Kochi: A student has filed a petition before the Kerala High Court seeking a directive to the University Grants Commission (UGC) to publish the results of NET examination conducted on December 28, 2014 before conducting the next exam.
Basil John of Thodupuzha and others appeared for UGC-NET for a junior research fellowship and eligibility for Assistant Professor examination conducted on December 28, last year. The petitioner argued that even after six months, the result of the last NET Exams had not been published.
Meanwhile, the UGC scheduled another NET examination on June 28 and sought applications and fees from the candidates. The last day for remitting the fee of Rs 600 was May 16. Students were forced to apply for the examination scheduled on June 28, uncertain about the results of the previous examination.
According to the petitioner, after the publication of the results of the previous exam, if a candidate has passed, he/she will lose the fee which was paid for the June 28 examination. More than one lakh students appear for the exam every year. The UGC is illegally collecting examination fee, the petitioner said.
The petitioner also sought a directive to return the fee collected from candidates, in the event if they passed the previous exam.
Order on selecting HMs by minority schools
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that all minority educational institutions should form a transparent procedure for selecting qualified teachers for appointment as headmasters. Justice A. Muhammed Mustaque observed that the Supreme Court had ordered the same and that there should be an in-built mechanism for the selection process.
The court was issuing an order to give provisional promotion to Jameela K of Sullamissalam Oriental High School, Arecode, Malappuram, who has now retired. The petitioner challenged the appointment of a junior teacher as headmaster of the school.
The court said that “the rights conferred on minorities under Article 30 of the Constitution are only to ensure equality with the majority and not intended to place the minorities in a more advantageous position vis-à-vis the majority.” The minority institution has to bear in mind that on account of any appointment being made as a head of the institution, the education should not suffer, it said.
Petition on light metro closed
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to interfere with the plea urging the government to invite a global tender to appoint the general consultant for the monorail/light metro projects in Thiruvanathapuram and Kozhikode.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A.M. Shaffique closed the petition and observed that the government had already prepared a detailed project report. In fact, the detailed project report had been prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in October 2014. It was, therefore, apparent that a final decision was yet to be taken by the government on issues such as entrusting the entire work with the DMRC. These were matters to be decided by the government at the time when the project is implemented.
Thiruvananthapuram native V. Sankaranarayanan had moved the court seeking to invite a global tender to appoint the general consultant for the projects. According to the petitioner, the Kerala Monorail Corporation Ltd does not have the infrastructure to implement the two projects. The petitioner also pointed out that in the matter of general consultant, the policy and the accepted mode is to invite a global tender.
However, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation by projecting Mr E. Sreedharan was putting pressure on the government to give the work on nomination basis, the petition stated.
