Wednesday, May 21, 2008

PROF. V. SRINIVASAN LAMBASTS 'THE HINDU'


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PROF. V. SRINIVASAN lambasts 'THE HINDU' for its uncouth and inexplicable ways in this letter addressed to readers-editor of The Hindu:

Dear Readers Editor:

It has been a very tough situation in The American College, Madurai for over a month. Several news papers and some TV Channels had given the general public good coverage of the events.The Hindu had completely ignored the issue for reasons best known to the reporting and editorial staff in Madurai and Chennai. However on page 3 of The Hindu Madurai city edition of 8th May we find two advertisements for admissions for the year 2008 - 2009 over the signature of Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph signed as Principal and Secretary and on page 3 of the city edition of The Hindu 11th May we find the same two advertisement over the signature of Dr. V. George Selvakumar signed as Principal-in-Charge and Secretary.

Who according to The Hindu is administering the College? Should not the Editorial staff & Manager, Advertisements who I am sure are aware of the situation through other news papers like The New Indian Express check before publishing the second advertisement? I happen to know that George Selvakumar has been under suspension as per government records and he did not receive his full pay last month. As per the Government records the Secretary of the College is Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph. What The Hindu has done just to earn some advertisement money is very mean.

.........Srinivasan



Prof. V. Srinivasan, M.A.,M.S(Oregon,USA)
Professor of Physics (Retired), The American College, Madurai 625020
Residence: Pankajam; 4 Fatima College Colony, Madurai 625018
Ph 0452 2668735, Cell 9443368731

Sunday, May 4, 2008

ANOTHER LONG TENSE DAY - 2 JUNE



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IPAC members in the Collectorate, Madurai gearing up to submit a memorandum to Collector on 2nd June 2008 morning around 10.30 am. -----peakay



A wait for R.D.O.'s ORDERS


On instruction of the High Court at Madurai, the R.D.O. of Madurai had to visit our college campus everyday twice, in the morning and evening, for the past month. He was asked to find under whose possession the college was and report it to the court.
Days were passing by with this prolonged agony of not knowing what the report was going to be. Though everything – conduct of examinations, publication of results, issuance of applications for admission, processing and publication of the first list of student selection and disbursement of staff salaries - was going on without any hitch, we were all anxiously waiting for the report. With all the political pressure on the district administration mounted from the other side we were wondering whether the report will be truthful and supporting our side.

Due to these uncertainties, IPAC (INITIATIVE FOR PROTECTING AMERICAN COLLEGE.) decided that the retired faculty should meet the Collector of Madurai and request him to come out with the report at the earliest so that day-to-day functioning of the college goes on smoothly. A memorandum to this effect was prepared and word was sent around to the retired faculty in the city to come to the Collector’s Office.

The following retired faculty, including three former Principals, assembled at 10.30 on 2 June:

1. Prof. P.T.CHELLAPPA
2. Prof. B.GUNRAJ
3. Prof. Dr.PERTER JEYAPANDIYAN
4. Prof SOLOMON PAPPIAH
5. Prof A.WINFRED
6. Prof J.VASANTHAN
7. Prof R.PADMANABHAN NAIR
8. Prof D.SAMUEL LAWRENCE
9. Prof R.NEDUMARAN
10. Prof Dr.SAMINATHAN
11. Prof Dr.R.D. MICHAEL
12. Prof A.KUMARESAN
13. Prof T.S.SUBRAMANIAN
14. Prof V.SRINIVASAN
15. Prof Dr.G.BALASUBRAMANIAM
16. Prof BALDWIN JAWAHARSINGH
17. Prof J.E.M.ARPUTHAMOORTHI
18. Prof JOHNSON SUNDARARAJ
19. Prof MESTON FENN
20. Prof G.SAM GEORGE
And
21. Mr. CHRISTOPHER

Though we had obtained prior permission for the audience with the Collector, on that morning we were informed after long wait, that we would not be able to meet him but only the R.D.O. At R.D.O.‘s office, Dr. D.P.J. made a fervent plea to expedite the action of the Collector and R.D.O.. Prof. P.T.C. who was indisposed recollected the role of Bishops at our college Governing Council Meetings and also how our college has been totally free from interference from any quarter including the Diocese. Prof Pappiah briefly mentioned the traditions the college has set for itself in all these years. A few more of the faculty also expressed their views briefly to which the R.D.O. gave a patient hearing.

