6 former VCs, several bureaucrats among JU Library defaulters

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Jul 04 2015 | 8:22 PM IST
Senior bureaucrats and six former vice chancellors of the Jammu University are amongst other top officials who have not returned books taken from the Central library of the varsity.
The University has revealed in a reply received under RTI that these top officials are amongst the defaulters.
"A List of defaulters released by the Public Information Officer of Jammu University, who have not returned books of its Central library, includes the names of at least six former Vice Chancellors of the University, several high profile officers of the state bureaucracy and senior faculty members of different departments of the university besides staff members of the Central Library itself," RTI activist Raman Sharma said.
Interestingly, the University has admitted that neither the memberships of the book defaulters were terminated nor suspended nor the only action taken was simply issuance of a reminder Message to them on July 14 last year, Sharma said.
As per the prescribed rule of the University, nobody is permitted to keep a book beyond a period of one month.
The PIO of the university has named at least five former Vice Chancellors of JU including -- JN Bhan, SC Dubey, JD Sharma Pushkar Nath, ML Lakhanpal, Yog Raj Malhotra -- for not returning the books back at the library.
The list of defaulters also comprises several other high profile people including -- former Member Legislative Council Janak Raj, former Education Commissioner SS Kapoor, ex-Vice Chancellor of the university Satya Bhushan.
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First Published: Jul 04 2015 | 8:22 PM IST

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