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Former Chairman, Aut ority for Advance Rul ings (Income-tax), (Customs, Central Excrse & Service Tax) and Central Sales Tax Appellate Authority Government of India

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Dear Chief Justice l < > .t Apropos your order under Sec."7(3) of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University Act, 1998, appointing this Committee for causing inspection of buildings, libraries, equipments and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted by the University and to cause enqui1 to be made in respect of the aforesaid y matters, the Committee hereby forwards its report for your perusal and further action under Sub Sec.4 of Sec.7 of the said Act. The report is based on the primary data and secondary data. The primary data consists of response of the various stakehol ders - the Registrar, the faculty, the students, non-teaching staff and the medical Doctors. However, to maintain anonymity, we did not refer to any name in the report. The committee members also collected secondary data on various subjects from the office of the Registrar of NALSAR and other sources. We thanl< the Hon'ble Chancellor for reposing confidence in the Committee for the purpose of inspection and report under Sec.7(3) of the Act. Yours Sincerely, Hyderabad, 12.09.201- . 1

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH

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REPORT UNDER SECTION 7(3) OF THE NALSAR ACT

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INDEX TO REPORT CHAPTER I.. .. . . ..... . . .. . . . . ... . . . ..... . .... . INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II . . . . ..... . . . . .... . ..... . .. . .. . .. . ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
a) . C en tralization of au thority ........ b) Exp en diture ................ ................ c) Sp ecialized positions in A d ministration in clu din g that of Registrar ........... d) Discharge of fun ction s of Dep uty Reg istrar e) Attendance Register ..................
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In exercise of the po wers, conferred by Sectio n 7(3) of the Act, the Chief Ju stic e, High C ourt of A.P. an d th e C hancellor, NALSAR U niversity co nstituted a co m m ittee co nsisting of
1). H o n'b le S ri Justice Syed S h ah M oha m m ed Q ua dri, For m er Jud ge, S u pre m e C ourt of I n d ia - C h a ir m a n ;

2). H o n'ble Sri Ju stic e V.V.S. Rao, Ju d g e, High C ourt of A.P. - Member; 3). Hon'ble Sri Justic e R a m e sh R an ga na tha n, J u d g e , High C ourt of A. P. - Member; 4) . Sri S. Ravi Ku m ar , D istrict & S essions Jud ge, p rese n tly M e m b er S ecretary of A.P. S tate Legal Services Authority - Me mber-cumSecre tary of the Com mittee so c o nstitu ted;

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for the p u rp oses of in spection / inq uiry in resp ect of the ar ea s sp elt o u t in Section 7 (3 ) of the Act, a n d s u b m it its rep o rt a n d r eco mmend a tions The Hon'ble Chief Ju stic e of A n d h ra P ra d esh is the

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ex a m in a tio ns, teach in g a n d o th er work condu cted or do ne by the Univ ersity, fa lls w ithin its scope. T h is r ep o rt is in Sev en chap ters. The Intro du c tion to the R ep ort is in C h a p t e r l. A d min istration an d C h a p t e r II d e a l s with the Academic G o v e rn a nce Stru cture.

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Alu m n i of NALSAR. As this C o m m ittee h a d assured the co m p la ina ntsjrep res en tatio n ists, and the faculty me mb ers with whom they had interacted individu ally , of anon ymity their co mp laints /v ie w s a n d a few of their sug g estio ns h a ve been incorp orated after co n sid eration as p art of th is r eport witho u t identifying the a utho rs of those sugg estion s. T his C o m m ittee p la ces on record its deep sense of ap preciation for all tho se sugg estion s which are a d o p ted a s p a rt of this rep ort.

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Section 10(2)(i), the G eneral C o un cil mee ts on ce a year a ll d ecisio n s of all the aut ho rities, na mely, the Executive

Council, the Academic Cou ncil, the Fin ance Com mittee a n d the Planning B oard shou ld be broug ht to the notice of, a n d be discu ssed by, the G eneral Council. The Executive C oun cil is en tru sted with all such po w ers as are n e cessary to a d m in ister the Univ ersity. It is a lso e mpowered to mak e
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While the p rim ary r eason for its esta b lish m en t is to offer a five year un dergra d u ate co urse in law its fo cus, of la te , h a s shifted to distan ce ed u cation . While these d ista n ce

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CENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY

D iscretion ary power,

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m u st be stru ctu red an d co n fin ed withirt limits. Unb ridled discr etio na ry p o w e rs a re, more often !.han no t, ab used . While the Vice C hancellor is in ch arge of the fun ction ing of the U niv ersity, an d the role of the C h ancellor or !.he G en eral Council in these matters is limited, it is a m a tter of

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ADMINISTRATION

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meetings. The NALSAR Act does not confine ap point m en t to the post of R eg istrar only from amon g the faculty of th e University. T ho ugh the NALSAR Act do es not so r eq uire, the

U niv ersity has, sin ce its inception, opted for a Professor of the University to also ad m inistrative an d fu n ct io n a s its R eg istrar. As the the

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coordination with the A ssistant R eg istrar. The said order req uired D r.V en d er K u mar to be paid R s.4 0 0 0 / - p er F r o m J u ly m o n th a s re m u n e rat io n for the ex tr a w o rk.

20 07 till O ctob er 20 09, and ther eafter from July 2 0 10 till date, Prof.V ijen d er K u mar has been co n tinuo usly p aid

R s.4 0 0 0 /- per mo nth for th ese services. In ad dition he is being p aid R s.400 0 I- per mo nth as Pro ctor. The 8.8 .2 008, Executive Council, ap p rov ed the in its m e etin g held on

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E mp lo yees Se rvice R eg ulations

which categorized vario us po sts; p rescrib ed their scales of pay etc. The said R eg ulations req uire ap poin tme n t to th e post of Dy. R egistrar to be in the pay sca le of Rs .8 4 0 0 R s.16,5 25. The q ualification s p rescrib ed for the said p o st

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is a d egree fro m a recog n ized U niv ersity, with a t le a st 1 5 years exp erience of having worked in a Univers ity, or in a n ed u cation al in stitutio n of na tio n a l st a n dard . The selection co m m ittee, for selectio n of the Dy. R eg istrar, is lhe Vice C hancellor, the R egistrar, one Professor of the Univ ersit y no minated by the Vice C hancellor, and o ne outsid e ex pert

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O u r d iscu ssio n s with the facu lty sho w tha t ,

while cla sses a re co n d u cted from 9 .0 0 a.m . to 1.4 0 p.m., the time set ap ar t b etwe en 1.4 0 p. m. to 4.0 0 p.m. for s tu d e n t s in ter a c tio n with the facul ty is seld o m utilized ex cep t during sub missio n of project rep o rts. We learn t ha t sev era l faculty m e mb ers of NALSAR leave the ca m p u s after 1.4 0 p.m. ev en without obta inin g p ermission of the ViceC hancellor. Prop er system s sho uld be in trodu ced to record a t tend an ce of facu lty m emb ers, the time of th eir e ntry a n d exit from NALSAR S ha m eerp et ca m p u s, a n d ma inten a nce of p ro per lea v e/ p ermission registers w h e rein either their leave of ab sen ce, or permission to leave ea rly , is record ed.

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LEAVE RECORDS

While pa rt B(l) of the Leave Rules req uire faculty m e mb ers to obtain san ction of the Vice-ch an cellor for , availing "on duty leave", this Rule h a s been ob served more in b rea ch tha n in p ractice. The en tries in the Leave Register

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latest trip of the Vice Chancellor to C a na da in Ju n e, 2 0 1 1 is a lso not sho w n a s leave of any sort ei th er in the ca su al leave file or in the p ersonal file or in the Leave register, tho u gh he h a s been paid his m o nth ly rem u n era tio n du rin g this period of ab sen ce. From the inceptio n of the University till da te, no p ermission seems to have b een sou g ht or Vice C ha n cellor an d the the Executive R egistrar of or the

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(g) CONSOLIDATED SET OF RULES

A consolid ated set of rules shouLd be periodically ma d e av ailable to stu d en ts, say on ce each year. T his would not only en su re greater clarity an d tran sp aren cy b ut w o uld also help in h oldin g stu d ents acco untab le for violation of the ru les. A co mp rehensive code s a n c tio n s flowing from a breach of con d u ct, an d the thereo f, shou ld be

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Scholar" to be aw a rd ed for the recipient of the

Rhodes to the

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R eg ulations the th e n Vice Chancellor by his circu la r da ted 2 6 .0 8 .2 0 04, while co n stitutin g the gold medal co m mittee, info r m ed th e m th at the two gold medals for the b est

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FINAL SE M EST E R EXAMINAT ION

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Registrar, NALSAR on

informing him tha t the Vice C hance ll or had con st ituted a n enq uiry co m m ittee consisting of (1) Prof. V. R a m akrishna, Former Professor (History), University of H yderab ad , (2)

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U n iv ersity, H yd e rabad an d

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12.5 .2 0 01 , after noting Lhat the examin a tion pap er rela t ing to law an d poverty had been replaced with a new p ap er im m ed iately before the examina tion on 27 .4 .2 01 1, decided to cancel the following ex a min a tion s an d resolved that the examination should be held afresh du ring the
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"FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR THI RD YEAR FOURTH YEAR 2 . 1 Law of Con tr ac ts -I 2.2 Sociology - I 4.1 C riminal Law - II 6.1 Jurisp r ud e nc e II 6.2 Cons titutio n a l Law - II 8.1 Ban k in g a nd Finan ce 8.2 T a xation La w - II"

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alo n e an y action b ein g tak en ag ain st th e m. We were in fo r m e d tha t the rec en t p ap er lea k s, d u r in g th e fin al se m ester exa m in atio n of 20 1 0 -2 0 1 1 , is not a n isolated in stan ce b u t h a s b een p reced ed by s ev e ra l s u ch lea ks in th e p rev io u s b atch es also. No actio n . was ta k en a n d th e co m p la in ts were b ru sh e d a sid e a s m er e ru m o u r m ongenng. T h is co m m itte e h a s not b een inform ed of a n y syste ms ha vin g b een intro d uced th ereafter to e n s u r e th a t s u c h

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1.6 .2 0 0 9. The very nex t day i.e., on 2.6 .2 0 0 9 he informed tha t, sin ce he was also servin g the U niversity as a Proctor he needed to sta y on th e ca mp us so m eU m es, for w hich h e sh o u ld be a llo tted a room in the facult y resid ential a rea witho ut forfeitin g h is entitlem en t for HRA. ) The th en Registra r, vide proceedin gs d ated 2.6 .20 09 , p ermitted him to occupy one bed room in Q u arter No.A.1 (the very sa m e q uar ters w hich Dr. Vijend er Kumar was occup ying till jus t a day before). The M emb er Secretary of lhis C o m m ittee

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S ecun d erab ad , (i.e., Iron Cot -2 Nos, Wooden C o t - 2 Nos, Dining Table with 6 ch a irs, C a n e Sofa do ub le s e a t e r - 1 no, single seater - 4 no s, can e diw an - 1 no. sofa tab les - 2 no s, refrigerato r (whirlpool) 190 ltrs, W indow A/ c (LG) 1.5 ton, T.V. (Onida) with T.V. stan d a n d power inverter), were still there in Q u arter No.A-1. T hat Q uarter No.A-1 h a s again been provided to Dr. Vijender Kumar, from the very next day of his vacating the said q u arters, m e an s th at th e f u r n itu r e p u r c h a s e d from him is still being made av ailable for his ex clu siv e use at Q uarter No.A-1; a n d he h a s n eith er paid rent nor h a s he foregone his HRA for su ch o ccu p ation . Our enq uiries rev eal that on w eek-ends Dr. Vijender K u ma r stays in the said q u arters alon g with his family

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ha s certified th at faculty m e mb ers, who are allotted faculty q u a rt e r s , do not get HRA a n d no rent is charg ed fro m th e m ; so m etim es a few faculty me mb ers are req ui-red to

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has certified that, un d er the sa m e arra n g e m ent, so metimes Prof. B alakista Reddy a n d Dr. Vidyullatha Reddy ask ed to stay in the vacant faculty Q uarter No.A-3 on

various occasions; when NALSAR is closed for sem ester b reaks w ard ens, who stay in the ho stel w ard en ro o m s, are shifted to the fa c u lty q ua rters tem p o ra rily as w ater a n d power supp ly in ho stels is cut off du rin g the said breaks; an d no record is maintained for stay in the vacant faculty Q u a rters a s NALSAR does not c harg e any ren t for su ch temporary occup ation when faculty memb ers are called for sp ecial du ties. While the letter dated 2 1.8.2011 refers to

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NALSAR h a s so far p u rc ha sed nin e v ehicles of which o ne A m b assad or car was au ctio n ed in the y ea r 2 0 1 0 .

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u s e w itho ut th eir b e in g a sk e d to pay for the ex p en d iture in c urred by NALSAR in this reg ard; a nd v e hicle Nos.AP 2 8 BN 3 6 5 7 (Indigo); AP 28 BK 85 0 1 (Logan ) a n d AP 13 H 2 7 2 7 (Qualis) were main ly u sed by the erstw hile Regis tr a r Dr. K . V .S. S ar ma an d Dr. Vijender Ku mar to co m m ute from

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ou rselv es on the tr u th or o therwise of all the allegation s. We have referred only to those ins tan ces w h ich are reflected in the record s of NALSAR or form p a rt of written official co mp laint made against him. We have refrained

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Interaction with each ind ivid ua l faculty mem b er of NALSAR, a n d with un d er-g rad u a t e s tud e nts, reveals a

w id e -sp read belief a m o ng th e m that Prof. Vijen d er Ku mar , P ro cto r a n d P r o f es so r of NALSAR, h as b een accorded fa vo ured treatm e nt by the V ice-ch an cellor. T ha t th is belief

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i) When Prof. V ijen der Ku m ar sh ifted h is residen ce from NALSAR Sh a m e e rp et cam pu s to Se cun d era b ad, certain ite m s of fu rniture w ere

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V ou cher N o.53 0 dated 2 3.7.2 00 9 for Rs.3 2 ,0 0 0 /-.

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Chancellor from incurring capital expenditure, -without the previous sanction of the Vijender Ku mar was purchased without the prior sanction of the

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purchase of fu rnitu re is capital

ii) The Vice Chancellor, vide proceedings dated 24.9.2009, accorded approval for sanction of duty leave to Prof. Vijender Ku mar for six m on ths from October 1st 2009, and he was paid full salary and allowances for the said period a s per the University Ru les, as advised by the Joi nt Secret ar y, UGC in his letter dated 20.7.2009. During hi s

C h ristmas holidays from December, 2009 to Janu ary 2010, when Prof. Vijender Ku mar was "on du(J!" leave in the United Kingdom on a Commonwealth Fellowship programme, he was asked to come from Kings College to NALSAR. The ostensible purpose of his being called was for rendering assistance for the following:a) Final editing and finalization of NALSAR Annunl reports from 19 99 to 2008 for publication; b) Designing and finalizing the NALSAR prosp ectus for the year 2010; c) Review and updatin g of reading material in Family Law; d) Designing and finalizing the NALSAR calendar 2010 for printing; and e) designing and finalizing CLAT 2010 information brochure write-u p on NALSAR

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Prof. Vijender Ku mar was paid flight charges, for his travel from London to Hyderabad and back, by NALSAR. Rs.55,494/- was paid to M /s International Travel House, Hyderabad in this regard vide Cheque No.900488 dated 31.12.2009. could not have It is not a s if th ese matters been entru sted to any other faculty me mber of

NALSAR. No other in stan ce of such ben efits bei ng extended to any of the other faculty me mbers of NALSAR was brou gh t to the notice of this committee. )

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the R egistrar, the only other facu lty of NALSAR who was

ho n orariu m in this regard of R s.5 0,0 00/ - was Prof. Vijender Ku mar. iv) Prof.Vijender Ku mar has, ever sin ce 200 7, been c on tinu ou sly paid R s.4 00 0 /- per month for disch argin g the duties of a De puty R egistrar. In addition he is bein g paid Rs.4000 I - per month as P roclor. C u ri ously, even after the new Regulations were made on 8.8.2 00 8 creatin g the post of Dy. Registrar, Dr. VU er Ku m ar, a S en i o r end Faculty me mber, is still asked to disc harge the functions of a Depu ty Registrar. v) By proceedings dated 2.6.2009, Dr. Vijendra Kumar was permi t ted to oc c u p y a bed room in Q uarters No.A. l (Lhe very sa m e qu arter s w hich Dr. Vijender Ku m a r had vacated ju st a day before). While officially Dr. Vijender Ku m ar has been allot ted ju sl one room he is, in

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8.9.201 1 revealed that Q uarter No.A.l h as only one door at the e ntran ce; an d th ere is no separate entran ce or exit for any particu la r room therein. Our enqui ries reveal th at every week end Dr. Vijende r Ku m ar stays in the said qu arter s, along with his family mem bers; and he has n eith er paid rent n or he forego ne hi s HRA for suc h occupation.

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thou gh he is not entitled to utilize Nalsar vehi cle s for his personal u se.

