, for execution of works in respect of "C on stru ction of H ostel B loc k, Re sid en tia l

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Units", had exceed ed Rs.27 ,4 1,3 7 2 /-.

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The Original contract agree ments had not been produced before the Audit party. Ph otostat copies of U1 e agree ments produ ced did not contain complete infor mation with regards the value of th e con tr act, th e d ate of award of work, the d ate of execution of the agree ment, the schedule of qu antities etc. W ork-wise records and registers were not maintain ed.

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ob served:Works costing R s.3,73,11,581/- were taken u p in th e first phase, and subsequ ently works for R s.9,67,72 ,5 6 4 / were taken up. While the consu lt an t s had provided a ssistan c e for works relatin g to the first phase, there w as no evidence on record of any a ssista n ce given by Lhe c on su ltants for the seco nd pha se. The d ata, for preparation of the est imat e s for the works, were not provided by the con su ltant s. It was not kn own how the mtes, for different items, were deter min ed by the co nsu ltant s. M easure ment books, or recordin g measu rements, quality and qu antities of the works execu ted by the contr act or, were not maintained eithe r by the con su ltan ts or by t he technical personn el of NALSAR. The bills of the contractors were pmcessed by the Projec t Engineer, for payment, without verifi cation. Even after completion of the phase-! works, phase II works were entru sted to the sa me contractor with out calling for tend ers, and with out preparation of basic da t a and esti m ates, despi te which NALSAR continued to pay con sultancy charges with out any services being rend ered

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R s.27,89,160 / - was paid to the co nsultants of which only R s.2,33,1 97/- was legitimate payment. Thu s, an excess of Rs.25,55,9 6 3 / - was paid to the con sultants. The reply of NALSAR, to the aud it queries, were unacceptable as evidence of preparin g estimates, an d the data relatin g there to, was not there on record. The excess expenditure incurred on execu tion of works, because of works not bein g awarded to the lowest tenderer, was R s.l8.81 lak hs . Though NALSAR had invited tenders, for cons tru ction of the Hostel Blocks and Residen ti al Units, at an estimated cost of Rs. l ,83,4 9,79 6/-, the bid of M /s. Ramky Engg. which was the lowest ten derer @ 1.17% excess over the esti mated cost was not accepted , and the work was awarded to M /s. Asia Engg. Compan y, Secunderabad for R s.2,00,1 1,075/ - @ 9.05 % excess over the estimat ed value. The reason s, for n ot accepting the bid of M / s. Engg., was not available on record. R s.2,6 0, 29,98 3/ - was incu rred on the works, were revised work esti ma t es and completion prepared by NALSAR nor was sanction obtained extra qu antities. Ramky While ne ith er reports for the

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including prescribin g the procedures to be followed by th e auth orities, and the officers of NALSAR, in the discharge of thei r fun ctions. The statutes rela tin g to ad ministrative procedures, and fun ctions of officers of NALSAR, should be made, and approval of the General Cou ncil obtained.}>

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Receipts and paymen ts accoun ts fo r the years 2004 -200 5 and .2005-200 6 were not from prepa red; one ban k fu nds were to of temporarily transferred were accou nt books

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They also observed th at the following record s were not maintained.1. Register of Deposits 2. Register of Fixed Assets 3. Register of Investments

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4. Register of Advances Recoverable 5. Stock Registers of Consumables 6. Purch ase Files 7. Service Postage Account 8. Register of maintenance of Quarters 9. Register of stip en ds 10. Budget control Register 11. DCB Register for fees and Mess Charges

In its Audit rep ort for the p eriod 2 006 -07 & 2 0 07 -0 8 the Acco u n ta n t G en eral , am o ng other asp ects, ob served:)>

At the time of furnishing utilization certificate to the UGC some e x p e n d it u re , which was booked und e r S tate Go vernment

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NALSAR h ad not followed the prescribed procedu re for calling of tend ers; all the works were en tru ste d to M/ s Asia