Before leaving the Collectorate it was decided to have the meeting of IPAC on the same evening at 6.30 at Peoples Watch Office building.

In the evening the meeting was well attended by many of the alumni and well wishers. The need for some quick action was realized since there was apprehension on everybody’s mind. So it was planned to meet Chief Minister immediately to appeal to him to help the college. It was also thought that some corpus fund had to be generated to meet the expenses in case of a long drawn struggle. In addition, it was also suggested that telegrams and letters from the faculty, the alumni, the students and the public should be sent to R.D.O. and Collector to expedite the matter.

After the meeting was over some of us were organizing to send the telegrams and letters. Around 9 p.m. we got information that the orders of the R.D.O. is going to be served. So we rushed to the Principal’s bungalow on our campus. Pappiah and Prof. Winfred joined us. Another tense hour of waiting …!

Around 10 p.m. police personnel issued a copy of the orders to Principal.
Our earlier apprehension had been if the status of the Dr. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar as the Principal and Secretary was questioned by the Orders the college would slip into unimaginable anarchy. But the courageous pronouncement of the government has only saved the turf on which we stand together and continue our struggle.

Friday, May 2, 2008

A thoughtful response.....




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Julius David's letter to Retired faculty Professor Sam George dated 1.5.2008

Dear Mr. George,
Thank you very much keeping us posted of the developments!
Please convey my regards to Mr. Joseph Chinnaraj, when you get a chance and ask him to send me a note if he needs anything.
I tried to post the following comments in the IPAC blog site but for some reason I am NOT able to so if you can arrange to post it, I'd really appreciate it.
First of, I am vey happy about the court's decision and hope this is just the first of the many wins the college will have in this sad episode that is distracting everyone from being productive and enjoying life!
Just curious...
#1) If the court dismissed the case filed by the Bishop on the grounds of "production of false documents in the High Court", isn't this perjury (or contempt of court / judge) that is “automatically” punishable under Indian law? If NOT, I am assuming that the lawyers representing the interests of the college following up on this!
#2) Since the diocese of Madurai & Ramnad is under the jurisdiction of the Synod of CSI, has anyone from the Synod taken the responsibility for the Bishop’s behavior and / or intervened to mediate in the larger interest of Church of Christ?
#3) Is there a fund setup to pay for expenditure the college is incurring to defend its position? If so, please publish the details of how to donate, especially from the US through a local agency here in the US.

Last but not the least, I want to take this opportunity to thank all you who have stepped forward to show your support to this great institution!
Also, if someone could respond to these queries that will be great!

Thanks again for all your efforts to protect our College!!!

Regards,
Julius David

KEEP OFF FROM OUR PULPITS , PLEASE




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There was quite a good crowd on 28 April in the C.S.I. Cathedral when Bishop & Co organized a rival meeting to the one organized by IPAC. There were some questions from the participants themselves:

• Why couldn’t B & Co conduct a public meeting like the IPAC?

• When the issue is not religious and not anything concerned with Church why the meeting should be convened in the Cathedral? At least it could have been in any one of the Diocesan schools.

• Should Church and the pastors be involved in this?
• Should the pastors talk about this issue in their sermons during services?

So many questions were raised by those from the crowd itself. When the reason for that was asked the uniform answers were that it is out of sheer compulsion and fear for the Bishop they had congregated there.

Most of the pastors are being used as pawns in this war game by the Bishop. They have been asked to ‘instruct and advice’ their respective flocks to support the Bishop in this issue. But there are some specific congregations which had already shown their disagreement with the way the whole American College-episode is being conducted in the Diocese. For instance, of all the churches, in the Cathedral itself the congregation has shown their utter disappointment, disagreement and dejection over the way their pastor, one Rev.K.K. Devadoss has been using the pulpit for the politics of the Bishop. They have prepared the following hand-bill and distributed to all in the congregation. That is a open letter to that said pastor.

