This story is from December 14, 2018

'12 institutions running in three buildings of Subharti college buildings'

'12 institutions running in three buildings of Subharti college buildings'
Jatinder Kumar Sethi added that Uttarakhand government is planning to merge Subharti University with the HNB Garhwal University.
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government told the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday that the Dehradun-based Shridev Suman Subharti Medical College was operating over 12 colleges, including hostels for students, in just three buildings.
The apex court had last week asked the state government to take over the land, buildings and assets of the private medical college within 24 hours and run it as a government entity.

The case will be heard next on January 10, 2019.
Talking to TOI, deputy advocate general of Uttarakhand in the SC, Jatinder Kumar Sethi, said that the institution was making a “mockery of education” and all the students were being taken for a ride.
He said, “Apart from a medical college, Subharti authorities were running a paramedical college, a nursing college, a pharmacy college, polytechnic and computer science colleges, a journalism institute, a management college, science and arts college, and even a yogic science college. All these colleges were being run on 13.59 acres whereas a 20-acre campus is mandatory to run just one medical college.”
Sethi added that the state government is planning to merge Subharti University with the HNB Garhwal University. “There is a proposal to merge Subharti with HNB Garhwal University to ensure that the students get proper education. However, a final decision will be taken only after the SC order.”

He said that Subharti authorities on Thursday asked the SC for clarity on the status of the other colleges in the campus. “Since the apex court ordered the state government to take over only the medical college, there is no clarity on the status of the other colleges. The court then asked the state government for its opinion on the matter, following which we told the court about the prevailing irregularities in the university,” Sethi said.
The university authorities also asked the apex court about compensation for assets that were taken over by the state government. To which, the state replied that an ordinance has to be passed in the assembly and only then the institution will get back its money. When TOI contacted Dr Atul Krishnan of Subharti for his comments regarding the issue, he said that the court has asked the university authorities to give a detailed report on the assets belonging to the university as well as the medical college. "The court never asked the state government to take over the university. Orders were passed only to take over the medical college," he added.
Meanwhile, over 400 doctors, teachers and paramedical staff of the university protested inside the campus on Thursday demanding pending salaries and clarity regarding the status of their employment.
A doctor on condition of anonymity said, “I am working with the university for the past four years and now all of a sudden, I don’t have a job. The SC and the state government should at least think about us before shutting a varsity. The institution has also not given my salary. When we approached the administration, they told us that their bank accounts have been seized and they can’t process salaries. What are we supposed to do now? The court should decide our future at the earliest.”
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