Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 23:
The meeting convened by the VC of MU today to discuss the fiasco surrounding the fake purchases of items worth Rs 8 lakhs came a cropper as no members of MUTA and four HoDs attended the meeting.
The VC invited the members of MUTA as well as the four HoDs following the ultimatum of the teaching faculty to withdraw its earlier stand to indict the four HoDs and other teachers.
A source said that the HoDs did not attend the meeting and instead asked the MU authority to discuss the matter with MUTA.
Meanwhile MUTA has decided to convene a meeting on July 3 to discuss the issue at hand, said the source and added that the teachers may demand an independent inquiry into the case.
Earlier MUTA had set June 22 as the deadline for the MU authority to withdraw its decision to fix responsibilities on the four HoDs.
The teachers' body had made it clear that the HoDs should not be made scape goats for the alleged failure of the MU authority.
The four Departments named in the case include, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Science and Life Sciences.