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R s.32,000 1- when he sh ifted from Q uarter No.A-1 to his own flat at S ecun derabad . Th at Q uarters No.A-1 has again been provided for his u s e , from the very next day of his vacatin g the said quarlers, mean s th at the furnitu re purchased from him is still being made available for his exclusive use at Quarter No.A-1. (viii) In addition to being the Proctor, and disch arging the duties of a D e put y R egistrar, Prof. Vijender Ku mar is also a con ven er/ me mber of the following com mittees con stituted by NALSAR (1) Library committee; (2) P.G di ploma academic committee; (3) S cholarship /fee concession committee; (4) Proctoral Board; (5) Convenor of the Moot

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stud e nts, from the 3rd batch of stu d e nts in 2005 onw ards till the present batch. (x) Though the question paper set by Prof.Vijencler Ku mar is also s aid to have been leaked earlier, he was the only faculty me mber of NALSAR to be app oin ted a s a me mber of the enquiry co mmittee con stituted to enquire into the examin ation paper leal<age, of the final semester exa mi nation qu estion paper, in April, 2011 .

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privatel y and were humili ated; and they were ope n l y th reate ne d th at they wou ld fail their exa mination s. They also referred to "C/Iild Rigllts
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concerned and the Registrar. However the sa me was rejected by Prof. Vijender Kumar, the then Convener, without a sign in g any reasons. These st uden ts complained that they had lost all confidence in Prof.Vijender Kumar and demanded his removal from the Examination Committee, and from the post of Chief Warden as soon as possibl e. Within a few days of sub mission of the letter dated 08.08.2008, Prof. Vijender Kumar ceased to be the Chief Warden from 12.08.2008 onwards. He, however, continued to remain the Proctor.

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su b ject of family law. His class room discussions, and his ab ilit y to e n cou ra ge stud ents, is also rated h ig h. S tu d ents have ackn o wled ged that his qu estion pap er is a pleasu r e to an sw e r, tho ugh th ere have been so me differen ces i n his m a rkin g pattern. They have also ap p reciated the facl th a t Prof. V ijen der Ku mar is constantly up<.lated on the latest develop ments in the su bjec t, and has enlightened lhe stu d e n ts of the sa m e.

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ad dition al d a y, (ap art from the day after M ah esh's p arting) , for mo u rnin g, the Vice-Chancello r had informed them "If y o u r b a tc h -m a te d e c id e s to d rin k at 1 6 .3 0 h o u rs a n d th e n lea p s into a well, w h at am I to do? You all killed him, why sh o u ld I give you a day off?" W hen ask ed for the college

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The rep utatio n of an academ ic institutio n is b u ilt not on the b a sis of the buildin g it is ho used in b u t on the acad em ic stand ards NALSAR is not maintain ed therein . The backbone of a tea ch in g, but also a researc h

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only be in their ab ility to teach but also in u n d ertaking an d ex ecu ting research projects. Apart from attra ct in g the best talent to join its faculty, the acad em ic atm o sp h ere mu st b e cond ucive for the m to up date th eir legal kno wled ge an d keep ab rea st with the cu rrent legal trend s both in India and abroad . M entoring by high the se nior faculty would

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So me of the lectu rers, teaching co mp ulsory subjects in th e first four sem esters of the five un d erg ra d u ate B.A., LL. B. (Hons) co u rse tea ch only one cla ss ho ur per day. improv e overall academic quality, the To

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a P ro fessor is o n e m etho d .

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Eng lish, H istory, Political Scien ce an d So ciology - ca n b e b rou g ht u n d er one d ep a rtm en t. To en su re a ca de m ic

eq u ality, the fa cu lt y m u st be availab le on the ca m p u s o n all w orking days. ex ten sion ed u catio n activities contact D ivertin g their talen t of NALSAR, and and time for

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w o uld dilu te acad em ic q uality. With its being ran ked eith er No.1 or 2 a m o n g the be st Law S ch o o ls in tne co u ntry, NALSAR attra cts ex trem e ly b righ t yo u ng min ds from all over the co u ntr y. I t is a

challeng e for th e fa cu lty to reta in the co n tin u e d a tt e n tio n

of th ese yo u ng sters, a n d ea rn th eir rega rd an d resp ect. In th is C h a p ter, we would emp h asize on the qu ality of th e

fa c u lt y, cla ss stre n g th a n d tu to rials, co u rse cu rr ic u lu m a n d oth e r r ela t ed is su es.

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No s u c h R eg ulatio n s h a v e T h e fa c u} t y h a s not b een

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NALSAR Alumni to join their faculty, there is no rea so n why NALSAR sh ou ld not consider invitin g these talented yo u n gsters who, p erhap s, would be more keen on joining th eir a lm a - m a t er th a n work in oth er Law sch ools. NALSAR must, ho wev er, ensure that such appoi ntments are not in violation of the law for the time being in force.

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the selecte e ha s the req uired co mp eten ce, ap plicants called for interview could be ask ed to hold a d e m o n stratio n cla ss, an d a fa cu lty se m in ar, prior to their being interviewed by the selectio n co m mittee. The feedback ob tain ed fro m s tu d e n ts , a n d the existing faculty, could be tak en into co nsidera t io n by the selection co mm ittee before a fin al decisio n is tak en on their ap point m en t.

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foreign Universities, an d th ese agree m ents co uld be u sed to in vite exp erts fro m such U niversities to tea ch in ex istin g c o u r se s or to offer one or two credit inten siv e co urses lo supp le m ent the existing teaching p rog ram m e. Similar

inv itations could be extend ed to exp erts wi thin the co u n lly also. R ecruit m ent a n d retentio n of full time faculty s h o u ld be given p rio rity. C onstant an d conscio us effo rts sho uld b e m a d e in th.at direction .

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p re c e d e d by a circu lar, issu ed to the faculty, calling for su ch of the m who the pro ject. The have Vice

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for pro motin g and reward ing research efforts, nor is there any in stitutio na l a rra n gemen t for mentorin g, p r o m otin g or rew ard ing such enterp rise. S ev eral nam e- p late C entres in

NALSAR are sa id to be co m p letely defunct and efforts of facu lty members, to brin g m different research Referen ce m e cha n is m s, a re sa id to have been disco u rag ed.

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ap prise th eir co llea g u es of the ch an ges they are m a k ing in the co urse cu rricu lu m to keep it in tu n e wit h co nte mpo rary develop ments. In ca se no chang e is su gg ested, the rea so n for co ntin uin g the sa m e cu r riculu m sh o u ld be sp elt o ut. T his me m o ran du m, fro m ea ch faculty me m b er, can also b e s en t to the A cademic Co uncil, an d kept on the file of th e faculty m e mb er as an evid en ce based in di cator of h is jh e r p erforman ce. L eadin g acad em icians a n d. jurists co uld also be involved in up da tin g an d re-d esignin g the co u rse

curriculu m in co rp orating recen t develo p m ents in law a n d

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for the co urse selectio n, c urric ulu m design, classro o m execution an d ev en examin ations. In each d ep artm en t, the jun ior faculty sho uld be men tored a n d guided by th e senio r fa c u lty in all acad em ic m atters, inclu din g teach in g. C u rricu lu m d ev e lop m en t a n d c o u rse d esig n is one a rea w hich has not receiv ed adeq u ate centre attention. a 19 9 0 The UGC

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the cu rric u lu m . The co urse cu rric u lu m , a s d e sig n ed , m u st be rev iewed every year within the co n ce r n ed d ep a rt m e nt with th e a s sista n ce , if need be, of a n o u tsid e s u b je ct ex p ert. The qu ality of a ca d em ic in p u t ca n be en su re d (i) by

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co m pla in t, h o w ev er, is tha t a llo ca tio n of cr ed it s is not in acco rda n ce w ith the difficulty level of the co u rse ta u g ht, bu t a c co rd in g to the m a rket d e m a n d s of the co u rse. As a r e s u lt, a stu d e n t who has w o rk ed ha rd in a difficult co urse, is not giv e n a s m u c h cr e d it a s is d u e to him . While the

sa m e nu m b er of cla sses ar e ta k e n for all co u rses, the cr edits allo tted to ea ch of them is not link ed to the effort

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ALTERNATE METHODS OF TEACHING

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To e nsu re tra nsp a r en cy in evalua tion, a n d to avoid the p ossibility of un fair an d un eq u al tr a lm e n t existing in a n in te rnal evalu atio n system, it is ad visab le tha t a n swer scrip ts of end sem ester exa m in ations are made available to stu d e n ts on p a y ment of the p rescribed charges. The reev aluated results m ust be declared well before the r ep eat

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exa m inat io n s to enable those stud ents, who have a p p lied for a n d were un su ccessf ul in the re-ev alu at ion, to p rop erly p rep a re for the rep eat ex a m inatio ns.

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EXAMINATION PAPER SETTING AND EVALUATION

The m a rk s given for p roject rep orts, an d sem in a r pap ers, sh o u ld be evaluated ob jec ti vely. Efforts should b e made to ha ve a cen tralized co mmon end se meste r

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the lines of CLAT), an d till then the fea sibility of end sem ester p ap er settin g, in a time bound mann er, by

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op p ortun i ty to co m m un ica te

their con ce rn s to the

University auth o ri ties thro ug h their

elected rep resentatives on a reg ula r ba s is. They en co urag e t h e ad ministration to seek a nd receive info rmatio n ab o u t the problem s faced by st u d en ts a n d facul ty, and t here b y to either p rov id e red ressal to the co n cerns raised or cla r ify why no solutio n ca n be foun d. O ngoing com m u n ica t ion

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(k) ACADEMIC AND OTHER INTERNAL COMMITTEES

A cademic co m m ittees should f a c u lt y m e m b e rs to co n trib ute

be created ena b lin g to the acad e mic

ad m inistratio n of the Univ ersity. The co ntr ibution made b y the m ca n be tr ea te d a s p a rt of th eir work load an d eq u ita b ly d istr ib u te d a m o n g st fa c u lty m e m b e rs. T h e r e c o u ld be intern a l rules for the ap p o int m en ts lo, a n d f u n c tio n s a n d resp o nsib ilities of, internal U niv ersity co m m ittees. A

r o ta tio n s y ste m , for ap p oin tm en t to a ll co m mittees, co uld be intro d u ced so th a t all faculty me mb ers serv e on a ll co m m ittees, a n d th ere is a g reater in v o lv em en t of all faculty m e mb ers on University Com mittees.

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be a n o rm tha t a fa cu lty m e m b er may not serv e on more tha n one or two committees which would not only en su r e greater p articip atio n of the facul ty in U n iv ersity m a tters, but would remove the perception of a few of them b eing entru sted with greater resp o n sib ility than oth ers. T h e on ce ea ch

faculty meetings should be man d atorily held

fortnight to discu ss vario us issu es co n c ernin g NALSAR.. The faculty shou ld also be informed in writing, in advance, of any proposed EC an d GC meeting, so tha t n o n -E C of th e

faculty m e mb ers can rep resent to them on any issu es in the a g en d a .

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EVALUATION OF THE FACULTY BY STUDENTS

S tu d e n t s, thos e p r es en tly u n d er go in g co u rses at NALSAR a n d the Alumni, have co mp lain ed that so m e

em in ent Professors have left NALSAR b ecau se of the stifling academ ic atm osp here prevalent in the ca mp us. T he

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teaching ability of tho se recen tly recruited in the faculty h a s b e en p u t in issu e . They a ss ert th a t, if stu d en t feedb ack is called for by the Chancellor, it would reveal tha t a few of the fa cu lty, who are not fit enou gh to teach, were recruited resulting in co mp lete ero si on of acad emic sta n d a rd s.

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In the 12th meeting of the G en eral Council held on

29th M arch, 2 0 08 , Justice P. V enk ataram i Reddi sugg ested

th a t the Faculty need ed to be furth er stre n gth en e d, a n d the work load shou ld be p rop erly distribu ted amon g all tea ch ers. on th a t the In the 15th meeting of the G eneral Cou ncil held P. V en k ataram i Reddi infor med facing The first an d second year stu d e n ts were
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m in utes of the said meeting records the Vice Chancello r having informed the m e m b ers th at, a s far as p o ssib le, efforts would be mad e to recruit qualified and efficient tea ch ers, su b je c t to availab ility. In the 12th meeting of the G en eral Coun cil held on
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vo lunteered to prep are a draft for the s l;ime.

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J u stic e U.C. B anerjee su g g ested th at a pro forma, without in clud ing the n a m e/ro ll no. of stu d en ts, be developed for a s s e s s m e n t of teach ers by the stud ents, a n d assessm en t. be do ne on a reg ular basis. The m in utes of the said

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1 2 .0 8 .2 0 1 1 , th a t a t NALSAR the teach e rs p erformance ap praisal is do ne info rm ally by the Vice-Chancellor from time to time a n d , in case of any deficiency in p erformance of a faculty me mb er, ad vice and sugg estion s have always b e e n given to such faculty me mb ers to improve their p erfor ma nce; an info rm al ap p raisal by the Vice-Chancellor an d R egistrar are also do n e before ren ew al/ extension of the co ntract of emplo ymen t of the visiting faculty; no w ritten co mplaints have been received from stu d en ts o n this co u nt eith er by the Vice-Chancellor or the Regis tra r; a s per the late st UGC Regulation s on Appointment te a c h e rs and m a in te n a n c e of S t an d ard s m of

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E du cation, 20 10 , (UGC Notification dated 3 0.06.2 010 ), tea ch e rs self-ap p ra isa ls, a s also stu d ent ap p ra isals, sh o u ld be intro d u ce d; a n d the reco m m endations of the NALSAR Com mittee on the afo resaid UGC notification would be

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p la c e d b e fo re the Executive Cou ncil in its m e etin g to be held on 2 8 .0 8 .20 1 1 for consideration and a pp roval. We

have, ho wever, not been in for m ed as to w h at tran sp ired in the said meeting, if an y, held on 28 .0 8.2 0 1 1. While the Vice-Chancellor claims ignorance of

co m pla in ts / sug g estio n s from stud ents reg ardin g faculty

review, a copy of the First NALSAR Academic Review, 20 09 (a surv ey co nd ucted by a gro u p of NALSAR s t u de n t volun teers in the year 2 00 9 ) has been fu rn ish ed to u s. Th e said survey was created onl ine, the vi ews of stu d e n ts of the seco n d, third, fo urth an d final year u n d erg r a d ua te b a tch es

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co nsid eratio n. O n ce su ch a syste m is in p lace, the r es u lts th ereof sh ou ld be ma d e av ailab le to all fa cu lty m e mb ers, a n d to the NALSAR.
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Most of the teaching faculty of NALSAR, with all of w ho m we ha d intera cted , have voiced th;eir co nc ern of the very h ig h cla ss stre n gth of 80 stu d e n ts. It is th eir vie w

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tha t, w h ile the idea l stren g th of a c la ss is b etw een 40 to 5 0 stu d e n ts, the class ro o m s b u ilt for 6 0 stu d e n ts now h o u se s 80 resultin g in th eir not being ab le to m a in ta in eye co n ta ct, or give in d iv id ual attentio n to a la rg e s ectio n of th e

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stu d e n ts . The co n seq u en c es of p a ck in g a cla ss ro o m is a fall in th e o v era ll sta n d a rds of tea ch in g , lo w er attentio n sp a n a m o n g st a s e ctio n of stu d en ts, a n d a rise in stu d e n ts indiscip lin e. In th eir au dit rep ort, co ven n g the fin a n cia l y ea rs 2 0 0 4 -20 0 5 a n d o b s er v e d th a t, 2 0 0 5 -20 0 6 , the a s per A cco u nta nt G en eral no rm s Sched ule III . (5A) of the

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p rescrib ed by th e Bar Cou ncil of India, the size of a S ectio n sh o u ld n o t be m o re tha n 60 stu d e nts, a n d a m in im u m o f two, b u t not m o re tha n five, S ectio ns ma y be allowed for ea ch cla ss. NALSAR had, ho wev er, a d m itte d 8 0 stu d e n ts

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In the G en eral Cou ncil meeting held on 2 8 .0 3 .2 0 0 4 , J u stic e P. V enk atarami Reddi op in ed that the numb er of

stu d ents, w hich h ad been raised to 80, was on the hig her side; a n d d u e care sho u ld be tak en to en su re th a t tea ch er stu d e n t in ter-action did not suffer, b ul was stren gth en e d fu rth er. In the G eneral C oun cil meeting held on 25th

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F eb ruary , 20 06, Justice P. V en kataram i Reddi emp h asized the need for m o re int er -a ctio n b e lw c e n stud ents and

tea ch ers, esp ecially tho se stu d ents who were in need of help, an d n eed ed sp ecial co unselin g.

