A number of irregularities, including in the appointment of the current Delhi University (DU) Registrar, have been revealed in a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report. The audit report came out two months ago. The university, however, has not facted upon it, so far.
The report, accessed by DNA, stated that the university has maintained, since 2012, 11 positions at the administrative level, which are not according to the university statutes and no approval was taken from the authorities concerned. As per the report, the university has made "unauthorised payment of salary amounting to Rs 432.92 lakh" to these 11 officials.
The 11 positions highlighted in the report are Advisor, Programmes and Legal affairs, Deputy Dean (Planning), two Deputy Deans (Academic), Joint Dean Student Welfare/ OSD examinations, two Deputy Deans (Student Welfare), three Deputy Proctors, Deputy Dean (Research), and Coordinator for Science Education and Communication under the CIC. All these officials were appointed on a deputation basis.
The report further stated that the vacancy circulars for these posts were neither published in the 'Employment News' nor circulated to colleges concerned. It also read that the university violated guidelines of deputation procedure and created various unauthorised posts, resulting in unauthorised payment to officials. One of the Deputy Deans (Student Welfare) and a Joint Dean (Student Welfare) have even overstayed their period of deputation and the audit has now asked for a recovery of Rs 24,000 from them.
Interestingly, these designations are not mentioned on the official DU website.
In addition to all this, the report also mentioned major irregularities in appointment of the Registrar, stating that the appointment was modified for the "benefit of the individual".
The current Registrar was appointed in 2015. As per the CAG report, the university appointed the Registrar through open selection on the basis of an advertisement. But a year after his recruitment, the terms of appointment were modified.
Repeated attempts to contact Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi failed.
