Guwahati: The Tripura High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Tripura University for its negligent handling of certificate issuance to an assistant professor which led to unnecessary court proceedings.
Justice Arindam Lodh in his judgment directed the university to remit the amount by Friday.
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The court expressed disappointment that an assistant professor had to seek judicial intervention for an issue that should have been routinely managed by the administration of a premier institution.
Advocate Purushottam Roy Barman stated that his client Rajat Deb, an assistant professor of commerce at Tripura University, intended to apply for a professor’s position that had been advertised the previous month.
Despite repeated follow-ups, Deb received no response from the university to his requests for a no objection certificate (NOC) and an experience certificate, both essential for his application.
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During the proceedings, Roy Barman said that registrar Deepak Sharma tried to convince the court that internal candidates did not need NOCs to apply for teaching and non-teaching posts.
However, the court found this justification unsatisfactory.
“This is an utter negligence of the university and its authorities responsible for dealing with the matter. The logic and the reasoning given by the Registrar are not at all acceptable,” Justice Lodh said.
“Had the NOC not been required, why did the university prefer to keep silent and why it was not informed to the petitioner,” he added.
“The petitioner is required to be compensated for unnecessarily dragging him into litigation. The Court has also wasted its valuable time on such a negligent act of Tripura University and for which it has to pay Rs 25000 as compensation to the petitioner by Friday,” the judgment read.