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The U niv ersity, at present, runs 50 co urses of which 47 are ma ndatory. The Bar C ou n cil list stipulates a

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bet ween those which are mand atory an d those w hich a r e T his would result in the cla ss streng th of 8 0 In the being retained only for the ma nd atory courses. on the op tion ex ercised by the stu d en t. In ad ditio n, w hilst class instructions can be for 8 0 stu d e nts, tuto ria ls can be cond u cted for group s of 10 if co mpulsory tutorials are intro du ced . T his system wou ld

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MARKS FOR ATTENDANCE

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discontent bo th a m o n g the teachin g faculty a n d s tu d e n ts , is th e issu e of allo catio n of five m a rk s for a tte n d a n ce. Stud en ts ha ve been vo cifero us in their co mp lain t that.

ev ents ran ging fro m 'sm iling ex ce ssively' to " n e ed ing t o v is it th e la v a to ry u rg e n tly" have been cite d a s g r o u n d s for d ed u ctin g atten d a n ce a nd , thereb y, the marks of

s tu d en ts . T he r e is a n ee d to reco nsider al locatio n of five ma rk s for att e nda n c e. We are in fo r med th at while th is h a s, in no

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CHAPTER IV FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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From 19 99-20 00 till 2 0 11 -20 12, the ha s gran ted

Govern ment of to

R s.50,0 7,07 ,850 /-

NALSAR. From out of this su m ex ceedin g R s.50.0 0 crores , except for the recurrin g expend iture pro vided for in th e year 19 99 -20 0 0 year of Rs . l4 ,5 7 ,8 5 0 / -; an d Rs . 2.0 0 an d for furniture, eq u ip ment an d lib rary bo oks of arou nd R s.37 .00 lakhs in the meet 2 0 00 -2 0 0 1; on cro res, vid e the G.O.Rt.No. l 53 8, d ated 1 4 .09.2 009 , as add ition al fund s t o ex p enses sa laries been the in fra stru ctu re;

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rem ain in g g ra n t has mad e each year by

to w a rd s in fra stru ctu re a n d Stale G o'(ern me n t, for t.he

campus develop m en t of NALSAR. A bu dgetary p rovision is infrastru cture an d ca mp u s dev elop m en t of NALSAR, by way of a n a n n ua l g ra n t of aro un d Rs.4.0 0 cro res. In ad ditio n to the a n n u a l grant of Rs.4.00 crores fro m the G overn ment of A nd h ra Prad esh, the NALSAR fin an c es are the a n n u a l fees an d main sour ce of received fro m

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st u d ents cou rses. MOUs

un d ergo in g u nd ergrad u ate

p o st-gra du a te NALSAR

A noth er sou rce of reven ue is from with different organizations for

proximate educatio n.

NALSAR h as en t ered into sev eral offering

diplom a s/ degrees in different branches of law which a lso

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c o n t r ib u t e to

its fin a n cia l res o u r ces. While

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fu nd in g, in clu din g the cost of co n stru ctio n of th e b uildin g, an d p ro v isio n of oth er facilities, w as mainly by th e S tat e G ov ern ment, NALSAR is req u ir ed , over a p e rio d of time, to b eco me a self-finan cing an d self-suffic ient institution res ea rc h a n d lea rn in g . of

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The fee stru c tu r e for the academ ic yea r 20 11-20 12 of NALSAR co mp ares favourab ly with oth er Law sch o o ls in the co u n tr y. The total fees charg ed by the National Law

sch ools at B h op al, B an galo re an d C alcu l.ta are hig h er th a n NALSAR. While the total fees ch arg ed by NALSAR

(ex clu d ing m ess ch arg es) is R s.1 ,4 8 ,0 0 0 /- per a n n u m , N a tio n a l Law NLIU B hopa l S cho ol, B an galore charg es R s.1 ,72 ,6 0 0 /H o w ev er, NLU and R s.1 ,5 6 ,7 0 0/-, C a lcu tta GNLU

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stud ents, ( wh ich is inherently limited by the fee stru c tu r e in oth er Law sch o ols in the coun try), effectiv e and op tim a l

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utilization of the a v a ila b le fin a n cia l reso u r c es is ess entia l, m o re so a s th e r e are several oth er areas for which fun d s are req u ired b u t ha v e not been allo cated . The very b a sis of co st co ntrol is an efficient system of book keep ing which sh o uld not only be tra n sp a r e nt, . b u t m u st also be efficient a n d u p to d a te to en ab le the ma n a gem ent to identify a r e a s

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lo o p h oles, an d th ereb y m a k e av ailab le fin a n cial reso urces for oth er areas w h ere they are urg ently need ed. Paucity of tim e, a n d th e na tu re of insp ectio n, n ecessitated e m p h a s is being placed on c erta in a rea s of ex p e nditure in stea d of a d etailed ex a m inatio n of the bo oks of a c co u n ts of NALSAR.
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Maintenance of books of accoun ts by NALSAR, during the years 2001-2002 till 2006-2007, was poor and shoddy.

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Officer S h eets,

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N ove m b er, 20 07 . I t is o n l y state m e n ts, and

th e n th a t the large scale disc rep a ncies in the B alan c e In c o m e a n d E x p en d itu re

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the books of a cc o u n ts of NALSAR from 1 9 9 8 -99 till d at e . To com p o und the proble m, the Aud i tor's rep orts record s th at p rop er b o ok s of a cc o u n ts were being k e p t at NALSAR a n d the said a cc ou n ts gave a tr ue a n d fair view, in the c ase of the b ala nce she et, of the state of affairs in

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NALSAR, a n d in the c ase of the in c o m e a nd e x p e nd itur e acc ount, alon g with state m en t of receip ts a nd paym e n ts accou n ts .
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m ai nten a n ce of a cc o u n ts was poor; th e c ash book ha d not the been reconciled with period 20 02 -2006; were the the b a nk p ass book accou ntin g to d u ring w as b ank

syste m the

defective;

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reconcile

tra n sac tio n s up to d a te, a n d at r eg u lar int ervals, to pa s s

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accou n tin g rectifications/ req uired up a ctio n was take n with

entries;

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v ar io u s levels; and there w as failure of th e

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staff in controllin g and keep ing vigil, a n d a c h ec k over receip ts a nd e xp e nditure.

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to iden tify the

e ntrie s in bank

reco nciliation for its

natu re a n d origi n on a time boun d/war footin g basis for the year s 20 0 1 -2 0 0 2 to 20 06 -20 07 . On receipt of the rep ort from the Accounts Officer on 0 7 .0 1 .2 0 0 8 , M /s. R a yasam & A sso ciates, C hartered

A cc ou nta n ts, were app ointed on 0 3 .06 .2 0 08 to cond uct

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while identifying the information telatingjrelevant to the bank transactions which included non-accountin g of cash transactions/cash withdrawals from the bank, in terest on fixed deposits, receipts towards fees, mess charges, and entries relating to dishonoured cheques, they were unable to identiry the natu re of receipts/pa ym ents relating to certain transactions due to lack of sufficient/mismatch of info rmation with the available records. The situation had arisen due to lack of efficient manpower in handling and supervising the accounting system; and that it had materially affected the truth an.d fairness of the accounts of NALSAR.

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C erta in re m e d ial m easu res for the m ainten ance of a cc u rate, au th e ntica te d a n d m e a n in gfu l a cc o u n tin g record s an d in form atio n w ere su g g este d su c h a s:a) Introduction of su ita ble a ccou nting system; b) Proper job allocation for persons m a nn in g th e accountin g syste m; c) Improved supervisory control syste m; d) Structured periodical financial data rep orting; and e) Introduction of Internal Audit etc.

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R s.3 6 ,29 ,3 6 4 .5 0 on the debit side, of

the b o o ks of a dju st ed b ein g

a cc o u n ts of NALSAR was req uired to be p ursua nt p rep ared thereto to after a co n solidated B ank state m en t

reco n ciliatio n. (debit) an d

C o nseq u en t R s.6 6 ,3 6 ,3 69

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(credit) were ad ju sted in the b ooks of a c co u nts of NALSAR d u rin g the financial year 20 08 -09 . A gain and R s.2 9,4 2 ,697 .2 9

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a). As per Ban k reconciliation statem e nt:i). Miscellaneou s expen ses a s per pass book (Dr)
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24,01,573 2,15,624

T h is w a s a d ju s te d in th e a / c s of 2 0 0 8 -0 9 a s u n d e r :i). Miscellaneou s expenditure a s per pass book (Dr)

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ad j u ste d a s m isce llan e o u s e x p e n d itu r e in the boo ks of acc ou n ts. In s u b stan c e, no informatio n is availa ble regarding th e n a tu r e of e xp enditure, for the en t ries reflected in the p a ss
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discrep ancies. In the General Council meeti ng held on 22 .03 .2 0 09 ,

J u s t i c e P. V enkata Rami Reddi raised q uer ies on certaiJ.1 ite m s of revenu e a nd expend itu re sho w n in Audited A cco unts for the year 20 07 -20 08 . The m inu tes of th e s a id m eeting recor ds that U1e exp lanator y note on th ese

q ueries was circulate d to the m em b ers of the General C o u nc il at the meeting; the sa m e was acce pted ; a nd Lhe V ice- C ha nc ell or assu re d the m em b ers th a t he would

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14th meeting of the

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m iscellane ou s exp enditure from

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ACCOUNTANT GENERAL AUDIT

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General.

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P u r s u a n t to th e AG au d it , c on d u c t ed for t h e fin an ci al yea r 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 , th e A cc ou n t a n t G e n e r al r e c o r d s i n h i s r e p or t th a t: I n the execu tion of works of NALSAR, instead of calling for tend ers by open notification through newsp ape rs, tend er s were invited from selected firms; the basis for selectio n of the firms was not made available to audit; even amon g the selected firms, instead of accepting lh e lowest tender of R s.l9 2.4 7 lakh s, NALSAR had accepted the highest tender of R s.2 46.42 lakh s in respect of "Co n stru cti on of H ostel B lo ck, R esid en tia l u n its a n d a llied wo rks" The same meth od had been E lectri ca l Worlcs". Though the by one of the pre-identified firms work was awarded to the high est adopt ed for "Inte rn al low est tend er sub mitted was Rs.27.40 lakh s, the tend er of R s.3 0.6 lakh s.

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Units", had exceed ed Rs.27 ,4 1,3 7 2 /-.

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P u r s u a nt fina n cial year

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R s.27,89,160 / - was paid to the co nsultants of which only R s.2,33,1 97/- was legitimate payment. Thu s, an excess of Rs.25,55,9 6 3 / - was paid to the con sultants. The reply of NALSAR, to the aud it queries, were unacceptable as evidence of preparin g estimates, an d the data relatin g there to, was not there on record. The excess expenditure incurred on execu tion of works, because of works not bein g awarded to the lowest tenderer, was R s.l8.81 lak hs . Though NALSAR had invited tenders, for cons tru ction of the Hostel Blocks and Residen ti al Units, at an estimated cost of Rs. l ,83,4 9,79 6/-, the bid of M /s. Ramky Engg. which was the lowest ten derer @ 1.17% excess over the esti mated cost was not accepted , and the work was awarded to M /s. Asia Engg. Compan y, Secunderabad for R s.2,00,1 1,075/ - @ 9.05 % excess over the estimat ed value. The reason s, for n ot accepting the bid of M / s. Engg., was not available on record. R s.2,6 0, 29,98 3/ - was incu rred on the works, were revised work esti ma t es and completion prepared by NALSAR nor was sanction obtained extra qu antities. Ramky While ne ith er reports for the

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including prescribin g the procedures to be followed by th e auth orities, and the officers of NALSAR, in the discharge of thei r fun ctions. The statutes rela tin g to ad ministrative procedures, and fun ctions of officers of NALSAR, should be made, and approval of the General Cou ncil obtained.
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Receipts and paymen ts accoun ts fo r the years 2004 -200 5 and .2005-200 6 were not from prepa red; one ban k fu nds were to of temporarily transferred were accou nt books

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They also observed th at the following record s were not maintained.

1. Register of Deposits 2. Register of Fixed Assets 3. Register of Investments

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4. Register of Advances Recoverable 5. Stock Registers of Consumables 6. Purch ase Files 7. Service Postage Account 8. Register of maintenance of Quarters 9. Register of stip en ds 10. Budget control Register 11. DCB Register for fees and Mess Charges

In its Audit rep ort for the p eriod 2 006 -07 & 2 0 07 -0 8 the Acco u n ta n t G en eral , am o ng other asp ects, ob served:)
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At the time of furnishing utilization certificate to the UGC some e x p e n d it u re , which was booked und e r S tate Go vernment

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NALSAR h ad not followed the prescribed procedu re for calling of tend ers; all the works were en tru ste d to M/ s Asia

Engineering, Secunderabad on i nvi ting item rate tenders from selected contractor s at an esti mated cost of Rs.923.56 lalchs; and the en tire work "Cons t ru ction of the Teachers Convention Centre" con sis tin g of Groun d Floor, First Floor & T errace Floor at a cost of R s.3,73,7 7, 177/- was e ntru sted on nomin ation basis to M/ s Asia En gineering, Secundera bad.
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The reply of NALSAR was found not acceptable by the A.G. Audit a s NALSAR had not shown detai ls of the tenders called for, and other tender procedures followed by them.

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R s.6 1 .0 0 l a kh s t o w a r d s a r r a n g e m e n t of end ow m ent guest lectures. Out of which only one lecture was arran ged in 2006 07 and no guest lectures were arranged durin g 2007-08. Fu rth er the program mes, under the M.K. Nambya.r Trust, were started only in the year 2009-10 thou gh fun ds were received in 2006-07. When reasons for non arrangement of guest lect ures in 2006-07 and 2007-08, and for issue of lesser nu mber of aw ard s/gold m ed als/sch olarshi ps than the nu mber of

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The A.G. Audit obser ved that NALSAR bad short recovered m ess du es a moun tin g to Rs ..10, 15,2 0 8 / - from the stu d en ts a s again st the actual expenditure incurred durin g the period 20 06 -07 & 20 07 -08.

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B.A.LL.B & LL.M stu d e nts. NALSAR replied that, R s.60.83 lakh s, tuition fees of Rs.43.86 lakh 2006-07 & 2007 -08 was collected in the year 2008-09.

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The A.G. audit obser ved th at NALSAR had not fu rni shed the following record s for the years 2006 -07 &. 200 7-08 1. Register of deposits 2. Register of fixed assets 3. Register of in vest ments 4. Stock registers of con su mables 5. Purchase file s 6. Register of maintenan ce of qu arter s 7 . DCB register for fees and mess charges 8. Register of stores, stock & fu rniture 9 . U.D.P. register 10. Budget control register 11. TA, TIA, LTC bills register

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upd ating, the sam e would be shown to next audit.

T h e AG rep o rts, h er ein ab o v e referre d , refle cts th e d is m al stat e of affairs in the m a int en a n ce of a c co u n ts, a n d ad h ere n c e to ac cep ted ac co u n tin g p ro c ed u r es, by NALSAR. None of th e A.G . A u d it r ep o rts w er e p la ce d b efo re th e

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PROJECT ACCOUNTS

From its incep tio n till date, NALSAR h a s u n de rtak en 2 6 p r oje c t s e n tr u sted to it by the Govern ment of India, the G overn m ent of A nd hra T;'radesh, the Ford F o un dalion,

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Inte r na tion al Labou r O rga nizat ion a nd ot he r s. O ut of th ese 26 projects, 19 p r ojects have been

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co m p lete d, a nd the ot her 7 are in progres s. The a cc o u n ts of these projects are m aintai ne d
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NALSAR. The fu n ds received from project is credited in exp en ditu re

the sp o n so r s of the

NALSAR's b a nk acc ou n t, a nd the project is paid

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inc urred to wards the

NALSAR from ou t of these fun ds.

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D etails of the p roject e xp e nditure are not reflected in the a n n u al fin a n cial state m en t s of NALSAR, nor de tails b r o ug h t to the notice of either the are su c h Fin an ce

C o m m ittee or the G eneral C ou ncil of NALSAR.

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b ala nc e she et of NALSAR merely reflects the o u tstan din g a gainst the projects i.e.,

total the

am ount

o u tstan din g a m o u n t yet to be sp e n t, from

o u t of the the

a mo unts receive d un der eac h p roject, is sho w n in sch ed ule to the b ala nc e she et , a nd the

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o u tstan din g a m o u n t, of all the projects to gether, sho w n on the liabilities side of the Balance sh e et.
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pr oject, is not reflected in the inco m e a nd e xp e nd iture a cc ou n t of NALSAR.

