Explain inordinate delay in results, HC to govt & MU
The Bombay High Court on Monday said it wants to know how the Mumbai University would “tackle” and overcome the “inordinate” delay in declaring results of hundreds of courses. The HC has issued notices to the state government and the university to clarify their stand in this regard.
A division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Bharati Dangre will hear a bunch of petitions on the issue on Tuesday on an urgent basis. The petitions filed by several students intend to highlight the “apathy” of Mumbai University in declaring results. The judges have fixed the matter as ‘First on Board’ for hearing.
Justice Mohta while adjourning the case said, “This is a serious and important issue and we will look into it. We want to know how the university and the government tackle this issue and how well prepared they are.”
Among the bunch of petitions, one is filed by three aspiring law students through advocates S. B. Talekar and Vinod Sangvikar.
The petition states, “Days after announcement of the On-Screen Marking (OSM) was made, saw a series of delays — from the tendering process to setting up the evaluation system which led to chaos like never before.”
“Following the delay, the Chancellor had made an announcement that the evaluation would be concluded on or before July 15, but it appears that such a date was merely an empty formality. After missing the first deadline for completion of evaluation of answer sheets, the Chancellor had redirected the V-C to declare the results by July 31.”
The petitioners have also highlighted that this is not the first time that such delay in publication has been caused.
The petition stated that the petitioners have undergone mental trauma and are feeling disgusted due to such a sorry state of affairs.
It also highlighted that the authorities of the university are indulging in a blame game in as much as to make the V-C conveniently proceeded on leave thereby attributing the responsibility to the professors for deliberately mixing up the answer scripts with one another.
The professors are blaming the varsity administration for introducing OSM without necessary training and infrastructure, the petition said, adding, “It has become necessary to fix liability on all those responsible and ensure that the guilty are punished.”