Former students of SVM College staged a dharna demanding original Plus Three provisional and migration certificates from the authorities on Thursday.
The agitators, comprising students who graduated from the college between 2013 and 2018 alleged that the authorities had issued fake certificates to them due to which they were unable to pursue higher studies.
“The certificates which were issued to us had fake registration numbers. We had gone to Utkal University for migration certificates but the officials there told us that the registration numbers were fake,” said one of the agitators Subhasis Tripathy.
Two months back when the victim students had resorted to an agitation seeking their original certificates including migration and university registration number, the authorities had assured providing them those documents forthwith but till date nothing happened, rued another agitator.
Action should be taken against those who issued fake certificates. As many as 124 students had passed the degree examination from the college in 2013-18 education year, Principal of SVM College Nitarani Kar said, adding that when these students took admission in 2013-18, she was not in charge. Then principal of the college admitted more students than the number of seats which led to the situation, she told.
"I have sought intervention of the Utkal University authority. It is a time taking process regularizing the students for issuing migration and registration numbers under the Utkal University. So, I request students to wait for a few more days," she said.