{"id":42276,"date":"2010-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-ravindra-pratap-vs-university-grant-commission-on-12-january-2010"},"modified":"2016-07-03T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T12:33:13","slug":"dr-ravindra-pratap-vs-university-grant-commission-on-12-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-ravindra-pratap-vs-university-grant-commission-on-12-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ravindra Pratap vs University Grant Commission on 12 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Central Information Commission<\/div>\n
Dr. Ravindra Pratap vs University Grant Commission on 12 January, 2010<\/div>\n
                     CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                      Club Building, Opposite Ber Sarai Market,\n                        Old JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110067.\n                                Tel: +91-11-26161796\n\n                                               Decision No.CIC\/SG\/A\/2009\/002555\/5690Adjunct\n                                                            Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2009\/002555\nSHOWCAUSE HEARING:\n\nAppellant                                 :      Dr. Ravindra Pratap\n                                                 148, Surya Kiran Apartments,\n                                                 65 IP Extensions,\n                                                 Delhi-110092\n\nRespondent                                :      Public Information Officer & Dy. Secretary<\/pre>\n
                                                 University Grant Commission
\n                                                 Bhadur Shah Zafar Marg,
\n                                                 New Delhi-110002<\/p>\n
RTI application filed on                  :      08\/04\/2009
\nPIO replied                               :      13\/04\/2009
\nFirst Appeal filed on                     :      22\/04\/2009
\nFirst Appellate Authority order           :      Not mentioned
\nSecond Appeal Received on                 :      08\/10\/2009
\nNotice of Hearing Sent on                 :      20\/10\/2009
\nHearing Held on                           :      25\/11\/2009<\/p>\n
Information sought:\n<\/p>\n
   1. Information of compliance with UGC norms by the GGSIP University which has by it order
\n      dated 24\/10\/2001, appointed “Dr.(Ms) Deephikha Aggarwal” to teach Sociology in violation of
\n      the UGC Guidelines for appointment of university teachers because the said Deepshikha
\n      Aggarwal” does not have a postgraduate degree in Sociology and has been “teaching” and
\n      “evaluating ” Sociology.\n<\/p>\n
   2. Information of compliance with UGC norms by the GGSIP University which has by its Order
\n      date 21\/08\/2002, appointed “Dr. (Mrs.) Queeny Pradhan” as ” Lecturer in Law” in violation of
\n      the UGC Guidelines for appointment of University teachers because the said “Dr. (Mrs.)
\n      Queeny Pradhan” does not have a postgraduate degree in Law.\n<\/p>\n
   3. Information of UGC action against violation of UGC norms by the GGSIP University which
\n      has been persistently allowing the aforesaid “Dr. (Ms.) Deepshikha Aggarwal”, who does not
\n      have even an LLB degree, to teach and evaluate Criminology.\n<\/p>\n
   4. Information of UGC action against violation of UGC norms by the GGSIP University which
\n      has been persistently allowing the aforesaid “Dr. (Mrs.) Queeny Pradhan”, who does not have
\n      even an LLB degree, to teach and evaluate Advocacy Skills.\n<\/p>\n
   5. Information of UGC action against gross violation of UGC norms by the GGSIP University
\n      which ahs been persistently allowing the aforesaid ” Dr. (Ms.) Deepshikha Aggarwal”, who do
\n      not have even LLB degrees, to supervise legal research.\n<\/p>\n
   6. Information of UGC action against gross violation of UGC norms by the GGSIP University
\n      which had allowed the aforesaid ” Dr. (Mrs.) Queeny Pradhan”, who does not have even an
\n      LLB degree, to teach Human Rights Education to LLM students.\n<\/p>\n
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    7. Information of UGC action against gross violation of UGC norms by the GGSIP University
\n       which had allowed the aforesaid ” Deepshikha Aggarwal”, who does not have a postgraduate
\n       degree in Economics, to teach and evaluate Economics.\n<\/p>\n
   8. Information of compliance with UGC norms by the GGSIP University which ahs been
\n       persistently not teaching its LLM students Law and Social Transformation in India, which is a
\n       UGC-BCDI Foundation LLM Course 01\n<\/p>\n
   9. Information of compliance with UGC norms by the GGSIP University which has been
\n       persistently “teaching” its LLM Students Judicial Process, which is a UGC-BCI Foundation
\n       LLM Course 03\n<\/p>\n
   10. Information of compliance with UGC norms by the GGSIP University which has been
\n       persistently “teaching its LLM students “comparative Jurisprudence” as a foundation course
\n       which is not even a UGC-BCI optional LLM course.\n<\/p>\n
   11. Information of compliance with UGC norms by the GGSIP University which has been
\n       persistently not requiring its LLM students to go for internal assessment (required also y
\n       GGSIP University Ordinance 11).\n<\/p>\n
PIO’s Reply:\n<\/p>\n
Asking some questions to the Appellant, PIO replied on15 points whereas information sought on 11