Engineering, Secunderabad on i nvi ting item rate tenders from selected contractor s at an esti mated cost of Rs.923.56 lalchs; and the en tire work "Cons t ru ction of the Teachers Convention Centre" con sis tin g of Groun d Floor, First Floor & T errace Floor at a cost of R s.3,73,7 7, 177/- was e ntru sted on nomin ation basis to M/ s Asia En gineering, Secundera bad.>

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deposit only on 25. 6.2007, and interest was being received from Jul y, 20 07. NALSAR had FD. th u s lost R s . l,l2 ,500 / received (Interest@ 9% p.m. "' 37500 @ 3 months) owing to the delay in investing the proceeds in an NALSAR had

R s.6 1 .0 0 l a kh s t o w a r d s a r r a n g e m e n t of end ow m ent guest lectures. Out of which only one lecture was arran ged in 2006 07 and no guest lectures were arranged durin g 2007-08. Fu rth er the program mes, under the M.K. Nambya.r Trust, were started only in the year 2009-10 thou gh fun ds were received in 2006-07. When reasons for non arrangement of guest lect ures in 2006-07 and 2007-08, and for issue of lesser nu mber of aw ard s/gold m ed als/sch olarshi ps than the nu mber of

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endowments received, were called for, NALSAR had st ated th at the reasons for non conduct of end ow ment guest lectu res durin g 2007-08 was medals I scholarships. The audit report records th at the following records/infor m a tion were not made available:(a) Agreement conclud ed with the firm (b) Detailed estimates of the works (c) Work order placed with the firm (d) RA bills sub m itted by the fi rm. du e to ad mini strative and academic reasons. It was silent about the short fall in the issu e of gold

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upd ating, the sam e would be shown to next audit.

T h e AG rep o rts, h er ein ab o v e referre d , refle cts th e d is m al stat e of affairs in the m a int en a n ce of a c co u n ts, a n d ad h ere n c e to ac cep ted ac co u n tin g p ro c ed u r es, by NALSAR. None of th e A.G . A u d it r ep o rts w er e p la ce d b efo re th e

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From its incep tio n till date, NALSAR h a s u n de rtak en 2 6 p r oje c t s e n tr u sted to it by the Govern ment of India, the G overn m ent of A nd hra T;'radesh, the Ford F o un dalion,

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co m p lete d, a nd the ot her 7 are in progres s. The a cc o u n ts of these projects are m aintai ne dby

NALSAR. The fu n ds received from project is credited in exp en ditu re

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D etails of the p roject e xp e nditure are not reflected in the a n n u al fin a n cial state m en t s of NALSAR, nor de tails b r o ug h t to the notice of either the are su c h Fin an ce

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b ala nc e she et of NALSAR merely reflects the o u tstan din g a gainst the projects i.e.,

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o u t of the the

a mo unts receive d un der eac h p roject, is sho w n in sch ed ule to the b ala nc e she et , a nd the

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)Na me of th e Project: E xp en d itu re for w h ich no in f or m a tio n is a v a ilab le

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1. Ministry of Environ mental and infrastructure facilities

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Th ou gh utilization ce rtifi cat es have been se nt on completion of certain projects, to the concerned M inistry/ sponsor, t he accoun t s of these projects have not yet been finalised on the ground th at bills, and other details regardin g payments m ade, have not yet been made available to t he Accounts Department by the Co-

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) )P rojec twise brea kup of H onora riu m a n d Sha re o f p r o fit g iv e n to fa cu lty in a d d itio n t o th eir sa la riesP ro . S l. P r o f. R a n bi La ks h m i n a No Na me of t h e p r o j e c t r Singh th M i ni str y of E n vi r o n m e nt al a nd 2 5000 30000 1. " n f r a st r u c t u r e a c i li ti e s n te r n a tio na l uabo ur 30000 2. p r ga ni zati o n l!'_roject !Ce n t r e fo r G o o d 3. 82000 157000 !G o v e r na n c e o tal 137000 187000 P r o f. Sr idha r A c h ary ul u D r. N. Va s a n t hi