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following five proje cts, details of the e xp e nd itu re incu rre d in relation to each project, has neither b een recor de d m the p r oject a cc ou nts of NALSAR, nor are th e bills of

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1. Ministry of Environ mental and infrastructure facilities

R s.7,6 6,69 8 Rs.1,56,557 Rs.6,39,7 87 R s.3,47,330 Rs.4, 16,090

2. International La bou r Organizatio n 3. Judicial Process Review Project 4. Ministry of HRD copy rights
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Th ou gh utilization ce rtifi cat es have been se nt on completion of certain projects, to the concerned M inistry/ sponsor, t he accoun t s of these projects have not yet been finalised on the ground th at bills, and other details regardin g payments m ade, have not yet been made available to t he Accounts Department by the Co-

ordin at or s of these projects. Details of these projects are: 1) Centre for Good Governance Legal Frame work for effec tive R edressal 2) Preparation of new Rent Control Law
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P ro . S l. P r o f. R a n bi La ks h m i n a No Na me of t h e p r o j e c t r Singh th M i ni str y of E n vi r o n m e nt al a nd 2 5000 30000 1. " n f r a st r u c t u r e a c i li ti e s n te r n a tio na l uabo ur 30000 2. p r ga ni zati o n l!'_roject !Ce n t r e fo r G o o d 3. 82000 157000 !G o v e r na n c e o tal 137000 187000 P r o f. Sr idha r A c h ary ul u D r. N. Va s a n t hi

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P r o f. K a lp a n a Ka n n a bira n , w h ose hon orarium

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m e m b ers,

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trainin g progra m mes a nd con su lta n c y wo rks, it was proposed to give the m the benefit involved in th ese activities, a nd to di strib ute the de d u cting all e x p e n se s as un d e r: net sav in gs afte r

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Research Projects Trainin g Progra m m e s C on sulta nc y a) Ins titution al b) Individu a l

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T his p rop osal was accep te d by the E xecutive C ou ncil in its m e eti ng held on 0 8 .0 3.2 0 0 8 . R esolutio n read s a s u n der: The Execu tive Council

Item N o.13 D istrib utio n of a m o u nt re c eived in co nsu lta ncy I re searc h pr o jec ts/ tra inin g prog ra m m e s e tc .
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Exec utive C o u ncil da te d Facult y

C ha ncellor, R egistrar and

m e m be r s of NALSA R we re taking away the e n ti r e s u r p lu s in the se pr oje cts, w itho ut shari ng i t with NALSAR. While

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reflects t he total ho norariu m paid u n d e r the p roject, the b r eak u p of the h o n o r ari u m /ex ce ss of income over project e xp e nditu r e p aid to the pr oj ec t D ir ecto r/ Co-ord in ato r

(either the Vice C ha ncellor, R egistrar or facu lty m em be r of NALSAR) is not sho w n in s u ch T his i nfor m ation is also not Cou ncil of NALSAR. u t ilization cer tifica te s. th e G en eral

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e xp e nd iture p aid to the cor:cerned project D irector. T h oug h the a m ou n t san ction e d fo r Lhe six projects below m ention ed has b een rece ived by NALSAR, in its en tirety, ) no project exp end iture details are a va ilab le for th ese projects:

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RECIPIENTS

HONORARIUM
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Prof. Ranbir Singh (Form er Y..C.) Prof. Veer Sin gh V .C ) Prof.Gh ansh yam Singh, (Former Registrar) Prof.K.V.S. Sarma, (Former Registrar) Prof. M. Sridh ar Acharyulu (P re sen t Registrar) Dr. K.V.K. S a n th y Dr. V a san th i (P resent

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concerned org an ization thro ugh NALSAR; after in currin g all ex p enditu re on ex ecution and co mp letion of the project, if a n y su rp lu s is left, the sa m e shall be sh ared by NALSAR and the research tea m in the proportion of 40 :60; in case
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sh a r es of the consultant a nd NALSAR in the su r p lu s is to be in the ratio of 7 0 :3 0 a s per the Executive Cou ncil resolution dated 8.3 .20 08; the r esearch p roject grant is not

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T his p rob le m ca n be ob viated if the project

co o rd in a to r is id e ntified at the o u ts et, a n d the p ercentag e w h ich the faculty memb er would be entitled to as sh ar e o f the p ro fits is stip u la ted even b efore co m m en cement of th e p roject research w o rk.

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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R anbir

S ing h w ent ab ro a d on six o c ca sio n s, d u rin g the period 2 0 0 3 -0 4 to 2 0 0 7 -0 8 , to co un tries like United Kingdo m, C an ada, Sin g ap ore, E g ypt, Mala s ia a n d C h in a , his flight ch arg es an d p erd ie m ch arg es was p aid by NALSAR. Except

for the trip to Sin g ap o re an d C ana d a, for which he was paid by the Ford F o u n d ation, the tota l a m o u nt in cu rr ed by

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For his foreign travel, he was paid NALSAR.

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the loss in cu rred by NALSAR, on a cco u nt of fluctuation s in foreign ex ch ange, for the ad van ce tak en by Prof. Veer Sin gh ha s not been recov ered from him till d a le. The exp enditu re in c u rr e d by NALSAR to ward s the foreign travel expenses of Prof. Veer Sing h is a s u n d er:Visa charges Perdiu m charges Loss borne by NALSAR because of fluct uations In foreign exch an ge Rs. 7012 -00 Rs. L,38,294-00 Rs. 8 ,5 59 -00

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reg ard s p a y m ent of daily allo wan ce for tho se who a b r o a d to attend co nferences etc.

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The q u estio n is not wh ether the Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR h a s been paid excessively for his inter n atio na l trav el but w heth er th ere are any sys tem s in p lace to decide w h eth er or not the foreign travel of the Vice-Cha ncellor is in the in t erests of NALSAR; w hether he sh o u ld travel

ab roa d; if so who sho u ld gra n t per miss ion ; a n d , if he is so

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p ermitted, wh ether it is NALSAR or the Vice-C han cellor himself who shou ld bear the entire ex p endi t ure. The Leave Regulations, for tea ch ers of NALSAR, was approv ed by the Executive Council of NALSAR in its

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meeting held on 1 3 .11.1 999.

Reg ulation 4 of the s aid

Leave R eg ulations prescribes "duty leave" a n d , u n d er s u bregu lation (1) thereof, "duty leave" may be granted for

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attend in g con f erences, co ngresses, symp osia an d sem ina r s on behalf of the University, or with t he p ermission of th e University. Under sub -reg ula tion (ii) , the du ra tio n of this leave sh ou ld be su ch a s may be considered necessary by ) the san ction i ng au tho rity on each o ccasion . Part 13 of the Leave Regulations specifies the authorities co mp eten t to

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sanctio n leave a n d , un der clau se (3) thereof, the Executive C oun cil is the au thority co mp etent to sa n ctio n any type of leave oth er tha n ca su al leave/ sp ecial leave to the Vicech ancellor an d the Registra r. C lau se (4) en ab les the Vicechan cellor to avail casu al l.eave or specia l ca su al leav e u n d er intim atio n to the C hancellor. As " duty leave" is a

leave, oth er t h an casual leave/ sp ecial casual leave, the erst w h ile a n d the present Vice-chan cellors cou ld have

travelled a broad on duty leave only a fter ob tainin g p n o r sanctio n of the Executive C ou ncil. The word 'san ction' can only mean p rio r ap p roval, a n d not su b seq u ent ratification.

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In an y ev en t both the erstwhile and Executive Cou ncil nor has the

the present ViceExecutive Cou ncil

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C h a n cello rs ha ve neith er o b ta in ed pr ior san ct ion from th e subseq uently ratified their foreign trips . The period of the Vice-Chancellor's absence fro m

d u t y , d u r in g the period of his foreign Lravel, is tr ea le d a s

"on duty" leave a n d , for the said period, NALSAR p ays him

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sa la ry a n d oth er p erq uisiles a s if he is on duty.

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w ritten p ermission or app rova l of eithe r the C han cellor or the Executive Coun cil of NALSAR h a s not been ob tain ed for any of the foreign trips of both Lhe erstw hile and th e present V ice-chan cellor.
(e) ADVERTISEMENT EXPENSES

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While the advertisemen:ts given by NALSAR may hot have a b ea rin g on its being rated by "ludia Today" as the b e st, or the secon d b est, law scho ol in the c o un t ry, w hat is of co n ce rn is th e needless an d w astefu l exp end itu re incu rred in this regard.
"In d ia - Today", Ju ly 18Lh 2 0 1 1 issu e, ca rries details of

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the " India Today - Neilson" survey of Lhe L 10 law colleg es op in the country amon g who m NALSAR, H yderab ad is sho w n a s No.1. C urio usly, the very sa m e iss u e ca rries a one page ad vertisemen t by NALSAR.

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Ever ) since 2 0 0 6 -0 7 , NALSAR ha s The b e en issu in g a d v e r tis e m e n t s in
"India Today" .

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inv ariab ly, ap p ear in the very sa m e issu e in which the top 10 or 2 5 law colleg es in Ind ia are ra ted. For the year 2 0 0 6 07, "India-Toda y" issue dated 5.6.2006 carries an impa ct feature of two p ages. For th is a d vertisem en t fea ture, NALSAR p aid R s.8.00 lakh s, (R s.7.91,6 3 6 after ded u cting TDS), vide C hequ e N o.24 1452 dated 1 3 .6.2 0 0 6.
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is s u e lists th e top 10 law colleges in the co u n try a m o ng who m NALSAR i s rated as N o .1 .

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the y ea r

2 0 0 7 -08, " Iudia Today" is su e dat ed im p a ct fea lu re of two p a ges, a n

4 .6 .2 0 07 ca rries a n

adv ertise ment given by NALSAR. T his imp act fea tu r e is in

the very sa m e issu e in which the top 25 colleg es in th e co u ntry are listed a m o n g w ho m NALSAR is ra n ked N o .2. R s.8 ,5 0,0 0 0 / -, (R s.8 ,4 0,369 j- after TDS ded uction), was

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p a id by ch eq ue N o.34 602 4 dated 2 0 .6 . 2 0 07 . The "India Today" iss u e d a ted 2 .6 .2 0 0 8 lists th e top 2 5 colleg es in th e co untry w herein NALSAR is s h o w n a s No.1 . The very sa m e is su e ca r ries a one page adv ertisem ent given by NALSAR for w hich R s.3,6 0,00 0 / -, ( Rs.3, 5 1,8 4 2/ - after d edu cting TDS), was paid vide C h eq ue N o .2620 28 d ated 1.1 0 .2 0 0 8 .

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c h a r g e s by NALSAR, (R s.3,4 6,0 34 after d ed uctin g TDS), vide C h eq u e N o.26 5 666 dated 2 5 .7 .2 0 0 9 . For the year 2 0 1 0 -11 , "India Today" 1s su e d a t d 10 law colleges in the co untr y

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2 8 .6 . 2 0 1 0 rate s the top

a m o ngst w h o m NALSAR is ra n k ed a s No.2. The very sa m e is su e c a rr ie s a one page ad v ert isem e nt given by NALSAR for w hich Rs.3,5 0,0 0 0 I- was p aid, (l s .3 ,4 3 ,0 0 0 I- after

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d ed uctin g TDS), vide C h eq u e N o.90 28 16 dated 1 0 .8 .2 0 1 0 . We are info r m ed th at, u n lik e NALSAR, the National Law Schoo l, B angalore do es not in c ur s u ch n eed l ess

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ad vertisem en t ex p en d itu r e.
(f) ADVANCES GIVEN TO FACULTY MEMBERS

T ard y m a inten an ce of a c co u nts is b est reflected b y the fa ct tha t a m o u n ts given a s a d v a n c e , to th e fa cu lt y m e m b ers of NALSAR, hav e n eith er been ad va n ce tak en by the m, accou n ted recov ered fro m The to ta l

the m nor h a s the ex p en d iture in cu rr ed , p u rsu a nt to the for.

o u tsta n din g a m o u n t, giv en a s a d v a n ce to faculty m e mb ers,

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a s on 3 .7 .2 0 1 1 is R s.4,7 5 ,680 I --

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given to the erstwhile Vice-Chancellor a nd Reg istrars have still not been recov ered, nor the ex p en d itu re in c u rred in

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relation to su ch a d v a n c e acco un ted for, tho ugh they left the services of NALSAR more th a n th ree years ago. The adv an ce given to Prof. La ksh m inath , erst wh ile R egistrar of NALSAR, of R s.25,5 001 - on 1 5 .7 .20 05 is still sh o w n a s o u tsta n d in g. Likewise the adv ance given to Prof. Ranbir Singh (former Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR) of

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R s.3 7 ,4 6 8 -2 0 ; Prof. G han sh ya m Si ng h (former Registrar of NALSAR) of R s.l8 ,6 2 9 I-; Ms. GOK Sa n d h ya of Rs.2 0 ,0 0 0 I, M ls. K alp a na K an n ab ira n of R s.4 3 20 I - etc., are still s h o w n a s o u tsta n d in g . Rs.7 0 0 0 I-, sh o w n a s o u tsta n d ing from Prof. M .Sreedh aracharyu lu, is for the advan ce tak e n by him in May and S eptemb er 20 06 nearly five years ago.
(g) NALSAR PROXIMATE EDUCATION

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NALSAR

Prox imate

Ed u catio n

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distan ce education div isio n of NALSAR, was sta rted in the year 200 1. Proxima te edu cation in clu d es co nd u ct of

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c la s s e s for impartin g ed ucation , alon g wi th web b ased learnin g an d in tera ctio n . Pro offe r s are :
(a) Post-g raduate diploma in Palenls law;

The p rogra mcs which NALSAR

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(b) P ost-gradu ate diplom a in Cyber laws; (c) P o st-gradu ate d iplo m a in Media laws; a n d (d) P ost-gradu ate law d iplo m a in In tern ation al h u m a n ita rian

The dip lo ma courses are for a d u ratio n of one year In ad dition to th e Post-g rad u a te diplo m a co u rses (co ntact programmes) offered by NALSAR Pro, agreeme n ts have b een en tered C en ter into between NALSAR and (1) International of A lternative Disp ute R esolution

(ICADR); (2) National Academy of Direct

T axes, (NADT), M anageme n t Managemen t

Nagpur; (3) Institu t e of Insu ran ce an d Risk (IIRM); (4) In stitu te of Applied Aviation

(IAAM); a n d (5 ) C ontractors D ev elop ment In stitut e (CD!), a

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c o n s titu e n t u n it of the National Academy of C o n structio n (NAC). Lack of un iformity in the term s a nd co ndition s of the M e mo ra nd u m of U nders ta nd ing e nter ed into with th ese bodies, in relation to profits the w hich fees to be charged, entitled the to,

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p erc en ta g e of

NALSAR is

in sp ectio n a n d a u dit of bo oks of accou n ts etc, im mediate correct ion .

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While p er missio n for the four po st-gra d uate dip lo m a

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(D ista nce Edu cation) co urses offered by NALSA R Pro is said to have b een soug ht for from, an d tem p o rarily

granted by, the Na tion al Council for D ista n ce E d ucatio n,

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no ap p rov al is sa id to have been so u g h t for, let alon e b eing gra nted , to a n y of the other dista n ce ed uca tio n co urses offered by NALSAR in collaboratio n with IIRM, CDI, IAAM etc.

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In collab o ration with ICADR, NALSAR o ffers a p ost-

grad uate dip lo ma co u rse in A lternate D isp ute R esolution (both as a r egu la r co u r s e a n d by way of distan ce

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ed u ca tion), a nd a p o st-g ra d uate d ip lo m a in Family Disp ute R esolution. While ICADR co n d u cts these co urse s, the involved in teachin g . Th e

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faculty of NALSAR is also

ex a min ation pap ers for these co u rses are set an d v alued b y the teachin g faculty of NALSAR. NALSAR, who tak e classes for the co u rs es at ICADR , are paid The tea ch in g fa c u lty of po st-gradu ate dip lo m a by ICADR .

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ho n orariu m

H o wev er pap er se tti.n g and p aper eva lua tio n fees are p aid to these fa c ulty me mb ers by NALSAR from the ex am ination fees co llected from students un dergoing the pos t-gra d u ate d iplo ma cou rses . U n d e r the mem o ra n du m of un ders t an din g, between NALSAR a n d ICADR da ted 2 4 .0 3.1 9 9 9, it was ag reed tha t ) NALSAR would be p aid 20% of the total tuitio n an d o th er fees collected by ICADR; a nd the Rs.l,OOO/ -,
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collected by

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ex a m in atio n . ICADR ha s all alon g b een furnishing a list of stu d ents w ho join ed the dip lo ma courses co ndu cted by

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th e m , a n d

h a s b e en rem itting certa in a m o u n ts sa id to

rep resent 20 % of the tuitio n an d oth er fee s. The books of a c co u n ts of ICADR have nev er b een subjected to

ex a min atio n by NALSAR to verify a n d a scerta in w h eth er 20% of the t uitio n a n d oth er fees collected by I CADR, ap d w h ich is d u e a n d p aya b le to NA LSAR, ha s b een rem itted or not. NALSAR offers a po st- gra d uate d egree in tax ation a n d

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busin ess la w s in collaboration with the N ation al A cadem y of D irect T ax es, N agp ur. IRS tra in e es u n d erg o a 16 mo n th train in g p ro gra m m e at th e N atio n al A cad e m y of Direct

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T ax es (NADT), Nagpur.

