Prez issues order for fresh probe into AMU affairs
By TCN News,
Aligarh: President of India Pratibha Patil has reportedly ordered a fresh inquiry into alleged financial irregularities at Aligarh Muslim University. Senior officials of AMU including Vice-Chancellor P. K. Abdul Azis are allegedly involved in the irregularities, says a PTI report.
The President has re-constituted the two-member inquiry panel which was set up in July last year but could not submit its report as its members retired Justice Fakhruddin of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and A. H. Jung, former Secretary to the Government of India, resigned in October.

The new panel will have retired Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan of the Delhi High Court and retired Justice Akbar N. Divecha of the Gujarat High Court. The committee has been given two months to submit its report.
According to the news agency report, a report submitted by the Principal Accountant-General of Uttar Pradesh to the Union HRD Ministry had acknowledged financial irregularities in AMU and charged the V-C with irregularity in travel allowance claims and purchase of car worth Rs.12.5 lakh.
V-C P. K. Abdul Azis, however, has repeatedly rejected the allegations of financial irregularities.
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After reading the above
After reading the above column, I would like all readers to read this:
http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01-10-2000/Art1.htm
After reading the above
After reading the above column, I would like all readers to read this:
http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01-10-2000/Art1.htm
Where is the second enquiry ?
Where is the second enquiry on Dr. Azis instituted a month back ? Why are they allowing this financially fraudulent and autocratic Dr.Azis to continue with illegitimate activities ?
BEFORE THE A.M.U. FACT FINDING INQUIRY COMMITTEE
BEFORE THE A.M.U. FACT FINDING INQUIRY COMMITTEE
( Comprising of Mr. Justice Fakhruddin and Mr. A.H.Jung )
Subject : Proposed meeting of the committee on 5/6-9-09
Sir,
With reference to our telephonic conversation with the Hon’ble Chairman of
the Committee in the night of 2nd September, 2009, we beg to submit as under :-
1-That we have not yet been supplied even the copy of the University’s reply to
the notice dated 20th April, 2009 which is referred in paras 6/8 of the Inquiry
Order issued by the Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India circulated alongwith the
committee’s notice dated 9-8-2009.
2-That in this respect an application dated 20-8-2009 was also moved before the
Committee by 7 members of the E.C. which was read out by the Committee’s
Secretary and detailed discussion was also held thereon and ultimately the
Chairman had directed Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Advocate to ensure that all the
documents which had not been supplied till then, as referred in the application
dated 20-8-09 as well as those mentioned during the course of proceedings of the
committee, be supplied to us at the earliest so that we may submit our
response/affidavits etc. by 27-8-09.
3-That it is surprising that even thereafter no documents were supplied to us till
date and even the copy of the minutes of the proceedings dated 20-8-09 have not
been communicated to us so far. This shows the defiant attitude of the Vice
Chancellor and the Registrar as well as helplessness of the Inquiry Committee
against them although this sort of non cooperation of the V.C. and the Registrar
with the committee is manifestly with the object of hampering the inquiry and
creating hurdles in the conclusion of the Inquiry within 3 months as desired by the
Honble Visitor. Non issuance of any positive and strict order by the Inquiry
Committee in this respect is also surprising and unexpected.
4-That after coming to know about the proposed date of next meeting of the
committee through one of us (Mr. Waseem Ahmad) this evening, we had
informed the Hon’ble Chairman about the aforesaid facts and we had requested
him to postpone the date of 5/6th September as we will not be able to contribute
any new thing without getting the documents supplied by the University to the
Hon’ble Visitor, referred to above but as we feel that the Hon’ble Chairman has
not been able to appreciate fully about the documents required by us, we are
reiterating about the same in this application.From our telephonic conversation
with the Hon’ble Chairman, we have gathered the impression that the aforesaid
Reply of the University referred in para 8 of the Inquiry order, referred to above,
does not appear to have been supplied to the Inquiry Committee also, so far and in
any case the Hon’ble Chairman of the Committee has not yet perused the same.
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5-That as the Hon’ble Chairman was pleased to observe during his telephonic
conversation yesterday night i.e. in the night of 2nd September that notice of the
proposed meeting of 5/6 th September was in the process of being issued, we
consider it our duty to apprise the Hon’ble Committee about the reasons of our
non participation in the said meeting proposed to be held on 5/6 September.
