Naina Hasija will continue as principal of Kalindi college: DU

The move comes days after the college's governing body had decided to not give her an extension. In a letter to governing body chairman Ravi Gupta, the assistant registrar of the university said that "all the decisions taken by the governing body during June 18 meeting be treated as null and void and requested it to maintain the status quo."

Naina Hasija will continue as principal of Kalindi college: DU

The Delhi University has announced that Naina Hasija will continue to serve as the officiating principal of Kalindi College until further notice. The move comes days after the college's governing body had decided to not give her an extension. In a letter to governing body chairman Ravi Gupta, the assistant registrar of the university said that "all the decisions taken by the governing body during June 18 meeting be treated as null and void and requested it to maintain the status quo."

"I have been directed to request you to take immediate compliance to the directives of the university by opening the Office of the Principal and allowing Prof Naina Hasija to function as Acting/Officiating Principal of the College till further orders," the letter read.

On Saturday, the governing body of the college had called a meeting during which it was unanimously decided to not give an extension to the officiating principal Hasija and resolved to initiate a judicial inquiry into an allegation of financial irregularities against her and other administrative staff. As per the minutes of the meeting, nine of the 15 governing body members attended it, including two who participated in it online.

It must be noted that Hasija who is also the secretary of the college's governing body, was not present during its meeting. She also named the meeting as sham. In the letter, the university asked Gupta to explain the reasons for conducting the meeting of the governing body without associating the acting/officiating principal and the two university representatives.

"...all the decisions are taken by the governing body in its emergent meeting held on 18.06.2022 since in contravention to the Act, Statutes and Ordinances of the University be treated as null and void and you were requested to maintain the status quo forthwith," the letter read.

"Kindly adhere to the above directives of the university in the larger interest of the academia and send compliance report to the university without any further delay to avoid any untoward situation in this behalf," it added.

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