Around 2,100 students and employees of the government polytechnic at Bandra (east) have undertaken a signature campaign to stall the transfer of the principal of the institution by a year on the groun
Around 2,100 students and employees of the government polytechnic at Bandra (east) have undertaken a signature campaign to stall the transfer of the principal of the institution by a year on the grounds that he had started some initiatives that need his presence, or else they would be discontinued.
According to officials the request will be submitted to the chief minister and education minister on Tuesday and it was hoped the government obliges in the best interest of the students and employees.
Last week, the ministry for higher and technical education issued a circular announcing the transfer of four principals from different polytechnics on administrative grounds. It included the name of Dr Hemant Taskar, principal of the government polytechnic in Bandra, as one of the principals to be transferred to the government polytechnic at Jintur. According to Dr Rajendra Barhate, vice principal of the Bandra institute, while the government has mentioned administrative reason for the transfer there is more to it than meets the eye.
“There have been some issues that Dr Taskar has taken up with the administration one of which was pertaining to the continuation of the second shift in polytechnics which the government had to continue after he raised the issue. Though the issue cannot be attributed as the main reason for his transfer, students and employees of the institution want him to stay for another year as he has initiated some measures for the benefit of all,” said Dr Barhate.
Dr Barhate added that if Dr Taskar is transferred, then the new principal may not concur and may discontinue the initiative and hence, they were requesting the government to postpone the transfer by a year. “Almost all students and employees have given their agreement to the postponement and the request will be submitted to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and education minister Vinod Tawde’s office on Tuesday,” said Dr Barhate, adding that while initially the administration and students had planned to hold a protest and boycott academic sessions, Dr Taskar convinced them not to do so and hence the signature campaign.