6-That apart from the reasons mentioned above, we may further inform the
committee that copies of documents which might have been filed before the
Committee by the Vice Chancellor, Registrar or Dr.Mujahid Beg etc. have also
not been supplied to us so far and in the absence of the same we are quite unable
to know about the stand of the Vice Chancellor and Dr. Mujahid Beg etc. and
being totally unaware about the same how can we make any submissions before
the committee on the proposed date of 5/6 September, 2009.
7-That in view of the facts and circumstances stated above it would be a futile
exercise to hold the sitting of the committee on 5/6 September, 2009 and if such a
sitting is held, we may be justified in forming an impression that as if the
Committee is not interested in giving us a reasonable opportunity to assist the
committee in proving the charges levelled by us in our representation submitted to
the HRD Minister on 28-3-2009.
8-That before holding any sitting of the Inquiry Committee, it must be ensured by
the Committee that all the required documents have been supplied to us and
information of any date may kindly be communicated to us at least 7 days in
advance so that we may make ourselves available to assist the Inquiry Committee.
In case the Committee agrees to hold the sitting on 12/13 th September, the
required documents should be made available to us latest by 7th September, 2009
so that we may assist the committee on 12/13th September, if fixed by the
committee.
It is, therefore, respectfully submitted that the proposed date of the
committee sitting for 5/6 th September, 2009 may kindly be postponed for 12/13th
September and the required documents may kindly be supplied to us latest by 7th
September, 2009 alongwith the proceedings of 20th August. The information
about the next date may also kindly be supplied to us at the earliest.
Lucknow : Dated (Prof. Mansoor Hasan) (Wasim Ahmad) (Zafaryab Jilani)
September 3,2009 Members of the Executive Council of A.M.U.
Copies Forwarded to :-
1-Hon’ble President of India / Visitor of AMU, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi
2-Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Fresh Probe Against Dr Abdul Azis, VC, AMU: "Myth" and Truth
I would like to draw the kind attention of readers to the following TRUTHS being termed as “MYTHS” by learned Dr P K Abdul Azis, currently Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University and former VC, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT):
Myth No. 1: The report of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, sent vide AB(C) 09-10/249 dt. 17.11.2009 to Ministry of HRD acknowledges in unequivocal terms the financial irregularities in the university and charges the VC too of indulging in financial irregularity and contains “There is a complete collapse of financial management in the university and the VC [Dr P K Abdul Azis] and the Registrar [Prof. V K Abdul Jaleel] instead of stopping this frequent financial irregularity themselves became a part of this,”.
Myth No 2: The report relating to tenure of Dr Azis as VC of CUSAT and submitted by Finance Inspection Wing of Government of Kerala sent by the Principal Secretary to Government to The Registrar, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, vide No. 11244/B2/08/H.Edn dt. 25.04.2008 again clearly mention that “Strict disciplinary action should be initiated against the VC, Dr P. K. Abdul Aziz for his lapses”.
So the problem is with the Government of India and especially the Ministry of HRD which is shying away from taking action against Dr Azis despite the fact that premier investigative wings of the Govt itself have submitted reports indicting him. If Dr Azis is calling the fresh probe as “fact-finding” move to “clear” the allegations against him then it is altogether different and serious matter! He must have got assurances from some quarters.
VC of AMU did not cooprate with Visitor's enquiry panel
One of the members of the fact finding committee appointed by the Hon. President of India to inquire intot he financial and other irregularities of Dr. Azis, Mr.Jung said in his resignation that university authorities were "not cooperating" in the inquiry. By not co-operating with the enquiry committee Dr. Azis had committed insubordination both to the Hon. President of India and also the the fact finding committee.
The VC/Registrar was not giving documents required for enquiry to the other members who are participating in the enquiry. They were purposefully trying to scuttle the enquiry and it had happened.
Since Dr. Azis and Dr. Jaleel are trying to obstruct the enquiry process, they may be removed from their respective positions, for a free and fair enquiry.
The explanations given by Dr. Azis are cover up efforts in which they use carefully selected words which give the listener/reader a feeling that there is nothing wrong in his deeds, which actually are not.
Complaints against Dr. Azis are found true at CUSAT and official action pending. Complaint against Dr.Azis at Kerala University (plaguarisation of DSc thesis, etc) is cleverly covered up, which needs to be re-enquired, since the REgistrar university of kerala did not enquire into the complaints about Dr. Azis and did not touch upon many of the matters in the complaint..
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