Thiruvananthapuram: Save University Campaign Committee has petitioned governor Arif Mohammed Khan against the move to hurriedly conduct online interviews for the selection of candidates to the post of assistant professor in Kannur University.
The move by the university to conduct an online interview, even when the election code of conduct is in place in the state has dubious motives, said the committee . “While the UGC directions clearly say that call letters should be issued in advance to help the candidates prepare for the interview, the present call letters are issued at a notice of less than one week,” the committee said in its petition to the governor.
“It is understood that there is a move to appoint Dr Shahala, wife of MLA A N Shamseer, subverting the selection norms and criteria and overlooking highly meritorious candidates. Earlier also, such efforts were made by Kannur University and the University of Calicut to appoint Dr Shahala illegally, but were aborted due to prompt intervention from the high court and media,” said the petition signed by the committee chairman R S Sasikumar and secretary M Shajarkhan.
It is highly probable that the present hurry by university administration in conducting the interview is due to the uncertainty in election results, said the petition that sought the governor’s immediate intervention.