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In additio n to the salar y, an d othe r pe rq uisi tes, pa id to them by NALSAR, so me of the teac hi ng facul ty of NALS AR have b een p aid ho n orariu m from project fu n d s. Exce p t for

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P r o f. K a lp a n a Ka n n a bira n , w h ose hon orarium

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p r oject w as adj u sted tow ar ds her mon thly salary, the h o n o rariu m paid to ot her facult y mem b e rs of NALSAR, includin g the Vice-Chancellors and Regis tra r s, from these pr oject s is in additio n to their m o nthly re m u ne ra tio n.>

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The ti m e spe nt by t he facu lty on th ese p roje c ts o u tside the c a m p u s on wor king da ys, or d u ring w orki ng ho urs, is tr e a te d a s 'on du ty'. As a resu l t t hey receive thei r s alary a n d o th er p e rq u isite s from NA LSAR for a m ajo r part of th e time sp e n t by the m on th ese projec ts.

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In additio n to the honora riu m received from the projects , the project coordina tor, (who is eithe r the Vice -c ha n cellor, Regis t r ar or a fac ulty m e mber of NALSAR), is p e r m itted lo

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retain the b alance re maining m the project fun ds, after incurring p roject exp enditu.re. On the gr o un d were that NALS AR, m an d research its fa cult y p roje cts,

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trainin g progra m mes a nd con su lta n c y wo rks, it was proposed to give the m the benefit involved in th ese activities, a nd to di strib ute the de d u cting all e x p e n se s as un d e r: net sav in gs afte r

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The said a m o u nt wa s to l>e given to e ntitled pe rson s i.e., the p er son, b e cause of whose efforts, projec t / t r ainin g progra m m e, consulta nc y ha d com e to the institutio n ; a s also the person who, a s a fa culty m e mb e r, h ad got

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T his p rop osal was accep te d by the E xecutive C ou ncil in its m e eti ng held on 0 8 .0 3.2 0 0 8 . R esolutio n read s a s u n der: The Execu tive Council

Item N o.13 D istrib utio n of a m o u nt re c eived in co nsu lta ncy I re searc h pr o jec ts/ tra inin g prog ra m m e s e tc ."The Executive Council after discussion decided to approve the same as mentioned in the agenda. However, they were of he opinion that it may be reviewed after one year." >>

Prior to th e resolu tion of the 8 .3.2 0 08 , th e Vice

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m e m be r s of NALSA R we re taking away the e n ti r e s u r p lu s in the se pr oje cts, w itho ut shari ng i t with NALSAR. While

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year , no su c h e xe rcise of review h a s been un de rta ke n till d a te. While the u tilization certificates su b m i tte d by NALSAR to the concer n ed Min istr y /sp o n so r of th e p rojec t merely

reflects t he total ho norariu m paid u n d e r the p roject, the b r eak u p of the h o n o r ari u m /ex ce ss of income over project e xp e nditu r e p aid to the pr oj ec t D ir ecto r/ Co-ord in ato r

(either the Vice C ha ncellor, R egistrar or facu lty m em be r of NALSAR) is not sho w n in s u ch T his i nfor m ation is also not Cou ncil of NALSAR. u t ilization cer tifica te s. th e G en eral

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We were in for m e d that neither ho no r ariu m , nor excess of inco m e over e xp e nd itur e, has b ee n paid to th e project-coordinator w it h regards the seven on-going projects till d a t e.

