HC slams Tripura Univ for negligence, slaps Rs 25000 fine

Agartala: The Tripura high court has imposed a Rs 25,000 fine on Tripura University for their negligent handling of certificate issuance to an assistant professor and causing unnecessary court proceedings.Justice Arindam Lodh, while resolving the case on Thursday, ordered the university to remit the amount by Friday. The court expressed disappointment that an assistant professor needed to seek judicial intervention for a matter that should have been routinely handled by the administration of a premier educational institution.According to advocate Purushottam Roy Barman, his client Rajat Deb, an assistant professor of commerce at Tripura University, sought to apply for a professor's position advertised in the previous month. The university failed to respond to Deb's requests for a no objection and experience certificates, essential for his application. Despite following up with the authorities the previous week, he received no response, compelling him to seek legal recourse.Roybarman stated that during proceedings, registrar Deepak Sharma attempted to convince the court that NOCs were unnecessary for ‘internal candidates applying for teaching and non-teaching posts'. However, the court found this explanation unsatisfactory."This is an utter negligence of the university and its authorities responsible for dealing with the matter. The logic and the reasoning given by the registrar are not at all acceptable. Had the NOC not been required, why did the university prefer to keep silent and why it was not informed to the petitioner," Justice Lodh said. The court noted that the university's inaction caused the petitioner considerable mental distress and unnecessarily forced him to pursue legal action. Upon reviewing all aspects, the court determined that Tripura University had been negligent in their duties, causing distress to the petitioner."The petitioner is required to be compensated for unnecessarily dragging him into litigation. The court has also wasted its valuable time on such a negligent act of Tripura University and for which it has to pay Rs 25,000 as compensation to the petitioner by Friday," the judgment concluded.
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