\npoints.\n<\/p>\n
   1.    No violations of the UGC guidelines have been made by the appointment of Dr.
\n         Deepshikha Agaarwal, an M. Sc\/ (Anthropology) as a lecturer in Social Sciences. A
\n         Lecturer is eligible to teach sociology if he\/she has Master’s degree in Sociology\/Social
\n         Anthropology. Dr. Deepshikha Agarwal has a first class M.Sc. in Anthropology with 60%
\n         marks as well as Ph.D.\n<\/p>\n
   2.    The appointment of Dr. Queeny Pradhan Singh in Social Sciences does not violate any
\n         UGC Guidelines. Dr. Queeny Prahan Singh is M. A in History A-Grade (7.07) having IInd
\n         position form JNU, topper in M. Phil. A-Grade (7.84) and also hold a Ph.D.\n<\/p>\n
   3.    The course content of Criminology clearly indicates that a teacher who has M.Sc. Social
\n         Anthropology is competent to teach Criminology.\n<\/p>\n
   4.    The course content of the paper ” Advocacy Skills” clearly indicate that rather than the
\n         Legal Concepts it is primarily aim at behavioral skills which is an important part of study
\n         for law graduates as it gives a law graduate a better understanding of human behaviour.
\n         Every jurist has stated that law deals with the society and need people oriented skills.
\n         Furthermore, objective and approach of five year law course is to make the law course
\n         inter-disciplinary emphasizing specifically a correlation between social sciences and law.
\n         Law is subject which cannot be studied in isolation from other interdisciplinary subjects.\n<\/p>\n
   5.    As explained in Column 4, Social Sciences and law cannot be segregated, so nothing is
\n         wrong if teachers of social sciences supervise research in collaboration with other law
\n         teachers.\n<\/p>\n
   6.    It is to mention that Dr. Queeny Prahan was on leave form 09\/08\/2006 to 31\/10\/2006 so she
\n         did not conduct the classes o said subject. But it can definitely be said that Human Rights is
\n         also an interdisciplinary subject.\n<\/p>\n
   7.    For teaching Economics in the USLLS, Dr. Deepshikaha Agarwal has been associated as
\n         the Lecture Coordinator and to cover elementary portion of the course initially at the start
\n         of the law school. Mainly the faculty engaged to cover the specialized parts was Prof. S. K
\n         Singh, Dr. S. K. Tanan and Dr. Anuradha Jha. For the last two years Dr. Anuradha Jha has
\n         been absorbed as a faculty member on permanent basis in the USLLS. She is M. A in
\n         Economics (69%) and also holds a Ph.D. Degree in Economics.\n<\/p>\n
   8.    The course of LL.M has been shaped with due consideration given to the UGC guidelines
\n         and requirements of students in changing world. For framing the courses, an expert
\n         Committee including the Deans of the faculties of law from Delhi University, Aligarh
\n         Muslim University, and Kurukshetra University was consulted. In LL.M. first Semester the<\/p>\n
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\n           paper of the Comparative Jurisprudence is being taught which very much covers the content
\n          and objectives of law and social transformation in India. And the course has been shaped
\n          keeping in view the current trends of globalization and impact of Economics and
\n          Technology on Law.\n<\/p>\n
   9.     The paper of Constitutionalism in the LL.M. first Semester, gives due coverage to judicial
\n          process in process in India as it requires teaching of the judicial system also. One unit of
\n          Comparative Jurisprudence also covers he area of dispute settlement.\n<\/p>\n
   10.    In LL. B and LL.M. we give more coverage to emerging areas of study than prescribed by
\n          the Bar Council of India. It appears that he Appellant is quiet ignorant about the contents
\n          and objectives of Comparative Jurisprudence as he tries to equate Comparative
\n          Jurisprudence at LL. M. level with Jurisprudence at LL. N. level. Comparative Law, as an
\n          optional subject offered in LL. B. can also not be equated with the comparative
\n          jurisprudence at LL. M. level.\n<\/p>\n
   11.    Instead of 03 lectures per week in each subject, we have been offering 04 lectures per week.\n<\/p>\n
          Besides that teachers are taking tutorial classes and give additional support to
\n          disadvantaged students.\n<\/p>\n
   12.    The University is holding tutorial classed for all subjects in very semester and is having
\n          compulsory moot presentations in all the semesters from every student. Only in 10th
\n          semester there is compulsory Internship with lawyers\/law firms\/judges\/other legal
\n          institutions of two months besides a dissertation.\n<\/p>\n
   13.    Necessary materials are being made available to students for all courses.\n<\/p>\n
   14.    The University has prescribed a higher limit of attendance which is 75% in aggregate rather
\n          than 66% prescribed y the Bar Council of India.\n<\/p>\n
   15.    The schemes of syllabus and examination approved by the relevant University bodies are
\n          being followed in LL.M and LL.B. the Appellant is making a misrepresentation of facts.\n<\/p>\n
Grounds for First Appeal:\n<\/p>\n
False information and libelous statements been provided by the PIO to the Appellant.