(For those who cannot read the following Tamil version, I have given the translation of some important sentences – blue color in the Tamil version - in the handbill. I have sincerely tried to give the nearest meaning of the original version. )


ஐயா,

1 தாங்கள் கடந்த ஞாயிறு அன்று நடந்த ஆராதனையில் பக்தி விருத்திக்கு எதுவான எதுவும் இல்லாமல் உங்கள் சொற்பொழிவுகள் இருந்தது குறித்து சபை மக்கள் அனைவரும் மிகவும் மிகுந்த வருத்தமடைந்துள்ளனர். ஆராதனை என்பது ஆண்டவரைப் புகழ்ந்து பாடுவதற்கும், அவருடைய வார்த்தைகளைக் கேட்கவும், உலக கவலைகளை மறந்து அவரிடம் மன்றாடும் ஒரு இடமாக இருப்பதற்கும் மட்டுமே என்றால் அது மிகையாகாது. அதற்கு சபை குரு ஆதரவாக இருந்து சாட்சியாக வாழ்ந்து ஆண்டவரை மட்டுமே உயர்த்திக் காட்டும் ஒரு மேய்ப்பனாக இருக்க வேண்டும். அதை விட்டு விட்டு வேண்டத்தகாத விஷயங்களைக் கூறி சிற்றார், வயதானோர் மனதைக் குழப்பி விட்டு வருத்தப் பட்டு இன்னும் அதிகம் பாரத்தை எங்கள் மேல் சுமக்க வைக்கும் ஒரு சபை குருவாக இருந்தால், 2 அப்படிப்பட்ட குரு எங்களுக்குத் தேவையில்லை என சபை மக்கள் எண்ணுகின்றார்கள் என்றால் அது மிகையாகாது.

3 சபை மக்களாகிய எங்களுக்கும் அமெரிக்கன் கல்லூரி விவகாரங்களுக்கும் ஒரு சம்பந்தமும் இல்லை. அதில் பேராயருக்கு ஆர்வம் இருப்பதற்கு காரணம் உலகம் அறியும். அதனைக் கேட்க நாங்கள் பேராலயத்திற்கு வரவில்லை. ஆண்டவரை வழிபட மட்டுமே நாங்கள் பேராலயத்திற்கு வருகின்றோம். 4 இனிமேலாவது பிரசங்கப் பீடத்திலோ ஆல்டரிலோ இருந்துகொண்டு ஆண்டவரை வழிபடாத எந்த காரியத்திலும் ஈடுபட வேண்டாம். கடவுளின் கோபாக்கினை அவரை அண்டி வரும் மக்களுக்கு ஆதரவாக இல்லாமல் இருப்பவர் மேல் வரும். 5 நீங்கள் கடவுளை மட்டும் பிரியப்படுத்த முயலுங்கள். அப்போதுதான் உண்மையான ஆசீர்வாதம் தங்களுக்குக் கிடைக்கும். ஒரு மேய்ப்பனின் பொறுப்பு மிக முக்கியமான ஒன்று. அதை நீங்கள் சரியாக செய்யவில்லையெனில், கடவுளின் ஆக்கினைத் தீர்ப்பு எப்படி வரும் என்று சொல்ல முடியாது. எனவே ஆண்டவர் முன்பாக நீங்கள் பயந்து நடுங்கி மன்னிப்பு பெறுங்கள்.

முன்னொரு நாள் தாங்கள் எப்படி பாவியிலும் மிகப் பெரிய பாவியாக, வேறு மதத்தில் இருந்தீர்கள், தபாலாபீசில் தபால் பையனாக வேலை செய்து மணியார்டர் பணங்களை திருடிக்கொண்டு இருந்து ஜெயிலுக்குச் சென்று, பின் ஆண்டவர் அருளால் மனம் மாறி, கிறிஸ்துவனானீர்கள் என்று நீங்கள் கூறக்கேட்டு நாங்கள் பெருமிதமடைந்தோம். உங்கள் மீது இருந்த நம்பிக்கை, விசுவாசம், வீண்போகாமல் இருக்க, இன்னும் நீங்கள் ஆண்டவரை அண்டி எங்களை வழி நடத்துங்கள். கடவுள் உங்களை மன்னிப்பார். சரியான நேரத்தில் ஆராதனைகளை ஆரம்பித்து மிகச் சுருக்கமாக ஆண்டவரைப் பற்றி மட்டும் பேசி, சிந்தித்து, வணங்கி, வீண்வார்த்தைகளை அலப்பாமல் ஆராதனைகளைக் குறித்த நேரத்தில் முடித்து, அன்போடு அனைவரையும் தேற்றி ஆதரித்து வாருங்கள். 6 மனுஷனை நம்புவதைப் பார்க்கிலும் கர்த்தர் பேரில் பிரியமாய் இருப்பதே நலம். உங்கள் வழிகளைச் சோதித்துப் பார்த்து எங்களைச் சரியான பாதையில் நடத்துங்கள்.

