Darbhanga, July 3: G.S. Rai Kishore has been relieved of the charge of the inspector of colleges of arts and commerce of Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU) allegedly without any valid reason.

LNMU vice-chancellor (VC) Shamrendra Pratap Singh sent a letter to Kishore’s residence through his peon yesterday. It stated that Kishore was being relieved from the post of inspector of colleges under LNMU with immediate effect. It ordered him to join the postgraduate department of psychology of the varsity with immediate effect.

The VC exercised his power vested under Section 10(11) of the Bihar State University Act, 1976, for the removal of the inspector of colleges, art and commerce. Section 10(11) of Bihar State University Act, 1976 states: “Vice-chancellor shall exercise general control over the education arrangement of the university and shall be responsible for the discipline of the university. It shall be lawful for the vice-chancellor to take all steps which are necessary for maintaining the academic standard and administrative discipline of the university.”

The inspector’s duty was assigned to Yogendra Rawat Jigyasu, reader in economics at Dr LKVD College in Tajpur of Samastipur district.

Kishore told The Telegraph: “I have been removed from the post without being cited the reasons. I have only completed a year as the inspector of colleges, while the tenure for this post has been specified as three years under the Bihar State University Act.”

Kishore added: “On June 14 midnight, the college law officer, Anil Kumar Jha, left me in the lurch while returning from Patna at Laheriasarai, which is around 7km from my residence. Next day, I informed the registrar that the Patna High Court advocate, Nivita Nirvikar, who used to look after the cases of the varsity, has demanded two papers relevant to a case and I was not willing to go with the law officer who had misbehaved with me the previous night. Some other officers were also present at the registrar’s office who falsely reported to the VC that I used unparliamentary words against them, leading to my removal from the post.”

LNMU VC Singh told The Telegraph: “It is a co-incidence that Kishore was removed from the office of inspector of colleges from LNMU after his tiff with senior officers of the university. But he had been removed from the office on the directive of the chancellor, who had recommended his removal much earlier. The removal of the inspector of colleges is a part of the routine process of the varsity.”