A mong the co u rses, w hich form

p ar t of the tra in ing p ro g ra m m e, the b usin ess law co urses (m o d u les 1 a n d 2) are h a nd led , a n d a p o st-gra du ate d eg ree in tax atio n a n d b usin ess la w s is aw a rd ed, by NALSAR. T he m e m o ra nd u m and NALSAR of und ersta nd ing req uires the b etwe en NADT, Nagpur to pay the la tte r

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fo rm er

R s.1 0 ,0 0 0 /- per stu d e n t for the sa id p ost-grad u ate d egree co u rse. F ro m ou t of th is a m o u nt of Rs.lO,OOO/ -, NALSAR is r eq u ir e d to incu r flight ch arg es, an d pay hon orariu m for tho se of its facu lty m e m b ers who ta k e c la ss es at NADT.

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p o st-grad uate

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collaboration with ICADR, and the po st-g ra d u ate d egree course offered in collaboration with NADT N a gp ur , is sup ervised by NALSAR-Pro. While the serv ices of Prof. K.V.S. S a r m a , Prof. M. S rid ha r A ch a ryu lu an d Prof. V.

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B a la k ista Reddy have been utilized for the lCADR co u rses, Prof. Veer Singh (Vice-Chancellor), Prof. M. S rid ha r

A charyu lu, Prof. K.V.S. Sarm a, Prof. Vijendra ku mar, Prof. Vidyulatha Reddy, Prof. Shafi, Prof. P.B. S h a nk a r Rao a nd
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Insurance R eg u latory an d D ev elop ment A u thority of India (IRDA) a n d 06 .01.2009 . the G overn ment of And hr a Prad esh), on

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U n d er the said MOU with IIRM the profits

an d lo sses of the v en tures t ak en up are req uired to be shared eq u ally b etween NALSAR an d ll RM a fter meeting a ll item s of ex p en diture. A sup plem en ta ry MOU was en tered into on 02 .0 2.2 01 0 p rescrib ing the modu s operandi acco u ntin g for the venture. of

NALSAR a w a rds a p o st-

gra d uate d eg ree in cap ital mark ets an d fin an cial services in collaboration with IIRM. The fees, for the said post-

gra d u ate d egree co urse, is collected, an d the a c co u nts

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NALSAR.

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Veer

Sin gh

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ch a n c ellor) , Prof. K.V.S. Sa rma, Prof. M. Sridh ar A charyulu a n d Prof. M. Vijendra Ku mar have asso ciated t h e m selv es with this v entu re. NALSAR offers a M asters degree in Law of Finan cial S e rv ices and C ap it al Ma rkets (ML-FS
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collaboration prog ram me of NALSAR an d IIRM. Sin gh (Vice C ha n cellor) , Prof. R egistrar)
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K.V.S.Sarma Ku mar have

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D r.Vijend er

h o n orariu m from D uring the year

IIRM for co n d u ctin g classes ther ea t. 2 0 10 -1 1 they rec eiv e d R s.3 3 0 0 0 /-, R s.200 0 1-, Prof. M. Prof. V.

R s.2 6 0 0 0 / - a n d Rs.12 0 0 0 / - resp ect ively a s h o nora riu m. They also received co n veyance charg es of

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R s.450 0 /- an d R s.2 5 0 0 / - e c h resp ectively. a S rid h a r Acha r y ulu receiv ed R s.29 86/an d

B ala k ista Reddy received Rs.3 6 9 0 f- to w ard s p ap er setting an d e valuation charg es fro m IlRM. By his p ro ceed ing s d a ted 18 .8 .2 0 1 1 , the Co-ord in a tor of IIRM info rmed this C o m mittee that the d egree/ dip loma

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certifica tes issu ed to su cc essf ul stu d ents, offered th roug h the MoU between NALSAR an d IIRM, may be aw ard ed

un d er the seal of NALSAR U niversity with a m ention ma d e pro m in en tly, at an a p p rop riate p la c e, t ha t th e

D egree/Diplo m a is being awarded in co ll a bora tion with

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NALSAR ca n a wa rd a po stgra du ate d eg ree , IIRM can n ot.

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Sh o win g th eir na me in the Degree C ertificate, let alone pro minently, would be improp er. NALSAR also offers a p o st-gra du ate dip lo m a co u rse m Aviation Law, p u rsu a nt to a m e m o ra n d u m of u n d erstan d in g entered into with the In stitut e of Applied

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A viatio n M anag em ent (IAAM) on 0 1 .1 2 .2 0 0 8 .

The said

MoU with IAAM req uired it to pay 20% of the net profits to NALSAR a s ro ya lty. The term s of the said agreement were

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modified by mu tu al ag ree m en t on 30 .0 1.2 0 10 an d, fro m the sessio n 2 0 1 0-20 11 , NALSAR an d IAAM ag reed to th e p rof its/su rp lu s after ex cluding all

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ex p en ses in cu rred for the joint program me I courses. T his po st-graduate dip lo ma co urse is offered ed u ca tio n pro g ra m m e w h ich in c lu d es a s a d is ta n c e two ro u n d s of

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s em in a r cla ss es. NALSAR h a s a gr e e d to IAAM collectin g all pa y ment,

for ap plication for ms an d fees for the course, w hich ran ge from R s.500 to R s.5 0,00 0 . NALSAR ou g ht to have collected su ch a m o u nts in st ea d of p ermitting IAAM to do so. NALSAR ex ercises no control over the ex p enditu re in c u rred by IAAM. The MOU do es not even enab le NALSAR to have

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the bo oks of IAAM verified by its a c co u n ts staff or au dited by in d ep en d en t a u d itor s. No info r m ation h as NALSAR till da te. been fu rnish ed by IAAM to

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The a c co u n ts statem en ts for this joint

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p ro g ra m m e, said to be m aint ain ed by IAAM, have not been fu rnished desp ite this co m m ittee 's rep eated r eq u e sts th a t d eta ils of the exp en diture in c:urred , a nd th e a m ou n t p q id a s h o n o ra riu m /p a p er s etting a n d p a p er ev a lu a tion c h a rges to the faculty of NALSAR, be mad e availab le for ve rifica tion.

A cop y of a fo rtnig h tly ca lle d "Mumbai One" ca r rie s a n ad vertisem ent issu ed by IAAM t e r m ed a s interested
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notification 2011-2012", w h ereund er were a ske d to pay R s. 50 0 / - by way IAAM p a ya b le at C a lic u t.

D.D. in favou r of

For further d etails, they w ere 1s t Floo r,

a sk ed to co nta ct the office of IAAM a t No.6,

Kamala Niwas, N.C. Kelka r Marg, Dadar (W), M u mbai -

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4 0 0 02 8. Finan cial infor m a tio n , both with reg ards IAAM's rev en u e a n d ex p en d iture , is not forth co m in g a n d a ll

infor m atio n co n cernin g IAAM is s h rou d ed in my stery. It is difficu lt to fath o m why NALSAR s h o u ld a sso c iate itself with a p riv a te in stitutio n w h o se an le c e d en ts a n d cr ed ib ilit y a re u n k n o w n . The collabora tion MoU en tered into by NALSAR w ith IAAM, in o u r view, n eed s reco nsid era tion .

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co n stitu en t u n it of the National Academy of C onstru ctio n (NAC) w h ich is m a na g ed by the Builders Asso ciation of In dia (BAI) - A.P. C entre. A mo n g tho se b eing train ed a t A g ra d u a te

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CDI in clud e p riv ate co ntractors and build e rs.

dip lo m a co u rse in law of co ntra ct a d m in ist ratio n , a n d real estate m a na g e m e n t for a d u r a tion of one year is offered by NALSAR in collab oratio n w ith CDI. The MoU also

en v isa g es a P.G. dip lo m a co u rse, in law of in fra stru ctu re a n d d isa ste r m a n a g e m en t, of one offered to stu d e n ts . year d u rat io n being While NALSAR is entitled to offer

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d ista n ce ed u ca tio n co u rses in su b jects rela ted to "Law'', we see no rea so n for it to en ter into co llab o ratio n with p rivate or sem i-p riv ate institutio ns in offerin g dip lo ma co ur s es.

How su ch co llab oratio n is beneficial to the Univers ity is n ot kn o wn . T here is a real da n g er of NALSAR's rep u tatio n

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being adversely affect ed by su c h colla bora tion more so a s NALSAR hardly ex ercises a n y ad ministrativ e or fina n cial co n tro l on its co llab oratio n p a rtn er.
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M AS TERS IN B US INES S LAWS AND ADMINISTRATION

NALSAR
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n otification

dated

7.8.2 01 1,

sev eral dailies, inviting ap p lications for a two years full

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M asters

D egree

course m

B u sin ess

Laws

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A d ministration (MBLA).

T h ou gh aro und 50% of the said

co urse relates to "manag em en t", approv al of the All In d ia Council for T echn ical Edu cation (AICTE), a statuto ry b ody u n d er
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All India Cou ncil for T echn ical Ed u cation

A ct,1 98 7 has not been ob tained for c o n d u ct i n g s u c h a co urse. It is ev id ent, from its "application and prospectus", th a t from am o n g st the for the
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sub jects, w hich form the cu rricu lu m "Principles of

first sem ester, three sub jects, i.e.,

Management; Business Communication all{/ Soft Skills; and Business Economics", are not related to law; are beyond the core )
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an d fall foul of the ob jects for As NALSAR was

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establish ed to achieve the ob jects sp ec ified in Sectio n 4 of the NALSAR Act, it ca nn ot v e ntu re into a r ea s or tea c h

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sub je cts oth er tha n law, and any su c h enter p rise would be ultravires the NALSAR Act. Likewise, in S em ester Il, three sub jects i.e., "Organizational Behaviour aud l-Junum Resources Management; Financial Accounting and Jl!Jauagement Accounting; and Business Statistics and Quantitative Techniques", have little rela tion to "law".
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se m e sters. The sub jects p rescrib ed for the "Financial

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Management, Marl,eting Management

Brand Building, and Business Strategy aud Policy" , w h ich are n o t sub jects related to "law". Likewise, in the
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Information Technology and Electronic Commerce; (2) C01porate Govemance and Business Ethics; and (3) Operational Management" .

While the dip lo ma co urses offered by NALSAR Pro or the dip lo ma course offered in collaboration with NADT are, at lea st, rela ted to law, 50% of the syllab u s of the two year

MBLA degree course offered by NALSAR h a s ha rd ly a n y co nnection with law.

COLLATERAL BENEFITS TO FACULTY MEMBERS

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Prof. V.C. V ivekan an dan who joined NALSAR a s a visiting faculty, in the scale of pay of an A ss ociate Professor on 1st Ju ly 2 0 0 1 , was ap p o in ted a s P rof esso r (Proximate educatio n) on 11 .10 .2 0 0 6 . He was sub seq uently

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Ministry of Human Resources Develop ment, Govern ment of Ind ia with effect from 1.2 .2 0 0 8 by p roceedin gs d ated 3 .7 .2 0 0 8 . He was d esig n ated a s Coordinator-NALSAR Pro, a n d HRD C hair Professor of IPR , by proceedings of the V ice-C ha n cellor dated 7.5 .2 01 0, and was asked to

d isch a rge h is d u ties as C o o rdin ator in NALSAR pro fro m the City office three d a ys in a week, an d to deliver lectu res for LL.M., a n d B.A.,LL.B. (Ho nou rs) courses at Sh a m e erp et ca m p u s on oth er Week da ys. In addilion to h is mo nth ly

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office th r e e d a y s in a week; deliver lectu r es for LL.M., a n d B.A., LL.B., co u rse s a n d to work a s C enter H ea d , C ent er for IPR a t NALSAR S h a m irp et ca m p u s for the r em a inin g week da ys. In ad d itio n to his m o n th ly r e m u n e r a tio n a s R s.80 0 0 I- an d

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P ro fessor of law, Prof. M. S r ee d ha ra cy a ry u lu w a s a ls o p a id a fixed ho n o ra riu m of co nv e yan ce of Rs.5000 I- per

m o n th for h is serv ic es as C o ordina tor, As C o-ordin ator, H u ma n Reso u r ce s

H u m a n R esou rces.

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Professor M. Srid h ar A ch ary u lu was p er mitted to fu n ctio n fro m the NALSAR city office t ree da ys a w e ek . H o w e v er, on his relin q uishin g the p o sitio n of C o-ordin ato r, H u ma n

R esources on A ugu st I st, 2 0 1 1 , a s he w a s a p p o in te d a s R eg istrar of NALSAR, Prof. M. Sridh ar A charyu lu is no w

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r esid in g at NALSAR, S ha m eerp et ca m p u s, a n d is no long er dischargin g his fun ction s from the city office of NALSAR. While R s.7 5 ,0 0 0 /the per Vice C hancellor p lu s of NALSAR is a nd sp ecial paid pay;

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Professors and A sso ciate Professors of NALSAR are fixed in the pay scale of Rs.37 ,40 0-67 ,0 00 . Ln ad ditio n th e y are paid DA, HRA, TA, DA on TA an d special pay, AGP e tc. The total ) pay p ack et of the Vice-C han cello r, an d olh er Professors of NALSAR, for the mo nth of , July, 201 1, were:
1) Prof. Veer Singh , Vice Chancellor 2) Prof. Amith a Dand a 3) Prof. K.V.S. Sar m a 4) Prof. M. Sreedh aracharyulu 5) Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan 6) Prof. Vijend er Ku mar 7) Prof. Balakista Reddy
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from NALSAR, certain faculty m e m b ers of NALSAR have been p aid ho n orariu m an d oth er fees from NALSAR Pro, IIRM, ICADR a n d NADT, Nagpur. For the y e ars 20 0 8 -09 to 2010 - 11, the follo wing a m o u n ls were received by the

faculty of NALSAR.

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Na me of the Pro fe ssor P ro f. V e e r S i n g h P r o f. M . S r i d h a r A c h ar y ul u P r o f. V . C . V i v e k a n a n d a n (w hi c h i ncl ude s a su m of R s. 4 ,8 9 , 0 0 0 I relata bl e to y ear 2 0 0 7 0 8 re ceived in the y ear 2 0 0 8 -0 9) P r o f. V ije n d e r K u m a r V . B a l a k i st a P r o f. R eddy D r. K . V i d y ul lat ha Reddy D r . N . V a sa n t h i D r.K .V .K .S a nth y D r .T. R a g h a v e n d r a R a o P r o f. K.V.S .S a r m a P r o f. P. B . S h a n k a r R a o M r .S .N . A .S h af i M r .S a u r a b h B h a rt h i M s. N e h a P at ha k J i

H O N O R AR I U M H O N O R AR I U M H O N O R AR I U M 2 00 8-0 9 2 00 9-1 0 2 0 1 0- 1 1 15000 75500 116286 71905 280096 1078120 247925 459800

TO TA L 9 0,5 Q Q _ 4,6 8,2 8 7 1 7,8 5 ,8 4 5

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HONORARIUM FR OM IAAM

In the ab sen ce of any information from IAAM it is not ) k n o w n w h eth er any faculty memb er of NALSAR has receiv ed ho norariu m, or exa min a t ion p a p er settin g a n d evalua tion fees, from the said instilutio n. We were

infor m ed that Prof. V. B ala kista Reddy is invol ved in th e program mes being conducted jointly by NALSAR an d IAAM.

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RENTED BUILDING

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distan ce ed ucatio n co urses an d, ex cept for a few co ntact classes, the entire program me is web b ased, the en tire grou nd floor of a b u ilding at H yd erg u da in H yd erabad h a s been ta k en on r en t by NALSAR. h a s now
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infor m ed that the office, h ith erto loca ted at B arka tp ura , b een shifted to the rented premises to en ab le prosp ective s tu d e n ts obtain il).formation regarding, and pay fees for, the various courses offered by NALSAR PRO.

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not have to pay ren t. For the p res ent city office located a t 3 -5-8 7 4 /1 8 , H y d ergu da, three sep a rate lea se d e ed s d a ted 01 .0 4.2 0 1 0 were entered into for lease of the grou nd, first an d second floors of the said p remises. While the rent for the grou n d floor, includ ing charg es for fu r n itu r e a n d fix u res, is R s.7 0 ,00 0 /- per mo nth; rent for the first floo r, includin g furnitu re cha r ges, is Rs .6 5 ,00 0 I- ; a n d the ren t for the second floor is lik e wise for a su m of R s.6 5 ,00 0 /-. While the first an d second floo rs are utilised for co nd u ctin g the ML (FS & CM) courses jointly offered by NALSAR a n d IIRM, the grou n d floor is utilized exclusively by NALSAR Pro. The rent paid for the ci ty office b u ildin g at Hyd ergu da

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450000 205000

2400000 8 4 0 0 00

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2 0,6 0,0 0 0

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providing info rmatio n to p rospective st u d e n ts, sin ce th es e two floo rs are o ccu p ied for courses offered in colla bor ation with IIRM. The d ista n c e ed u ca tio n c o ur s es offered by

NALSAR Pro ca n be condu cted fro m NALSAR S ha m ee r pet ca mp us. T his w o uld also hav e facilitated sen ior facult y m e m b ers s u ch a s Prof. V.C. V iv ek a n a n d a n a n d Prof M. S rid h a r A chary u lu to fu n ction fro m the S ha m eerp et

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ca m p u s of NALSAR ther eb y en ab lin g u n d ergra d u ate a nd p o st-g r a d u a te s tu d e n ts in the ca m p u s to h a v e th e benefit of their gu id a n c e on all week da ys instea d of two d ays in a

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week. (first an d s eco n d S atu rd a ys of ea ch mo nth b eing holiday s). It wo u ld also en able NALSAR to cu t do w n o n

w a stef u l ex p en d itur e b ein g in c u rr ed to w a r d s m o n th ly r en t

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E d u cation to h a n dle D ista n ce E d u catio n co u rses.