ஆண்டவர் உங்களை வழிநடத்த, பரிசுத்த ஆவியினால் புது பெலனடைந்து சாட்சியுள்ள ஜீவியம் வாழ, எங்களை வாழ வைக்க ஆண்டவர் அருள் தருவாராக.

இப்படிக்கு,
உங்கள் மூலம்
சரியான கிறிஸ்துவ பாதையில் வழி நடத்தப் பட விரும்பும்
சபைமக்கள்.


1. The sermon you gave during the service on last Sunday was in no way effecting our faith; in stead it only made the whole congregation feeling very sad.

2. It is in no way an exaggeration if it is said that the congregation in unison felt that we don’t need such a pastor.

3. We, the congregation, are in no way related to the American College affair.
The whole world knows the reason for the interest of Bishop in American College. But we don’t come to the church to listen to those things.

4. At least hereafter don’t indulge in such practices when you are in pulpit or in the altar.

5. You will be blessed by our Lord only if and when you try to glorify Him,

6. It is always better to repose your faith on Him rather than pinning it on normal mortals.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

ALL EVENTS SO FAR HAPPENED - ON DAY-TO-DAY BASIS




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Prof. JOHN SEKAR of English Dept. reports the events that have been taking place in the college on a day-to-day basis:



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First week of March 2008

The Bishop through the diocesan officers headed by Rev. Dasayan asked for Rs.1 lakh from the college funds and permission for using college ground for the celebration of his election as Deputy Moderator, Synod CSI.

• While the Principal and Secretary categorically declined for any monetary help for such an extravaganza, he offered the college Main Hall, which the diocese declined to accept. The principal could not allot the college grounds because of the hostel day celebrations slated that weekend. But he assured the Bishop's men that he would certainly spend some money from the college on poor Christian high school students for their education so that they could come to the college for higher education on their merit.


Wednesday, 19 March 2008

On return from his Hong Kong trip, Principal and Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar asked the Bishop over the phone whether he had signed the papers relating to the principal’s visit to the US. The Bishop replied that he had to talk to him before signing papers, and suggested that the principal met him in person at his Dental college office. The principal met him in the same evening.

• It was a two hour intimidation by the bishop with a hostile tone and tenor. He found fault with the principal for having advised the Bursar who is his son-in-law on matters related to his involvement in getting sponsorship from a private cellular phone company, and to his personal connections with a fellow woman lecturer.

• The principal told him that he had specifically asked the bursar not to involve himself in the music programme and other things related to it as it was being organized by women’s club; that his collection of Rs.3 lakh from Air Tel as sponsor amount and supplying them with tickets worth Rs.3 lakh were an unethical and dishonest act; that he as a junior faculty member with responsible position as an officer of the college shall not call women faculty members by any endearing names in public.

• The bishop in a highly objectionable language intimidated the principal saying that he was a dangerous person who could trace foot prints of his enemies on sand, and could turn criminal cases into civil and vice versa.

• When pressed for his papers, the principal was told that the bishop had kept them at home and he would sent them the next day.


Thursday, 20 March 2008

The Bishop over the phone again intimidated the principal charging him of a sex scandal.

• The principal politely asked the bishop to behave in a manner that is proper to his position and not as a third grade person on the street.


