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Heart
of
mithila❤
Lalit
Narayan
Mithila
University
(LNMU),
Darbhanga,
has
cancelled
the
appointment
of
an
assistant
registrar
and
started
auditing
of
its
accounts
following
a
directive
from
Bihar
Governor
Phagu
Chouhan’s
last
month
to
review
the
functioning
and
appointments
made
in
its
directorate
of
distance
education
(DDE)
and
discharge
all
illegal
appointments
while
fixing
accountability,
vice
chancellor
SP
Singh
said
on
Wednesday.
The
Governor,
who
is
also
the
chancellor
of
state
universities,
had
also
directed
the
present
vice
chancellor
to
develop
bylaws
for
operation
of
DDE
as
per
established
norms,
including
the
appointment
of
director,
an
issue
that
affects
most
universities
running
distance
mode
education,
and
ensure
full
auditing.
Earlier,
a
committee
appointed
by
Raj
Bhawan
has
expressed
dismay
as
to
how
the
LNMU
DDE,
with
over
80,000
enrolment
and
crores
of
rupees
coming
through
fees,
could
run
so
arbitrarily.
“It
is
public
money.
DDE
appears
to
have
been
running
as
a
pocket
institution
of
the
university
over
the
years
without
any
adherence
to
financial
rules
and
regulations
since
its
inception
and
all
the
VCs
let
it
go
on
to
benefit
from
easy
and
unaccounted
money
flow.
The
manner
in
which
the
accounts
book
of
the
DDE
was
managed
was
itself
a
testimony
to
gross
arbitrariness.
It’s
criminal,”
it
said,
while
recommending
a
detailed
audit
of
DDE
by
the
office
of
the
Accountant
General
or
the
finance
department
since
1998
when
it
was
set
up.
The
principal
secretary
to
the
Governor,
Robert
L
Chongthu,
had
also
written
to
additional
chief
secretary
(finance)
on
December
10
last
year
to
constitute
a
special
audit
team
to
investigate
the
financial
irregularities,
as
pointed
out
by
the
three-member
committee
constituted
earlier
by
Raj
Bhawan
on
a
complaint
by
Darbhanga
BJP
MLA
Sanjay
Sarawgi
in
February
2020.
The
committee
had
found
substantial
evidence
in
the
complaint.
VC
SP
Singh
said
that
the
compliance
of
the
Raj
Bhawan’s
directives
would
be
done.
“The
first
point
was
removal
of
assistant
registrar
and
that
has
been
done.
Regarding
removal
of
others,
a
committee
has
been
formed
to
decide
the
cases.
The
auditing
is
also
being
done
by
a
team
from
the
Accountant
General
(AG)
office.
As
far
as
bylaws
for
the
DDE
is
concerned,
it
is
on
the
verge
of
closure
due
to
new
guidelines,
which
mandate
only
NAAC
A-grade
institutions
could
run
distance
mode
education.
Since
Sept
2019,
there
has
been
no
admission
and
with
the
passing
out
of
the
last
batch,
it
will
automatically
close,”
he
said.
The
committee
also
found
appointments
of
assistant
director
and
deputy
director
in
DDE
on
posts
for
which
there
was
no
provision
in
the
guidelines
of
the
distance
education
bureau
(DEB),
the
agency
responsible
for
regulating
distance
education
in
the
country.
However,
the
university
also
recommended
promotion
for
them.
The
committee
also
found
discrepancies
in
the
university’s
February
2019
agreement
with
a
private
firm,
School
Guru,
without
advertisement
and
in
disregard
to
Bihar
financial
rules,
and
has
recommended
detailed
auditing
right
since
inception
of
the
DDE.
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