\nAppellant mentioned point wise reason with sub points on each 11 points. Some points were:
\nWhich part of the PIO’s reply dated 13\/04\/2009 was RTI information on serial no. 1 of the Appellant’s
\nRTI application? How was the RTI information which, according to the PIO, is RTI information on the
\nserial no.1. Is information of compliance with the UGC norms as sought by the Appellant? What was
\nthe legal basis of conformity with UGC norms of the RTI information which, according to the PIO, is
\non the serial no. 1 and was information of compliance with the UGC norms as sought by the Appellant.
\nCopy of the legal basis of conformity with UGC norms of the RTI information which, according to the
\nPIO, was on the serial no. 1 and was information of compliance with the UGC norms as sought by the
\nAppellant. Which part of the PIO’s reply dated 13\/04\/2009 was RTI information on serial no. 2 of the
\nappellant’s application?\n<\/p>\n
Order of the First Appellate Authority:\n<\/p>\n
Not enclosed.\n<\/p>\n
Grounds for Second Appeal:\n<\/p>\n
Reason recorded in the first Appeal was not disposed by the FAA.\n<\/p>\n
Relevant Facts that emerged during the Hearing on 25 November 2009:
\n“The following were present:\n<\/p>\n
Appellant: Dr. Ravindra Pratap;\n<\/p>\n
Respondent: Dr. Archana Thakur, Public Information Officer & Dy. Secretary;\n<\/p>\n
        The PIO had irresponsibly refused to answer a simple query seeking information about UGC
\naction taken against GGSIP University for various alleged violations in queries 3,4,5,6 & 7.The PIO
\nclaims that they are seeking information from GGSIP about whether UGC has taken action or not<\/p>\n
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\n taken. This is completely unacceptable and the PIO of UGC must give an answer to these queries. As
\nregards queries 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 & 11 UGC states that they keep no records of whether there is compliance
\nof their norms by the colleges or not. In view of this they have transferred these queries to GGSIP
\nUniversity on 12\/05\/2009. The Appellant has not received any information from the PIO of GGSIP
\nUniversity. The PIO of GGSIP University is directed to provide the information on queries 1, 2, 8, 9,
\n10 & 11 to the appellant if there are any records of this.\n<\/p>\n
The PIO states that the responsibility of not providing the information so far is of the then PIO Mr.
\nV.S.Karsija, Dy. Secretary, UGC.”\n<\/p>\n
Commission’s Decision of 25 November 2009:\n<\/p>\n
“The appeal is allowed.\n<\/p>\n
       The PIO of UGC is directed to provide the information on queries 3,4,5,6 & 7 to the Appellant
\nbefore 10 December 2009.\n<\/p>\n
The PIO of GGSIP University is directed to provide the information on queries 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 & 11 to
\nthe appellant before 15 December 2009.”\n<\/p>\n
Facts leading to Showcause:\n<\/p>\n
The issue before the Commission was of not supplying the complete, required information by the then
\nPIO Mr. V.S.Karsija, Dy. Secretary, UGC within 30 days as required by the law.
\nFrom the facts before the Commission it was apparent that the then PIO Mr. V.S.Karsija was guilty of
\nnot furnishing information within the time specified under sub-section (1) of Section 7 by not replying
\nwithin 30 days, as per the requirement of the RTI Act. Hence a showcause notice was issued to him,
\nand he was directed give his reasons to the Commission to show cause why penalty should not be
\nlevied on him on 12 January, 2010 at 10.30am.\n<\/p>\n
Relevant Facts emerging during Showcause Hearing on 12 January 2010:
\nAppellant: Absent;\n<\/p>\n
Respondent: Mr. V.S.Karsija, Dy. Secretary, UGC & the then PIO
\n        The then PIO Mr. V.S.Karsija states that they misunderstood the queries of the Appellant and
\nfelt that GGSIP University could have all the information. He admits that since no action has been
\ntaken in response to queries 3,4,5,6 & 7 they should have informed the Appellant that no action has
\nbeen taken. It is curious that the respondent states that UGC only asks Universities to reply to
\ncomplaints of gross irregularities and appears to have no time frame within which it ensures whether
\nirregularities are occurring in the Universities or not. The Commission cannot interfere in this method
\nof working; – rather not working or functioning to discharge its regulatory duties. However, it is
\ncertainly incumbent on UGC to inform citizens that it is not taking any actions at all. The Commission
\nwarns the PIO to ensure that the appellant is informed when UGC takes not action so that citizens can
\natleast know the truth. The Commission accepts the explanation of the PIO that he did not understand
\nthe queries properly and warns to be careful in future about giving the information to RTI Applicants.\n<\/p>\n
The Commission directs the PIO to give the correct information to the Appellant before 28 January
\n2010. The Commission also directs the UGC to obtain the information from GGSIP University and
\nsend to the appellant before 30 January 2010. The Commission decides not to impose penalty since it
\nappears the PIO genuinely misunderstood the queries.\n<\/p>\n
                                                                                            Shailesh Gandhi
\n                                                                                  Information Commissioner
\n                                                                                            12 January 2010
\n(In any correspondence on this decision, mention the complete decision number.)<\/p>\n
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