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m a n d a tes th a t dista n ce ed u ca tio n co u rse s sh o u ld n eit h er be o u tso u rc ed n o r sh o u ld it be fran ch ised . T h e net inco m e of NALSAR Pro is alon e reflected in th e inco m e a n d ex p e n d itu r e a cco u n ts of NALSAR. Th e

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h o n orariu m p aid to facul ty me mb ers of NALSAR, or th e fees paid to the m for paper se tting an d p ap er ev aluatio n , is not sho w n sep a rately but is in c lu d ed u n d er the h ead "contact classes" . For the y ea r 2 0 0 8-0 9 , S c h ed u le 2 1 of t h e B ala nce S h ee t reflects the receipts fro m NALSAR Pro.
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NALSAR Pro.

to w a rd s "contact classes" of NALSAR Pro, for th e y ea r s 20 0 809 a n d 2 0 0 9 -1 0 , a r e a s un d e r: 20 08 -0 9 Rs .38 ,6 3,9 1 9 Rs .3 2,8 5 ,15 0 / -

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The differen ce betw ee n inco m e a nd ex pe nditure of NALSAR Pro is alo ne r eflected u n d e r the head "N A LSA R P ro E d uc a tio n (net inc om e !' on th e inc o m e sid e of t he in c o m e a nd ex p en ditu re a c co u n t of NALSAR. The net

inco m e from NALSAR pro, as reflected in the in co me an d

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ex p en diture acco u nt of NALSAR for the y e a rs 2 0 0 8 -0 9 a n d 20 0 9 -1 0 , is a s u n d e r : 200 8 -0 9 20 09 -1 0 The co mp lete lack Rs.27,50 ,37 9 R s.66,23,1 49 of tran sp aren cy in providing

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COMMON ADMISSION TEST (CLAT)

A me m o ra n du m of un d erstan d in g was en tered into on 23 .11 .2007 between sev en Natio nal law sch o ols in th e cou n try, includ ing NALSAR,. for co n d u ctin g a co m m o n en tra nc e test for ad missio n to the five year integrated la w degree pro gram me. The M emorandum of U n d erstandin g

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C o m m o n Law E n tra n c e T e st, k n o w n a s (CLAT), b eing co n du cted

Commo n Law Ad mission Test

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every year by rotatio n by each of the seven National Law U niv ersities; constitutio n of a co m m ittee, k n o w n as th e Core Com mittee, to decide and prescrib e po licies in resp ect" of CLAT, a n d to mo n itor and imp lem e nt its d ecisio n. Among the matters w hich the Core C o m m ittee is req uired to d e cid e is the distrib u tion of in co m e an d ex p en diture (including tran sfer of fun ds ) incurred in co n du ctin g CLAT

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for th e year; ap p ro vin g the ho n oraria to be paid for variou s CLAT related activities etc. The M em ora ndu m of U n d ersta n d in g stip u la tes tha t the pro ceed s (rev enues) fro m

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th e s a le of ap p licatio n fo r ms an d bro ch u res shall be sh a red in the following ma n ner:

(a) 50% of the proceed s to be retained by the organizing University for meeting the expenditure on conducting CLAT; and (b) the re mainin g 50% of the proceeds to be d ivided equ ally a mon g th e other participating Universities.

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As its sh a re of the proceed s

(Rev enu e fro m the s ale of a pp lication s for CLAT), NALSAR received R s.17,44 ,71 3/ - from National Law School of Ind ia University, Bangalore in the yea r 2 0 0 8 a n d R s.2 1 ,9 4 ,0 0 9 /fro m thee N ation al Law In stitute U niv ersity , B hop al in the y ear 2 0 1 0 . While CLAT, 2 0 1 1 was co n du cted by the W est Ben gal Natio nal University of J u r is tica l S cien ces, Kolko tta ,

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For

CLAT, 2 0 0 8 , the then R eg istrar Prof.G h ans hya m Sin gh w as p a id R s.2 5 0 0 /-, Prof. K.V.S. S a r m a R s.2 0 0 0 /-, an d th e oth er facu lty m e m b ers R s.5 0 0 /- ea c h . For CLAT, 20 10

R s.500 0/- w a s p a id a s h o n o rariu m to Prof. Veer Singh, V ice-c ha n cellor;

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Prof.

K.V.S.

S arm a;

R s.2 0 0 0/- to Prof. V. B alakista Reddy; a n d R s.1 0 0 0/- ea ch to oth er facu lt y m e m b er s. For CLAT, 20 1 1, while Prof.

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ta m p er ed a n d the locks b roken op en wh en they were in tran sit fro m H yd erab ad to Luckno w. As a result C L AT ,
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on May 17th

For co n d u cting CLAT, 20 0 9 th e

R eg istrar of NALSAR prop osed , and th e V ice-C han cellor

a ccep t ed , th a t pa y m e nts be made to the faculty an d staff of NALSAR a s h o n o ra r ia . The a m o u n ts p a id a s h o n ora riu m to the V ice-C han cellor an d the oth er faculty members of

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1) Prof. Veer Singh, Convenor 2) Prof. K.V.S.S arma 3) Prof. Vijender Ku mar l s.9 0 ,0 0 0 / Rs. 6 0 ,0 0 0 / R s.5 0,0 00 / -

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ch a n c ello r on 24.9 .2 00 9), reco rd s tha t "tlte total amount of

hono rariu m for CLAT-2009 staff was included in the statement of accounts which the Core Committee has approved in its meeting held

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of the Core Com mittee meeting held on 18 .9 . 20 0 9 is tha t

"the Convenor, CLAT-2009 placed before the members detailed statement of Account including collection of CLAT-2009 Revenues (Income), Retention of 50% of Total Revenues by Organizing University as per MoU for conduct of CLAT -2009 aJUI item-1vise details of Expenditure incurred in conduct of CLAT-2009 and the statement of Accounts was unanimously approved by the members."

Pa y ments to w ard s ho norariu m, as detailed above, w ere m a d e in November, 2 009 .

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T ha t certa in fa culty memb ers were paid ho n o rar ia for CLAT -2 0 0 9 is not the issu e. What is of concern is the lack of tr an sp aren cy in furnishin g d etails the reo f eith er in the sch edu le to the b alan ce sh eet or in the in c o m e a n d financial year ex p enditu re acco u nt of NALSAR for the 2009-10 .

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issu ed b et we en Janu ary an d April, 2 009, the rec eip ts a n d exp en ditu re of CLAT, 2 0 0 9 is sp rea d ove r two finan cial y ears i.e. 2 0 0 8 -09 an d 20 0 9-10. For the year 20 08-09 ,

receipts from the sale of applicatio n forms for CLAT, 2 0 0 9 was R s.1 ,7 8 ,4 1 ,8 9 0 /-. After d ed u ct i ng the ex p enditure in c u rr e d of R s.6 3 ,3 0 ,88 0 / -, the s u rp lu s of Rs.1, 15 ,1 1,0 10 was sho w n in Sch ed ule 18 of the B ala n ce sh eet u n d er the head " exa mination fees" . This su rp lu s of Rs.1, 1 5 ,11 ,0 1 0 I-

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totaling to R s.1 ,2 4 ,4 0 ,16 0 /-, is sho wn o n the credit sid e of the inco m e an d ex p en diture state m en t for the year ending 3 1 .3.2 0 09 as in co m e from stud ents ex a m in a tio n fees. As a result, d etails of the ex penditu re in curred in the year 2 0 08 09 for R s.6 3,3 0 ,8 8 0/ - is not sh o w n in the financial

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Rs.1, 1 5 ,1 1 ,0 1 0 ca n be sho w n as in co m e receiv ed from the s a le of applicatio n forms wh ich, du ring th e year 2 0 0 8-0 9 , was for R s.1 ,7 8,4 1,8 9 0/ -. Likewise, for the year 20 09 -10 ,

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R s.2 ,2 5 ,4 6,62 2/ -.T h e deficit of R s.3 8 ,8 0 ,9 1 5 /- is shown in S ch edule 28, of the Schedules to the B a la n ce S h e et, un d er the h ead " m isc ella ne o us ex p en diture". S ch ed ule 2 8 refers to a n o te with reg ards the C o m mon Law Admis s ion T est, 20 0 9 . Note 4, of the no tes of accoun ts, relates to

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m iscellan eou s ex p enditure an d, thereund er, it is s ta led th a t, d u rin g the cu rrent year, the U niversity h ad in cu rre d an ex p en diture of R s.3 8 ,8 0 ,9 1 5 /- for co n du cting th e

C o m m o n Law Ad mission Test an d t he receip ts, in sup p o rt of the said activity, were not sho w n in the a cco u nts for th e year 20 08 -0 9 as receip t b ased system of accounting was followed by the in stitutio n .

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the entire receip ts for CLAT, 2 0 09 was not received only in received, R s.1 ,8 6 ,65 ,70 7 /-, in the year 2009 - 10 a l so. As a resul t of

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reflected therein. C onseq uently the ho n o rarium paid to the Vice-Chan cellor, the Registra r and Prof. Vijender Kumar of R s.9 0 ,00 0/-, R s.6 0 ,00 0/- a nd Rs.SO,OOO / - resp ectively is

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not rev ealed in the fin a n cial statemen ts of NALSAR for the year 20 09 -10 . The for a mounts received to wa r ds sale of the is ex p enditu re no t sho w n of CLAT -2009, applicatio n forms for CLAT -20 0 9, or incu rred cond uctin g the

sep arately in NALSAR, let

inco m e and exp end itu re account ho norariu m paid faculty to the

alon e the other

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Fin an ce C o m mittee an d the G en eral

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ENDO W MENT FUNDS

A M emorandu m of U n d erstandin g was entered into , b e t w e e n Sri K.K. Venugopal, Managing Trustee, creation of an en do w m ent ch air M.K.

Namb yar SAARC LAW C haritab le T rusl and the then Vice-

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C h a n c e llo r , for

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C o mp arative C onstitutional Law a t NALSAH na med as "T h e M.K. Na mbyar SAARC LAW C hair m Comp arative

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C o nstitutio n al Stud ies". R s.50.0 0 lakhs was gi ven by the T ru st to NALSAR for creation of the Chair. b earing acco u nt. Professor of This sum of R s.50 lakhs was req uired to be ma inta i ned in an interest The MoU envisaged appointm ent of a C onstitution al Law in the C o mp arative

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University to hold the C hair for a period of three years, ren ewable by m u tual co n se nt; the sa l ary or honorariu m to be paid to the C h a irp erso n a s well as oth er ter m s w h ich were to be d eter m in ed an d mu tually agreed up on by the Vice C han cellor an d the C hairp erso n. The C h airper son was

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required to un d erta k e, co-o rdin ate an d m anage stu d ies, acad e m ic co u rses law; etc., an d p ertain ing the lo co mp ara tive was also to co nstit ution al University

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un d ertak e specific research and co nsultan cy a s sign me n ts a s may be co nsid ered ap prop riate or sugg ested by the

ch a rita b le tru st.

The Appendix to the MoU co n ta ins

g uidelines for the work which may be u n d e rta k e n a s p a r t of the End o w m ents C hair.

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C uriou sly while k e p t in a Fixed

R s.50 .0 0 lak h s was

rec eiv e d a n d

D eposit on

25 .6.20 07, ex cep t for a

co nferen ce h eld fro m 2 8 .4.20 08 to 29 .4.'20 08 at New Delhi, it was only in the year 2 0 1 0 tha t step s were tak en to utilize the interest, from the Fixed Deposit, for the p urp o ses for w h ich a C h a ir was created un d er the MOU.

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R s.4 6 .0 0 la k h s was received from 33 do nors aw ard ing gold m e d als to m erito rio us stu d en ts, t h ree individuals R s.1 1.00 la k h s was received from co n du ctin g gu est lectures.

for and for

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fixed depo sits, relatin g to the endo w m en ts, hav e not bee n fully utilized for the p urp o ses for which these endo w men ts were created. T his was also subjected to criticis m by th e

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A.G. a u d it in its rep ort for the y ea rs 20 06 -0 7 a n d 2 0 07 -08 .

(o) CONVOCATION EXPE NSE S

For the yea rs 2 0 0 4 -2 0 0 5 till 20 09 -20 1 0, convocalion ex p enses in cu rr ed by NALSAR, as sh o w n on tlte ex p en diture sid e of its in co m e and ex p en d iture a c co u nt, a re a s u n d e r :

Ye a r

A mo unt 9 ,9 8 ,50 7 1 1 ,1 4 ,4 2 7

2 0 0 4 -2 0 0 5 2 0 0 5 -2 0 0 6

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9,3 5,2 60 12 ,59,51 2 15,5 9,33 2 1 8 ,61 ,2 7 3 a b rea k - u p of the

co mmittee, called for

co nvo cation exp enses, and was surp ri sed to note the hu g e in crease in deco ratio n expend iture.

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A mount 3 0 ,0 0 0 3,9 0,0 0 0 .3,7 5,00 0 4,6 0,0 00 7,1 2 ,8 45 7,5 0 ,0 0 0 8,0 0 ,0 0 0

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On b eing asked to produce the reco rds to ascerta in w h ether or not ten d ers had been called fo r th is deco ra tion exp en d iture, we were info rm ed that no tenders w ere called for, a n d the work was being entru sted to the sam e p erso n each year with a periodical increase in Lhe am o u n t paid a s mutually ag reed betw een him and NALSAR . If only tenders had been called for, and bids in vited, NALSAR could have sa v ed a sub sta n tia l p a r t of the hu g e ex p e n d iture in cu rred to wards deco ratio n charg es for one day i.e., the day of convoca tion.
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co n v o c a tio n ex p en s es in c lu d e

th e

a m ount

in c u rred on supp ly of lu n c h on the day of the co nvo cation . While lu n c h was sup p lied by M/ s. D u rg a Mess for stu d e n ts

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a n d th e ir pa re n ts who atten d e d the convocation, Lunch for VIP g u ests w a s sup p lied by C elebrity C lub w h ich w as earlier kn o w n as E m m an u el R esorts. N eith er were b id s

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an y effort ma d e to id e ntify a n y oth er fro m th e city or nearb y NALSAR

S ha m ee rp et ca m p u s, for supp ly of lunch b oth to the VIP g u e sts a n d p a re n ts a n d conv o cation. stu d e n ts who atten d ed th e

NALSAR co uld ha v e red uced its lu n c h b een inv ited

ex p en d iture su b sta ntially if q u o tatio n s had fro m atle a st a few oth er h ote ls/ ca t ere rs.
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Finance C o m m ittee, in i ts meeting held

1 1 .0 3 .2 00 0, su g g ested to en h a n c e the

p rov isio n u n d er

'Legal Litera cy' fro m R s.2 0,0 0 0/- to Rs.SO,OOO/ - a n d t o e ffe c t co r r e sp o n d ing re d uc tio n under " F u n c tio n s/

C eleb ra tio ns" . In the 15th meeting of the G en eral C oun cil held on 2 6.03 .2 0 11, J u stic e U.C. Bru1.erjee su gg ested th a t the ex p en ses of con v o cation sh o uld be red u ced. The

m in u tes of the said me etin g reco rds the Vice-Chancellor having info rm ed the m e m b ers tha t the cost of tent, food

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A uditoriu m be completed .
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CONSTRUCTION OF AUDITORIUM

The

Executive

Council

a ccord ed

a pproval

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co nstitution of a b uilding co m mittee con sistin g of the th en Vice-Chan cellor, two sittin g judge s of the A.P. High Co urt, the C h airm an, Bar Co uncil of A.P. a n d the Registra r, NALSAR. The Executive Co uncil, in its meeti ng held on 23.06.200 7, approv ed aw a rdin g th e contract to M/ s . Asia Engineering Company for cons truct ion , am on g oth ers, of
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the Auditorium. Limited tend er s, (exp ressio n of in terest E.O.I), were invited from three p re-iden tified contractors, (instead of an open invitation to tender), from a mong st whom the bid sub m itted by M js. Asia Engin eerin g A

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C o m pan y Private Limited was found to be the lowest. co mmence the work within fifteen days. The

work order was issu ed on 06.07.2007 requiring them to p eriod of

co mpletion of construction of the Au d itorium , as sp ecified in the work order, was 3 60 da ys. T h ereafter an a greemen t wa s entered into on 0 7 .08.20 0 7 . As agai n s t the es timated cost of R s.450.14 lak hs, the agree me n t val ue of civil worl<:s

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was aro u n d R s.4 7 7.27 lak hs from o ut of the total value of the co ntra ct of R s.4.96 crores. The wo rk, which co m m en ced in July, 2 00 7 , was stop p ed just a m o nth

therea fter in A ugu st, 20 07, by w hich da te only R s.25.6 6 lak hs valu e of the work was co mp leted . The matter

rem ain ed in cold storage thereafter till the yea r 20 10 w h en

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the architect, vide his le tter dated 11.01.20 10 , re-estim ated

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the co st of co n struction of the Auditorium as Rs.5 .5 1 c r o r e s . As a g a in st the co ntractor's req uest for escala tion in rates by 1 2%, the architect reco m mend ed an increase of b et we en 7 an d 7.5 % . J ust C han cellor pnor to re-en tru stm en t the of the work of

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co nstru ctio n of the Auditoriu m in Ja n u a r y, 2 0 1 0 , the Vice co nstituted building com mittee . The

constitutio n of the said b u ilding co m m ittee has not as y et

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been approv ed by the Executive Council of NALSAR . Even before enhancem ent of the ag reem ent value was approved by the Executive C o un cil, a con tract was en tered into with

M j s . Asia

E ng in eerin g C o mp an y P rivate L i mited on

0 1 .02 .2 0 1 0 w h ereun d er the period of co mpletion of th e work was fixed a s 360 days. The site was hand ed over to the co n tra ctor on 0 1 .0 2.2 0 1 0 , an d the da te of co mp letion was st ip u la ted as 2 5 .0 1.2 0 1 1 .

