HC orders registration of case against VCs of Pantnagar Univ

Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the police to register a case against the current and former Vice Chancellors of GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology for allegedly misappropriating funds. Single-member bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh yesterday ordered the Udham Singh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police to register a case against Vice Chancellor of Pantnagar varsity Prof B S Bist, his predecessor Prof P L Gautam, former and current Financial Controllers and three contractors supplying labourers to the varsity, said Ranjan Kumar Joshi, the petitioner in the case. Joshi moved to High Court after the district police refused to act on his complaint. Joshi has alleged that VCs and Financial Controllers awarded contract of supplying labourers to three contractors in violation of norms of the varsity and misappropriated funds worth lakhs of rupees.