KOZHIKODE: A research scholar has moved the high court against the cancelation of her PhD registration by the Calicut University. The complainant, Shahana V A, had earlier approached Malappuram police's women's cell, accusing the vice-chancellor, M Abdul Salam, of shouting and verbally abusing her in his office.
Shahana had pursued Masters degree in library science before qualifying for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). She joined the doctoral programme in Malayalam, but the varsity expelled her on grounds that she was simultaneously pursuing two courses. It was also pointed out that she had not obtained transfer certificate (TC) from the library science department.
In her petition, Shahana claimed that she was a victim of vindictive action by the varsity for filing a complaint against the VC with the woman's cell. She alleged that the VC shouted at her and used abusive words when she went to his chamber on July 10 with a group of students to submit a memorandum against the varsity's decision to charge a fee from students for using the Seminar Complex.
On receiving the memorandum, the varsity served her a show-cause notice, seeking explanation on why disciplinary action should not be taken against her.
In the petition filed before the high court on Saturday, Shahana has said that she was victimized and the action of the VC cancelling her PhD registration was 'biased, prejudiced and without any legal basis'.
She said the she had not obtained the TC from the department of library science since it was not mentioned in the list of documents to be submitted along with the PhD application. Shahana claimed that she had applied for TC from the department on July 12, but it was not issued to her till date.
"Even otherwise, nowhere in the CU statutes it is stated that submission of TC is mandatory for the students who get JRF to register for PhD and none of my fellow students had produced the TC before joining the programme," she said. The high court will take up the case on Monday.
The VC refused to comment when contacted on Sunday.
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