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The

Executi ve

Council, in

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meeting

held

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2 8 .0 2 .2 0 10 , is said to have approved the reco m m en dations of the buildin g co mmittee for 7% en han ce m en t of the

original agree ment value. Even, by 25 .0 1. 20 11, only 40 %

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of the work was ex ecuted. the co ntractor ag ain

By his letter dated 1 5.0 2 .2 0 1 1 exten sio n of time, for

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co mpletion of the work, till 30 .09 .2 01 1 . On en q u ir y, th e Project En gin eer info rmed us that, till date, only 50% of th e

work has been co mp leted . H e also inform ed us tha t th e work will not be co mp leted by 30. 0 9 .201 1, a n d it may tak e a tleast six more mon ths for its co mplet ion. Mean while, the c o n tracto r h as s o u g h t es ca la tio n in rates by R s.35 la k h s on accou nt of increase in the cost of cemen t an d steel.

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No effort was made by NALSAR to invite bids afresh for re-en trust men t of the work in the year 20 10, nor h a s any actio n been taken agai nst the co ntractor for slow

progress in co mp letion of co n stru ction of the au ditoriu m, t ho u gh clause 44 of the G en eral condi tion s of co ntrac t
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prescrib es a p enalty calcula ted at 0.5 % , of the tota l value of the work, per week to be levied a s liq uidated da mages sub ject to a m a x im u m of 5%. C ur iou sly even the buildin g co m m ittee ha s not a s ye t ap p rov ed grant of ex tension of time to the con tractor even till 30 .09.201 1, though the y co ntinu e to ex ecute the work.

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OTHER CONTRACTS

NALSAR ha s o u tsou rc ed the following facilities:

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security services; (b) mess; (c) cleanin g facilities; (d) a nn u a l m a inten an ce co ntract for co mp uters, LCD, Internet etc; (e) sew era g e treatment plant; (fj pest control servic es; an d (g) six sh o ps on ca mp u s. Lease ag ree me nts have been

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en tered into between the lessees of the shop s and NALSAR , a n d the ren t receiv ed by NALSAR ran ges from R s.9 0 0/ - to R s.4 ,0 0 0 /- p.m. T hese shop s ho use a law book ho use, a telep ho ne b o oth, a bake_ry, a fruit sh o p , a d ep art m enta l store etc. F u rniture is procu red, and IT and p u rch a se co ntra cts entered into, by NALSAR not by open inv itation to tend er, but by limited tenders While from the web pre-id entified ma int en an ce

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sup p liers/ co ntracto rs.

co n tra ct at NALSAR, Sha m eerp et C a mp us is Rs.8 0 ,0 0 0 / per a n n u m , NALSAR Pro, which has a mu ch larg er traffic, h a s been in curring on ly R s.3 5,000/ - an n ua lly for s u ch a ma intenan ce contract. even the limited A lleg ations have invited been ma d e that

tende rs,

from

pre-identified

su ppliers, are in reality only from one sup p lier who himself
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su ch a s b r o c h u r es, jo u r na ls etc., a s a s ub sta n tia l portion thereof is sa id not even to h av e-b een p ul to u se. D u r in g the initial years, the purchase co mmittee of NALSAR in clu d e d a sittin g Ju d g e of the High Court. To

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avoid need less an d wasteful exp end itu re it is necessar y that the earlier p ractice of h avin g a silling/ retired jud ge of the High C o urt in the p urch ase com mittee, w h ich has la ter been given a go -b y e, is revived. (r)

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FINES

C o mp lain ts

have

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received

from

s tuden ts

regardin g imposition of excessive fin es. D etails of the fines, collected fro m students which were cred ited to the s lud n t e welfare fund, during the years 20 08 -20 09 to 20 10-2 0 1 1, is a s u n d er:

Year

2 0 0 8-2 0 09 2 00 9 -2 0 10 20 1 0 -20 1 1

A mo unt 1,27 ,24 0 4,0 1,9 00 4,8 8,0 00

The Un iv ersity has been sa nctionin g sch ola rships to stu d ents fro m the fund s av ailable in the stu d en t s welfa re

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fu n d . The scho la rsh ip s sa n ctio n ed for the yea rs 2 0 0 8 -2 0 0 9 to 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 1 a re a s u n d er :

Yea r

2 0 0 8 -2 0 0 9 2 0 0 9 -2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 -2 0 1 1

A mo unt 1 ,7 5 ,0 00 1 ,9 8 ,7 50 3 ,2 0 ,0 0 0

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FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

The A.G. Audit, for the fina n cial y ea rs 2 0 0 4 -2 0 0 5 a n d

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Sectio n 15(4) of the

NALSAR Act, the Fin a n ce C o m m ittee sho uld m e et at lea s t

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2 0 0 6 -0 7 a n d 2 0 0 7 -0 8 a s a g ain st th e s tip ula te d th r ee m e etin g s ea ch yea r. Not only sh o u ld it be e n su r e d tha t the Fina n ce

C o m m ittee m e ets o n ce ea ch q u arter if not mo re often, b u t a lso tha t p ers o n s a p p o int ed to the co m m ittee are ably

a ss ist e d by q ua lified in d ep e n d ent a ud ito rs to un e a rth, a n d co rre ct, d is cr ep a n cies at the ea rliest, i n a n y ev ent, b efore
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CHAPTER V L IB R A R Y

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Not only do es NALSAR have a fa irly well eq uipp ed lib rary, it also p rovid es internet facilities to stud ents bo th in the lib ra ry a n d in the ho stels. The g rievan ces of stu d e n ts a re not with reg ard s non-availa bility of bo oks in th e libr ary, b ut with r egard s th e lib rary timin gs an d the period for w h ich it is kept op en. T his rep o rt is , therefore, confi ned

only to this issu e, an d oth er issu es reg ardin g s u b scription of oth er jo u rn als, p u rchase of b o oks, stock taking,

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cleanlin ess, loss of b o ok s because of i nad eq uate security in the lib rary etc. are not bein g de.a l t with herein. The li b ra r y at NALSAR ca m p u s is open from 9 am to 9 pm on workin g days, from 9 am to 5 pm on holidays a n d till 1 1 pm on exa mination da ys. S tud en ts co m plain that, a s the en tire m o rnin g the session a ftern oon an d, d ep endin g are on sp en t th e in

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classroo m s or for co n sultatio n with th eir teach ers, they h a v e a c c e s s to the library only for aro und thre e to fou r h ou rs ea ch w o rk in g day. S tu d e n ts have s u ggested tha t th e li b ra ry at NALSAR, like li braries of all in s titutio n s of

excellen ce, sho uld be op en 24 x7; an d, in order to deal with the staff req u irem en ts of su ch an a rran gem ent, access to

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the library could be mechanized. We are informed tha t the L ibrary at the National Law Scho ol, B angalore is op en till

12 :30 A.M. for a ll stu d en ts on a g en eral b a sis, till 3 A.M . on ex a m in atio n da ys, an d 24 h o u rs a day for stu d en ts p rep a r in g from moot court co mp etitio ns. The L ib ra r y a t NUJS, Kolkata is said to be op en till 2 A.M every day.

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info rm atio n from these Law sch o ols, dep ute its library staff to stu d y the s yste m s p u t in place thereat to en su re safe a c c e ss of bo th stud ents an d bo o ks in the L ib ra r y a n d, thereafter, ex amin e the feasibility of a d o p tin g a sim ila r system in this in stitutio n a lso.

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CHAPTER-VI STUDENTS WELFARE/ GRIEVANCES

Unlike a military acad em y atte mp ts to en force strict disciplin e, of a similar kind, on stu d e n ts in a r esid en tia l
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University is not warranted. Y oun gsters, just out of school, join the five year un d ergra du ate co urse at NALSAR. T hese adolescents, so me of whom may not even have attain ed majority, need delicate handling, and not strict po licin g. T hese adolescen ts are called upon to sp en d a major part of the next five years of their lives within the confin es of a r es id e n tia l in stitutio n . Their grievances are many, so me genu m e so me exagg erated. In stead of cr ea tin g a n atmosp h ere where they are scared even to ap p roa ch l.he

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au thorities to ventilate their woes, NALSAR ad m inis tra tion sho uld give th e m a p atient hearing, an d explain why a ll their grievan ces cannot be ad dressed. This ch ap ter is again divided into different top ics.
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supp lem ent their mo nthly rem un e ratio n, the

NALSAR faculty has shifted from its prim ary objecti ve of cr eatin g a ta le nt pool of bright lawyers to conductin g distance ed u cation co urses in wide an d varied subjects.

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The ob ject of estab lishing NALSAR, a s Is laid do wn ) Sectio n 4 of the Act, inclu d es to evolve a n d im p a rt co mp reh ensive legal ed u ca t io n at all levels to achieve

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excellence; to pro m ote cultural, legal a nd ethical values w ith a view to pro m ote an d foster the rule of law an d th e ob jectives enshrined in the C onstitution of Ind ia; to prom ote legal a w areness in the co m m un ity for achieving social an d in stitution s. econ o mic justice; to un d ertak e stu dy a n d training p rojects relating to law, legislatio n an d jud icial

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interaction,

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s e v e ra l stu d e n ts

sugg ested intro du ction of new co urses, in su b je cts su ch a s co mp etitio n law, on the plea that it w o uld h elp the m secure

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one of the m exp ressed only

d esir e or

inten tion to join the bar or the. sub ordinate judiciary. Even a m o ng st the rep resentativ es of the S tu d en t Bar Counci l, it is o nly a few who said they inten d ed joining the bar on co mp letion of their five year un derg radu ate course. A mon g
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th e m , a m a jo rity were second or third gen eration lavvye rs. Of the mo re tha n 5 0 0 stud ents, who have co mp leted th eir u n d er g ra d u ate law co u rse at NALSAR, a s u b sta n tial

n u m b er have join ed as Law A ssociates in Corporate Law Fir ms, an d a negligible few have taken to legal practice. Even a m o n g th ese few, man y have joined law firms which

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specialize in co rp orate/b usin ess la w s.

The pay p a ck et

offered by th e m is the ma in attractio n, un lik e the u n certain ret u r n s in the initial years of law practice.

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involve a "struggle" which they could do without. It does not sta n d to rea so n th a t su ch "bright young minds" should avoid joining the bar for this rea son w h en, in fact, their five year un dergra d u ate co u rse with NALSAR, m a confined

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enviro n ment involv ing long ho ur s of stu d y a n d intens e co mp etitio n with its em p h a sis .on s e c u r ig high gra d es, is

no le s s a "struggle". It is evid ent th at not en o ug h a tten tio n has b een pla ced on motivating these tale nted you n gsters to tak e up the legal profession. Q uality of A ca demic Inp ut m the la w co u rse, a n d a n active role by the faculty
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motivating the yo u ng minds in ca reer selec tion keep ing in view the ob jec ts of the NALSA R, is of u lmo st importan ce. As, at p res e n t, the e n tire ba tc h of final year

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u n d er gra d u ate stu d en ts of NALSAR find p lace me n t eilh er with law firms or in the corp orate sector, ex cept for a ha n dful who join the bar or p u rsu e hig h er ed u cation .

H itherto, p lace m en ts u se d to be sup ervised by the facu lty of

NALSAR. Placement, both in b et w ee n sem e s ters a n d at th e en d of the five year u n d ergr.ad u ate co urse, h as, in th e
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recen t p ast, been left to the S tu d ent Bar Council witho u t the involvement of eith er the NALSAR ad ministratio n or the teaching faculty. M id -se mester placemen t with lawyers of rep ute, an d at different lev els, be it in the D istrict, in the High
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in

the

Sup rem e C ourt, an d cater to

in the

nonrura l

go vern mental orga nization s which p op ula ce an d the

socially an d educatio nally depriv ed

sections of society, could be an op tion for stud ents w h o have the zeal to tak e up so cially releva nt issu es on th eir joining the bar later, in stead of the mad r u s h a s a t p re se n t

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to join the corp orate sector, or in law firms which cater to the needs' of corporates. Routing final placements thr-ou gh NALSAR, in st ea d of leaving it to the S tu d e n t Bar Coun cil, will avoid the imp ressio n a m o ng a sub stantial section of stu d e nts tha t p lu m p la cem en ts are cornered by memb er s of the recruitm ent co m m ittee of the S tu d en ts Bar C oun cil.

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b etween sem esters, n eed s to be p u l in place, a n d good la wyers in the

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High C o urts a nd placem ents. Even

D istrict C ourts, id entified for su ch

tho ugh improvin g the quality of Lhe bar was am ong t h e

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Scho ols. NALSAR spen ds sev eral la k h s each year to wards Moot C ourt co mp etitio ns.

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C han cellor in the sele ctio n co m m itte e w o u ld redress th ese g riev a n c es, a n d en su re tha t a tra nsp a ren t and fa ir

p ro ced ure is a d h ere d to in the select ion of candidates for p a rticip a tio n in Moot C ourt co mp etitions.
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facilities on th e ca m p u s n e ed ed be up g ra d e d. NALSAR h a s e m p lo yed a pa rt time docto r and a n u r s e . The D o cto r is req u ir ed to work three ho urs (4.00 p.m. to 7 .0 0 p.m.) each day siJ'{ d a y s a week. The University h a s a h e a lth c e n ter w h ere the d o cto r atten ds to the medical comp laints of

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stu d e nts m ess s u b ject to a m a x im u m of R s.20 00/- p er m o n th. A d eq u ate sto ck of medicines in the University h ea lth cen tr e, coup led with resp on se system , w h ich the se ttin g u p of an em erg en cy been am o ng st the ess en tia l h as

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Tra in in g stu d ents in first aid an d em ergen cy medical care; a nd S ettin g u p of a co u n s elin g cell to help the m deal with th e a c u te s t r e s s of the de m a nd s of a law sch o o l a r e a m o n gst the o th er su gg estio ns ma de. Boy stu d e nts h ave co m p lain e d tha t, while there is a n urs e in the G irl's Ho stel, th ere is no train ed para- mediC" residing in the Boys Ho stel; th e r e is no do cto r on call; an d the d o ctor, who is req uired to be a v aila ble 3 h o u r s a day six da ys a w e ek , only visits the ca m p u s on cert ain da ys of the week for a n ho ur or so . The NALSAR ca m p u s, a n d the regio n aro u nd, is sa id to be sna ke in f e st ed . S tuden ts have comp lained th a t th ere a re sco rpion s, b esid es varieties of insects, so m e of whose bites are d a n g e r o u s . S tu d e n ts have a ls o co m p lained that the a m b u la n c e a v a ila b le a t NALSAR is not well main ta in ed; distilled water (without which the cylind er cann ot be u sed )

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even ha lf a n h o u r to forty min utes have been rep orted). We were info r m e d th a t, a s at p r es en t, stud en ts pool in to pay the ho sp ital bills of the stu d en t ho sp italized in an

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e m erg en cy an d, a t a later d ate, reco v er the amou nt fro m h i m / h er. No antivenom or oth er antidotes are sto ck e d at th e h ea lth ce n tr e lo ca t ed on the p opulation, w hich includ es ca m p u s. A la r g e stu d e n t students su ffering fro m

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ex a mine w h eth er

resp o nse section can be facilitated in collaboration with Mediciti, or a n d a n y oth er hosp ita l lo cated at a proximate distan ce from NALSAR. The U niversity shou ld lak e

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CLEANLINESS OF HOSTELS

In the 15th meeting of the G en eral Council held on 2 6 .0 3 .2 0 11, Ju stic e P. V en katarama Reddi sugg ested t ha t cleanlin ess sho uld be maintained properly in the hostels. The min utes of the said meeti ng records the ViceC hancello r having assured that maintena n ce work would

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exp ensive; and ho stels' clea n li ness would be main tained properly. We went aro u n d the boys an d girls ho ste ls, a n d f o u n d t h a t the toilets were dirty, the corridors near the bathroo ms were littered with gar bag e, an d the rooms were

un clean. Stud en ts info rmed u s that the ho stels h a d been spruced up for our visit, and th a t lh e clean liness levels were far wo rse on other days. Serious attention sho uld b e given by the University a utho rities reg a rd in g u p k e ep a n d m aintenance of ho stels.

