In support of their demand for removal of college principal, the students’ union of DAV College here organised a rally from college to office of District Magistrate (DM) on Tuesday. Under the leadership of Student Union President, Rakesh Singh Negi the students hit the road and took out a rally which started from the college campus and after meandering through the city roads culminated at DM office. later, a delegation of the students submitted a memorandum to the City Magistrate in which the college management was asked to remove the college principal Devendra Bhasin. The student leaders are alleging that the discrepancies in admission process in the college has occurred at the behest of the College Principal. They also accuse his involvement in missing books worth `12.5 lakh of the college library. The students are annoyed over that the fact that despite repeated pleas on various issues the college administration does nothing concrete. The accusation of the students are however refuted by the principal and the staff members who claim that the student leaders are enraged as the college administration worked as per rules in the process of admissions and refused giving undue favours to them.
The standoff between the college administration and students started on October 08 when some students alleged that one Mansi Bhandari was given admission in MA sociology course in gross violation of norms. The students alleged that Bhandari had not even filled the merit form and her admission is against the ruling of High Court. The issue soon snowballed with the students filing a written complaint against the college principal Devendra Bhasin at the local police station. The incident was very shocking for the principal who later went on a leave on Medical grounds.
The teaching fraternity however rallied behind their principal and claimed that nothing wrong was done by recommending the admission of the girl as such admissions are done when the number of seats are vacant in some course at end of cycle of admissions. The students are also taking the war against the Principal to social media tools like Facebook and WhatsApp.