KARIMNAGAR, MAY 29, 2024: The Satavahana University Protection and Development Forum has urged incharge Vice Chancellor Surendra Mohan to remove ineligible and retired employee M Ravinder, who is working as university finance officer, on the charges irregularities and siphoning off of the university funds. They urged the government conduct a thorough into the allegations and recover the siphoned public exchequer.
Forum convenor and SU contract assistant professors association president and Telangana all-universities contract assistant professors association organizing secretary Penchala Srinivas, social worker Kota Shyam Kumar, Bellapu Karunakar, university alumni Praveen, Raju and others participated in the dharna in front of the university main gate on Wednesday. When they protestors went to the administrative building to submit a memorandum to the registrar Varaprasad, the security guards obstructed them. The registrar snatched the memorandum from the protestors and put it on his table and left the scene in an adamant manner.
In a statement, Penchala Srinivas said that the retired finance officer M Ravinder was appointed as university finance officer in the year 2018 by following a GO. After a brief stint of one year, he resigned to his post for personal reasons. In the year 2021, when S Mallesham took charge as VC, Ravinder was appointed by the VC without issuing any notification and ratified it later at university EC meeting. He reminded that any retired employee should work only for three years after his retirement. But, in Satavahana University, the finance officer was appointed illegally and continuing his renewal of services violating the norms, he stated.
He also alleged that Ravinder Rao had mislead the university by stating that he retired as deputy treasury officer when actually he retired as assistant treasury officer. An assistant treasury officer is ineligible for the university finance officer post, he stated.
The finance officer resorted to several irregularities under the guidance of then VC S Mallesham in coordination with registrar Varaprasad, he said and added that the finance officer made purchases of new vehicles and spent huge amount as fuel expenses, constructed buildings for commissions, resorting to illegal promotions and appointments and large-scale irregularities in budget and audit reports.
He urged the government to conduct an inquiry against the finance officer to recover the amount from him. He also alleged that the retired officer had also collected TA, DAs, HRA etc violating the rules. He also charged that then VC and registrar also help Ravinder to secure ‘Best employee award’ from the district administration during Independence day celebrations in 2023.