Saturday, 22 March 2008

Bishop’s letter to Principal & Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar levelling many charges that range from the appointment of non-CSI Christians in Tamil department to academic and administrative matters. It also says that Principal and Secretary is ‘granted’ leave and permission to go abroad if he hands over all charges to the Vice-Principal, who in turn, will carry out all that is assigned to him by the Council.


Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Principal puts up a faculty notice board informing the faculty that he postponed his trip to the US and UK due to certain recent developments in the college.

• F&P was redoing the budget for 2008-09 since the Bursar had prepared it with nearly 1.5 crore deficit.


Wednesday and Thursday, 9 and 10 April 2008

Bursar did not attend the candle light ceremony, but the Vice-principal attended it on both days.


Friday, 11 April 2008

In its General Body meeting the following resolutions were passed unanimously after a thorough discussion on the Bishop’s letter to the Principal and Secretary dated 22 March 2008.

• Resolved to authorize the faculty representatives in the Governing Council of The American College, Prof. M. Rajendra Pandian and Dr. K. Navaneetha Kannan to stand by Principal and Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar, and to take strong exception to the Bishop-Chairman’s letter to the Principal and Secretary.

• Further resolved to authorize the faculty representatives to fight against the perceived diocesanization of the college.

• The Bishop called Vice-Principal on the phone around 9:45 p.m. asking him to come to his Dental college office, and handed over a letter to him around 11:30 p.m. appointing him as principal-in-charge and secretary under the pretext that Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar had proceeded on leave. Interestingly, the vice-principal did not protest that the principal and secretary had not gone on leave and that he had already put up a faculty notice on 8 April 2008 itself, and that he was working with him as vice-principal to date.

Saturday, 12 April 2008

• Around 5:45 a.m. the vice-principal called up the principal over the phone from his residence on campus informing that he had some important message to share, and met him around 6 a.m.

• The principal and Secretary took exception to what the vice-principal had done, and asked him “Were you not aware that I’m on duty and in full control of the administration?” referring to his public notice put up on the faculty notice board on 8th April 2008. He asked him “Didn’t you attend all the meetings I convened during these days after the postponement of my trip to the US and the UK?”

• The VP had no proper answer.

• The Principal and Secretary advised him to write a one-line letter to the Bishop immediately saying that since the principal and secretary was on duty, the question of appointment did not arise.

• Instead of carrying out the instructions given, the vice-principal held a conclave in his chamber with the Bursar and the F&P member Prof. T. Arul Pragasam from 7:30 a.m. and locked up the Principal’s office.

• Around 9:30 a.m. the Principal & Secretary on his arrival to the office came to know the foul game being played by the Vice-Principal and Co. He also learnt that the Bursar, using his church influence on his friend one Mr. Justin Prabhakar, Tallakulum Inspector had called the police to the campus.

• Due to the pressure built by the senior faculty members who had by then gathered in large numbers and friends of the college like Dr. Carr and Mr. Henry, the Bursar and the Vice-Principal opened the principal’s office.

• Emergency meetings of the Senatus and the Faculty were held in the afternoon and resolutions to express solidarity with and full confidence in Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar, Principal and Secretary were unanimously passed.

• Under the leadership of the principal and secretary around 10 senior faculty members called on the Commissioner of Police to prefer a complaint against Mr. Justin Prabhar who entered the campus in uniform without the authority of the head of the institution.

• Dr. V. George Selvakumar was placed under suspension.


Sunday, 13 April 2008

It is reliably learnt that Rev. Jeyachandran and Mrs. Davamani Christopher approached Rev. Dr. Larbeer to get his signature asking for an emergency meeting of the Council under the pretext that the Vice-Principal is the Secretary-in-charge.

• It is also learnt that Rev. Dr. Larbeer declined to sign such an illegal request.


Monday, 14 April 2008

Around 4:30 p.m. some former professors and old students called on Principal and Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar to know the recent developments in the college


Tuesday, 15 April 2008

The Bursar was seen carrying a load of files from his office, and later in the evening he was seen with files near the Outpost traffic junction with some lawyers.


Wednesday, 16 April 2008

IPAC was formed with Prof. Solomon Papaiah as its patron
• The two teacher representatives received a letter by courier and telegrams at night informing them that the Bishop and the suspended George Selvakumar had jointly called for a GC meeting on 19 April 2008.