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From o u t of the c o m p leted 19 p rojects no info r m a tion is a v a ila b le for six of the co m p leted th e h o n o ra riu m / ex ce ss of pr ojects w ith reg ar d s over project

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e xp e nd iture p aid to the cor:cerned project D irector. T h oug h the a m ou n t san ction e d fo r Lhe six projects below m ention ed has b een rece ived by NALSAR, in its en tirety, ) no project exp end iture details are a va ilab le for th ese projects:

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1. Ministry of E n vir o n m en tal In fra st ru ctu ral facilities

2. International Labour Organisation P r o j ec t 3. En viron mental sensitization 4. Judicial process review pr o j e c t 5. Ministry of HRD copy ri gh t s

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D etail s of the h o n orariu m p aid, a n d sha re of profit given, to the Project Co-ordinator for the r e m a in in g 1 3 p ro jec ls a r e a s u n d e r:

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RECIPIENTS

HONORARIUMRs.

Prof. Ranbir Singh (Form er Y..C.) Prof. Veer Sin gh V .C ) Prof.Gh ansh yam Singh, (Former Registrar) Prof.K.V.S. Sarma, (Former Registrar) Prof. M. Sridh ar Acharyulu (P re sen t Registrar) Dr. K.V.K. S a n th y Dr. V a san th i (P resent

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Prof.Vijender Ku mar Prof.Vidyu lath a Reddy

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Ms. G.O.K. S a n d h y a R u hi P au l Nalin B h arti Un iversity S h a re

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The Vice-Chancellor, in h is note sub m itted to th is C o m m itt e e d a te d 2 9 .7 .2 0 1 1 , in f o r m ed tha t the fundin g ag en cies gra nt research p rojects Lo Lhe fac ulty m e mb ers

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an d th eir resea rch tea m; the concerned org anization would)

gra nt fu n d s a cco rd in g to the bu dg et es tim a tes sub m itted by the co ordinator for the research p roje cts; th e

coordin ator

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p roject an d sub m it th e

ex p enditu re state m en t, an d utiliza tion certificate, to the

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concerned org an ization thro ugh NALSAR; after in currin g all ex p enditu re on ex ecution and co mp letion of the project, if a n y su rp lu s is left, the sa m e shall be sh ared by NALSAR and the research tea m in the proportion of 40 :60; in case)

any ind ividu al teach er gets

any consultancy offer, the

sh a r es of the consultant a nd NALSAR in the su r p lu s is to be in the ratio of 7 0 :3 0 a s per the Executive Cou ncil resolution dated 8.3 .20 08; the r esearch p roject grant is not

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NALSAR rev en u e; and the University does not sp en d any of its own money on the research projects. While the faculty memb er may well have secured th e project, NALSAR ha s co ntrib ut ed both in term s of time a nd money for the research work u n d ertak en by the faculty m e m b e r . The p eriod sp ent, du ring University work ing h o u rs, by the said faculty on project work is treated asuo11

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duty", an d he is paid full pay and allowances by NALSAR. This also ea ts into the time set ap art betw e en 1.4 0 p.m. to 4.0 0 p. m. for stud ents intera c tion with the faculty. We a r e infor m ed that the p ractice prevalen t is for the Vice

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C hancellor to decide which of the faculty me mb ers would get a s h a r e of the profits. If it is on ly the person who gets the project who is entitled to a sha re of the pro fits, there is no justification in oth ers being given a s h a r e a n d , inst ead, su ch p ay m ent mad e to oth ers can a s well be cred ited to the

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T his p rob le m ca n be ob viated if the project

co o rd in a to r is id e ntified at the o u ts et, a n d the p ercentag e w h ich the faculty memb er would be entitled to as sh ar e o f the p ro fits is stip u la ted even b efore co m m en cement of th e p roject research w o rk.

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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erstw hile Vice C hance llor Prof.

