Telangana CM to meet college bosses to hear their views on vigilance inspection

Hyderabad: Even as vigilance inspections are underway at various private institutions, Chief Minister K Chandrasekar has acceded to the plea of private college managements to give an audience for them to express their views.
The meeting is likely to take place on Tuesday. A member of the Private Institutions’ JAC said that they had been seeking the CM’s appointment for the last few weeks.

“We want the government to give some time so that all institutions comply with the norms. The government’s intentions are good and the college managements appreciate it. What we want is a few months’ time after which the government is free to initiate action against violators,” he said.

They cited few rules such as permanent structure for private degree colleges after five years of establishment, payment to faculty only through cheques etc. that were on paper but had rarely been followed all these years.

“Now colleges are being asked to show records of payments made to faculty members by cheque in the last few years, and if we fail to furnish them, it is being termed as a violation of rules. All such issues can be addressed if we are given time,” he said.

MLC Mr Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, who owns the Anurag Group of Institutions, facilitated the meeting with the CM, said the JAC members. Another request that the JAC would like to put before the CM is release of fee reimbursement dues for 2015-16 and leftover dues from 2014-15.