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ERRATIC POWER SUPPLY

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D uring power cu ts an a tlen d er f sec urity gu ard Stud en ts hav e

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co mp lained abou t the inordinate delay, in switching on the gen erator, ran ging from 45 min u t e s to one h o u r. As a result they are un ab le to access the intern et, an d their academ ic prep aration is ha mp ered thereb y. They informed u s th a t they had co mp lain ed on sev eral o ccasions, and had also gone personally to the residence of the atten d er I gu ard req uesting him to switch on the generato r. T heir grievance is th a t they ca n n o t go over to the g u ard's room du rin g nig h ts a s they are not allowed to leave the ho stel p remises, resulting in their having to en dure power c u ts for long.
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stu d ents ac ad e mic switched on du rin g Till then the fro m with

p r ep a ratio n, NALSAR should examine whether a system, of generator being cu ts, ca n auto matically be intro du ced. power

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SP O RTS & EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Very little en co urag ement is given to sp o rts or sp orts related activities at NALSAR. This co mmittee was info rmed that n eith er do es NALSAR have a sp orts festival of its o wn,

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recreation room in NALSAR, tho ugh b uil t as a v e n u e for activities, is not Stud ents have co mp lain ed that p er missio n, to use th e recreational facilities, can only be granted by the Vice room or have ViceC han cellor resulting in stu d en ts not being able to u se

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da n ce p ra ctices etc a s sa n ctio n is gi ven by the

C hancellor only on specific occasions. The activities of the c ultural co m m ittee, inclu d in g organizing d a n ce and mus ic ev en ings, is sa id to be limited to one every se m ester of fo u r m o nth s d uration. The fee stru ct ur e for the first year

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B.A.,LL.B (Ho n s} co urse, for the year 201 1- 1 2, includ es R s.10 0 0 /- per an n u m to w ard s stu d ents welfare fund ; a nd R s.3 0 0 0 /- per an n u m towa rd s ga m es an d sp orts. Sim ilar a m o un ts are collected from un d ergra d u at e stu d ents in the II to V years, and fro m LL.M. students also . H o wev er th e a m o un t spe n t on sp or ts and ga mes for the years 20 08 -09 was merely R s.1,02 ,655 / -, for the year 2 0 09 - 10 it was R s.1 ,1 5 ,2 0 5 /-,
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A mou nts co llec ted tow ards sp orts and ga m es

have b een div erted for other p ur poses, an d the co m pla int of stu d en t s of lack of fa cilities in this reg ard is justified. The sta d iu m a t NALSAR is not fit for playin g ga mes. The field n e ed s to be leveled, a n d a g ra ss cover needs to b e la id. We are info rmed t hat the girls ho stel gymn a siu m

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eq uip m en t do es not work, the electronic tread m ill and th e ex ercise cycle have not been rep aired an d ca n be r u n on ly ma n ually. Im m ed iate s tep s s ho uld be tak en to have th ese m a chin es rep aired. of Pro per an d timely m u st servicing be and m a inten an ce th ese eq u ip ment en su re d .

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NALSAR sh o u ld have a tie-u p with any one of the sev eral r e p u t e d gyms in the city, an d arrange me nts shou ld be ma d e to h a v e a m ale / female tra in er go over to NALSAR ca mp us to tra in st u d en ts twice a week. T here must be d edicated time for co-curricular activities w ithin the d aily sc hed ule of activities. If su c h a ct ivi ties a re un d erta k en

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COUNSELLING

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stu d ents after th e

u n timely dem ise of Sri Rami Reddy , a st u d e n t of th e 2 0 1 0 b atch, who co m m itted suicide. T here m ust be a stu d e n t

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distress, a n d p rob le ms of adj ust m ent be it academic or oth er inter-perso nal difficulties.
(h) OFFICIAL E-MAIL ADDRESS

S tu d e n ts have a lso so ug h t a n official NALSAR email ad d ress for ea ch st u de nt to enab le them to correspond with jud g es, law yers, an d oth er un iv ersities p rov ing their a u th en tic it y a s a NALSAR stu dent. O th er Law sch o o ls in the cou ntry, including NLS B ang alo re, are said to have I provided such facilities. We see no reason why NALSAR

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CHAPTER VII SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

A. ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

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Having bestowed our anxious consideration to the facts, mis ma nagement and misha ndling which ha s come to our notice, and adverting thereto, we are of the view t hat the following suggestions would serve in taking corrective measures: 1) the Decisions Finance of all the statutory the co mmittees,

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na mely, the Executive Council, the Academic Council, Committee and Planning Board should be brou ght to the notice of the General Council in its next meeting. 2) The services of a n ex p ert body, like ASCI. may be hired for studying the pres ent set up, and recommend a n effective a nd efficient model of ad ministration a n d ma nagement for NALSAR. 3) Administration and G overnance as introduced by sta tut es and regu lations, mu st be meticulously adhered to by all the officers or authorities of NALSAR, however highly placed the officers of NALSAR may be,

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Leave availed by the Vice-Chancellor, including "on duty" leave, should be with the prior permission of the Chancellor. Necessary statut es/r eg ulations mu st be made in this regard.

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The functions of the Registrar have increased mu lti-fold necessitating a full time professional being appointed to the said p o s t . It would be inappropriate to continue to burden the faculty with the onerous duties atta ched to the office of the R egis tra r. A n outside professional may be ta k en a s the Registrar, NALSAR.

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division of Distance Education to ha ndle Dista nce E ducation courses, instea d of utilizing the services of the existing faculty. 15) Distance Education progra mmes conducted by NALSAR PRO should be shifted to the NALSAR ca mpu s. 16) S ystems should be introduced not only to provide fool proof security of the exa mination paper, but also to en su re tha t there is no leakage of question pa p ers.

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History,

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Faculty meetings should be, mandatorily, held once in a m o n th to discus s va rious a ca de mic a n d other related issu es concerning NALSAR. The faculty should also be informed in writing, in advance, of any proposed Executive Council and General Council meeting, so that non-E C and non-GC faculty me mb ers can represent their views on any of the is su es in th e agenda, by sending their representations which should be placed in the respective meetings.

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There is a n ur gent need to improve the quality of the faculty of NALSAR. In the case of appointment on co ntra ct ba sis ass ess m ent, of three years performa nce of the new recru its, by senior faculty of NALSAR a nd stu d ent s may be ta k en into consideration and, if found unfit, they shall not be appointed on regular ba sis.

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I t is ess entia l tha t ex p erts in different subjects

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Chancellor, should be entru st ed with selection of the

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NALSAR Alumni, who ha ve co mpleted their LL.M in reputed institutions in India and abroad, may be ma de eligible to apply for the faculty.

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Adhoc/ contractua l appointments should only be ma de for a li mit ed who dura tion. are invited C ontra ctual as visiting ap p oint me nts mu st, a s far as possible, be confined to r e t ir e d professors, professors of NALSAR, a s they ca nnot be appointed on a p er ma nent ba sis in view of the UGC Rules.

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activities

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NALSAR, mu st be re-activated.
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Projects given by outside agencies to NALSAR should invariably be preceded by a circular, issu ed to the faculty, calling for expression of int erest from suc h of the m who have specialized in the subject of th e project. Students, interested in resea rch, may also be involved in the execution of such res ea rch projects.

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the faculty and the stu d ent s is called for, should be introduced. 13) The exa mination pa pers mu st be so devised as to test the knowledge of a s tu d e n t in the subject, and not merely his ability to memorize or rote. 14) T ranspa rent procedures mu st be put in place for evaluation of project reports and answ er scripts. Copies of answ er scripts should be made available, to suc h stu dents who apply, on payment of charges. 15) Academic co mmittees should be co nstituted, a nd Regulations should be made for appointment of the me mb ers of the faculty to these internal U niversity co mmittees. A rotation policy, whereby all faculty

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Academic Council, the General Council. 18) Since the

E x ec utive C ou ncil a nd the

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Division of courses into ma ndatory and optional courses; and introducing single credit, no credit a nd inter-disciplinary courses; should also be examined. Five percent marks, presently being given for attenda nce, should be dispensed with as i t has not been found to be effective. Instea d, a mini mu m should be ma de

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As stipulated under S ection 15(4) of the Act, the

Finance Committee should meet at lea st thrice a year, if not more frequently, and should exa min e upto date financial information which mu st be furnished well in advance of the meeting. 9) Statutes/R egulations mu st be so fra med as to en s u r e t ha t the award of contracts by NALSAR is only by an open tender process, and not by no mination or by limited tender, and for tha t purpose a C o m mitt ee be constituted, to accept the tender, to oversee high quality of constru ction, and timely execution of t he work awarded. The co mmittee must Secretary of the State Government. also include a Finance

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M easurement books of constructions mu st be maintained for the works executed, which should be promptly signed by the contractor and the officer of NALSAR, and these books mu st be subjected to au dit.

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Bills

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Separate Registers should be maintained for fixed deposits, fixed ass ets, invest ments and recoverable adva nces. Purchase files, Stoc k R egist ers a nd

Register of mu st be General.
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au ditors-statutory or internal, or the

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expenditure incurred - b o t h capital and revenue.

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Statutes/regulatio ns mu st be made fixing the expenditure limits of all officers of the University including the Vice-Chancellor.

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a n d the General Council for their informa tion a nd corrective action. Detailed records of expenditure incurred for ea ch project should be maintained, and the honorariu m and other fees paid to the co-ordinator of the project mu st be reflected in the schedules to the Balance s heet of NALSAR each year.

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P ersons, who are entitled to receive the su rp lu s remaining after incurring project expenditure, mu st be identified and informed in writing before the project is und erta ken.

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Details of the honorariu m paid, and the project s urp lu s paid to each faculty me mb er of NALSAR associated with the project, mu st also be intimated to the concerned Ministry/Sponsor of the project.

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As recorded in the resolution of the Executive C ouncil, in its meeting held on 08.03.2008, the issu e regarding distribution of a mou nts received in c o n s u lta t io n / r es ea r c h pr o gra m m e s

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incurred by NALSAR for foreign travel and sta y m u st be specifically placed before the General Council. 23) Amou nts incurred by NALSAR for private foreign trips of the Vice-Chancellor and other officers/faculty of the University, and a mou nts ta ken a s a dva nc e a nd not accounted for, should be recovered. 24)
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sanction of the Executive Council must be obtained for the period of foreign travel of officers of the University, including the Vice-Chancellor. I t is only on sanction being accorded can the period of absence be trea ted a s "duty leave".
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Frivolous and needless expenditure, particularly by way of advertisements in periodicals, journals a nd magazines, shou ld be curbed.

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R egu lations mu st

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accounting

s yst e ms intr odu c ed, to en sur e t hat the expenditure incurred towards advances, taken by officers of th e University/faculty, is accounted for within three mo nths from the da te on which the advance is ta ken.
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Each faculty me mb er must be required not only to declare his and his dep enda nts ass ets, but should be asked to furnish information regarding t he remuneration (in whatever form) he receives for t h e dista nce educa tion and other courses.

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Infor mation regarding honorariu m/fees received by the faculty of NALSAR from other institutions s u c h a s the Indian School of Business, the Administrative

Staff College of India etc., mu st be furnished to the NALSAR ma na g e me nt, a nd a copy of such inti mation mu st be kept in the personal file of the officer /faculty. 29) Introduction of new courses should be well

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tra nspa rent and are subject to its overall control. The books of accounts for suc h joint courses must be periodically examined by the a ccou nts staff of NALSAR or by a Chartered Accounta nt of its choice.

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NALSAR should review its MoU with the Institute of Applied Aviation Management.

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While

dista nce education courses,

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similar collaborative exercises, may add to the revenue of NALSAR, it m u st be en sur ed tha t its primary focus of efficiently running the five year under-graduate course in law is not diluted. 34) While NALSAR can a ward a postgra duat e degree, IIRM by itself cannot. Showing its na me in the Degree Certificate, much less prominently, would be improper and this mu st be corrected at the earliest. 35)
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objects specified in S ection 4 of the NALSAR Act, it ca nnot venture into a r ea s or tea ch subjects other tha n law a nd, the MBLA course offered by it would be ultravires the NALSAR Act.
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expenditure

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convocation must be avoided. Steps should be taken to reduce expenditure incurred each year in erection of sha miyanas, decoration, providing lunch on the da y

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of the convocation etc. NALSAR should identifY other contractors who would und erta ke s uc h ta s ks at les s er rates.

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The earlier practice of ha v ing a sittin g/retire d judge of the High C o u rt in the p urc h a s e

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co m mittee of NALSAR, w hic h w a s late r given a g oby, shou ld be revived.

38) N ecessa ry steps mu st be ta ken to en s ur e t ha t construction of the the agreement. 39) fees The possibility of marginal increase in the tuitio n on the lines of other law schools, may be considered. schedule backward Nonetheless, reduction of fees for needy and as socially be and educationally Other auditoriu m is completed at th e earliest. if need be by invoking the penalty clause in

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students, including those from the schedule ca stes, tribes, classes, should exa mined.

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The system prevalent in other law schools regarding the timings of the Library should be studied, and a sim ila r

system introduced by NALSAR also.

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E. STUDENT WELFARE/GRIEVANCES

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Placements, both in between semesters and a t the end of the undergra duate course, should be made only throu gh NALSAR, in consultation with th e Stu dents Bar Council.

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N ecessa ry steps

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ta ken to identifY

reputed lawyers, both within the State and outside, w her e students can do t h e i r , i n between S emester, intership.

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A tra ns par ent a n d fair procedure for selection of ca ndidates for participation in moot courts mu st b e prescribed and a dher ed to.

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Ad equate stock of medicines, inclu ding a ntiveno m seru m, mu st be stocked at the University health centre.

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The feasibility of a t ie-u p, with any of the sup erspeciality hospitals nearby, for setting up an emergency response system should be considered.

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The a mbula nce mu st be well equipped, and kept ready for use in a n emergency.

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A first aid training course, in ba sic first aid a nd health ca re, mu st be made co mpulsory for each student. exa mined. E sta blishing an infirmary for stu d ent s, during outbreak of contagious diseases, can also be

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A professional Counsellor should be appointed to address issu es relating to students distress, and other adjust ment problems faced by the m.

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The foot ball grou nd should be leveled, and a gra ss cover laid for stu dents to play thereat.

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CHAPATER VIII CONCLUSION

While enquiring into the ad ministration and fina nces of NALSAR, and in inspecting its buildings, libraries, exa mination, teaching and other works done by the University, our endeavour ha s been to focus on the esta blish ment of s y s t e m s in t h e Ad ministration and governance of NALSAR, on systematic st ep s to be tak en for its academic improvement. and to have a fool proof accounting system in place to en s ur e tha t all actions ta ken in these and other areas are systems, and NALSAR could u id e d by the prescribed

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not on individual whi ms and fancies so tha t mainta in itself as an ackno wledged centre of

excellence and higher learning. We hop e that. if corrective step s are ta ken to rectifY the deficiencies pointed out in our report, and sincere and wholehearted efforts are made in improving its academic sta ndards, NALSAR would be able to achieve excellence both academically as well as a d m inistratively. The primary focus of NALSAR should be to cr ea t e a conducive academic environment, a fair and impartial ad ministrative structure so a s to motivate bright and intelligent young boys and girls, who pa ss out from NALSAR, to join th e legal profession. The impact of the present focus appears to A course correction and a shift of focus have resulted i n catering to the needs of the corporate sector,

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is not only required to achieve the objects of the University under S ection 4(ix) of the Act i.e., "to promote legal a wareness in

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the co m mu nity for achieving social and economic justice", b ut also to eventually lay the foundation for a stron g a nd

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independent judiciary. I t is only if talented, intelligent a nd bright youngsters specifically trained for tha t purp ose join the legal profession, and later a do m the Bench, will i t contribute t o en ha ncing the prestige of the judiciary and inspire greater confidence i n public. Dilution in edu cational standards would

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not only defeat this objective b ut would also result in NALSAR falling from its present position of eminence among all th e National Law Schools in the country. Students, with whom we interacted, informed u s t hat t h e high salaries offered by the prospective employers is one of th e ma in rea sons for their seeking employ ment in law firms, and in joining the needy and corporate sector, on completion of t heir five year Scholarships to th e the socially and not educationa lly ba ckward sections way in motivating thes e und ergra duate B.A.,LL.B. (Hons) course.

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a mong the stu dents would reduce their financia l burden durin g stu dies, but may go a long youngsters to ta ke up the legal profession. At the time of pla ce ment of student s, who have a n inclination to join the legal profession, care mu st be ta ken to en sur e tha t they get prop er inspiration and fina ncia l support from the Senior Counsel with whom they are placed.
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NALSAR attain academic

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