R anbir

S ing h w ent ab ro a d on six o c ca sio n s, d u rin g the period 2 0 0 3 -0 4 to 2 0 0 7 -0 8 , to co un tries like United Kingdo m, C an ada, Sin g ap ore, E g ypt, Mala s ia a n d C h in a , his flight ch arg es an d p erd ie m ch arg es was p aid by NALSAR. Except

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for the trip to Sin g ap o re an d C ana d a, for which he was paid by the Ford F o u n d ation, the tota l a m o u nt in cu rr ed by

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NALSAR for his foreign trips are :a) Fligh t ch a rge s (oth er th an c ha rge s b orn e by Ford F'oun dalion) b) Visa c h arge s c) o th er e xp en ditu re (not in clu d in g e xp en se s b orn e By Ford Fou n d ation ) d) P erd ie m ch arges Total R s.7 ,4 0 ,0 8 1

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The p resent V ice-C han cellor Prof. Veer Singh w ent ab ro a d on fo ur o cca sw n s, d u rin g the ye ars 2 0 0 9 - 10 to)

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2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 , to C ana d a, Italy, and the United Kin gdom.

For his foreign travel, he was paid NALSAR.

perdiu m allo wance b y

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from NALSAR which was later r et urn ed by him. However))

the loss in cu rred by NALSAR, on a cco u nt of fluctuation s in foreign ex ch ange, for the ad van ce tak en by Prof. Veer Sin gh ha s not been recov ered from him till d a le. The exp enditu re in c u rr e d by NALSAR to ward s the foreign travel expenses of Prof. Veer Sing h is a s u n d er:Visa charges Perdiu m charges Loss borne by NALSAR because of fluct uations In foreign exch an ge Rs. 7012 -00 Rs. L,38,294-00 Rs. 8 ,5 59 -00

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NALSAR claim s to be following the daily a llo wan ce rates ap p lica b le to C en tral G overn ment officers with go

reg ard s p a y m ent of daily allo wan ce for tho se who a b r o a d to attend co nferences etc.

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The q u estio n is not wh ether the Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR h a s been paid excessively for his inter n atio na l trav el but w heth er th ere are any sys tem s in p lace to decide w h eth er or not the foreign travel of the Vice-Cha ncellor is in the in t erests of NALSAR; w hether he sh o u ld travel

ab roa d; if so who sho u ld gra n t per miss ion ; a n d , if he is so

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p ermitted, wh ether it is NALSAR or the Vice-C han cellor himself who shou ld bear the entire ex p endi t ure. The Leave Regulations, for tea ch ers of NALSAR, was approv ed by the Executive Council of NALSAR in its

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meeting held on 1 3 .11.1 999.

Reg ulation 4 of the s aid

Leave R eg ulations prescribes "duty leave" a n d , u n d er s u bregu lation (1) thereof, "duty leave" may be granted for

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attend in g con f erences, co ngresses, symp osia an d sem ina r s on behalf of the University, or with t he p ermission of th e University. Under sub -reg ula tion (ii) , the du ra tio n of this leave sh ou ld be su ch a s may be considered necessary by ) the san ction i ng au tho rity on each o ccasion . Part 13 of the Leave Regulations specifies the authorities co mp eten t to

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sanctio n leave a n d , un der clau se (3) thereof, the Executive C oun cil is the au thority co mp etent to sa n ctio n any type of leave oth er tha n ca su al leave/ sp ecial leave to the Vicech ancellor an d the Registra r. C lau se (4) en ab les the Vicechan cellor to avail casu al l.eave or specia l ca su al leav e u n d er intim atio n to the C hancellor. As " duty leave" is a

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leave, oth er t h an casual leave/ sp ecial casual leave, the erst w h ile a n d the present Vice-chan cellors cou ld have

travelled a broad on duty leave only a fter ob tainin g p n o r sanctio n of the Executive C ou ncil. The word 'san ction' can only mean p rio r ap p roval, a n d not su b seq u ent ratification.

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In an y ev en t both the erstwhile and Executive Cou ncil nor has the

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C h a n cello rs ha ve neith er o b ta in ed pr ior san ct ion from th e subseq uently ratified their foreign trips . The period of the Vice-Chancellor's absence fro m

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d u t y , d u r in g the period of his foreign Lravel, is tr ea le d a s"on duty" leave a n d , for the said period, NALSAR p ays him

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sa la ry a n d oth er p erq uisiles a s if he is on duty.

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