• Rev. Mohan Larbeer had addressed a resignation letter to the Bishop-chairman with a copy to Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar. The letter was dated 15 April 2008.


Thursday, 17 April 2008

It was reliably learnt that the Bishop had already induced the Societies Registration department to recommend to the government about the dissolution of the Governing Council of the American College as a registered Society.

• It was learnt that the diocesan officers held a press conference at OCPM.

• Protest telegrams were sent to the bishop and Dr. George Selvakumar by the teacher representatives in the Council Prof. M. Rajendra Pandian and Dr. Navaneetha Kannan.


Friday, 18 April 2008

All dailies had carried the reports of the news conference held by the diocesan officers at OCPM.

• The main allegation was that the principal failed to file annual reports and audits of the Society with the Societies Registration department and therefore it had recommended to the government the dissolution of the society. It is to be noted that it is the duty of the bursar to file such returns.

• Protest telegrams by Principal and Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar and AIACHE nominees Mr. R. Sathiamoorthy and Dr. V. Swaminathan were sent to the Bishop-chairman and Dr. V. George Selvakumar who were trying to convene an illegal Governing Council meeting at an authorized place.

• Principal and Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar met senior faculty members at 1 p.m. at the Seminar Hall to brief them about the recent happenings on the campus.

• The principal informed Mr. Larbeer by telegram and speed post that his resignation had been accepted.


Saturday, 19 April 2008

• The college received an objection letter from the District Registrar of Societies about the alleged non-submission of annual reports and audit reports from 2003 (it is to be recalled that the diocese had claimed in a press conference on 17 April 2008 that the District Registrar of Societies had recommended to the government about the dissolution of the Society).

• Around 1.30 p.m. a fax was received and it informed the principal that the illegally convened GC meeting had placed him under suspension.

• Around 6:15 p.m. the Bishop broke open the main gate with many outsiders armed with deadly weapons to ‘install’ the new principal.

• The faculty and students who had gathered in large number put up a stiff resistance. Principal and Secretary called the police. With the knowledge of the police, the bishop brought a bus full of girls from CSI Nursing college and a group orphan children around 10 p.m. to provide a human shield to his gang.

• The bishop and the bursar were seen giving instructions to the police that the principal office was sealed and keys were handed over to them after chasing away the college students out.

• The principal contacted the district collector, who assured him that the principal could do anything that he thought good for the institution and that he would send RDO. He also contacted the ADGP, L&O and Intelligence and the Home Secretary for the protection of the college students and properties.

• Early morning, the collector promulgated Section 145 on campus, formed peace committee that would take place around 10 a.m. on Sunday, 20 April 2008.


Sunday, 20 April 2008

• Peace committee met under the chairmanship of DRO for nearly three hours in the morning.

• An understanding to the effect that status quo as on 8 April 2008 be maintained. Though Principal and Secretary Dr. T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar signed, the bishop & co. declined to do so. The matter was reported to the government. The government formed an eight member committee of observers to supervise the day-to-day functioning of the college particularly the conduct of examinations.


Monday, 21 April 2008

• Two complaints were received by the principal and secretary; one from Murugan of the Bursar office who claimed that the Bursar abused him verbally calling him by his caste name, and physically manhandled him, intimidated him to sign an already prepared letter to the effect that the principal forcefully got the key from him.

• Another one from Mr. Joel of the Computer Science confessing that the Bursar compelled him to break open the Washburn Gate.

• Both the complaints were received in the presence of the Dean, CDC, MKU in the evening.

• The principal forwarded the complaints to the AC, Tallakulam and the Tashildar, Madurai North.


Tuesday 22 April 2008

• Dr. Arul Arasu Israel of RPS department asked one Murugadoss of ECE final year to come to his Xerox centre attached to his house and collect handbills numbering 150, and distribute them among hostellers.

• Being his value education teacher, Murugadoss distributed as instructed. Dr. Silas, Warden, Dudley Hall enquired into the matter and brought it to the notice of the principal.


Wednesday 23 April 2008

Murugadoss confessed in writing in the presence of revenue officials and officials from the intelligence department.

• Caveat petitions had been sent by the Bishop to the teacher representatives in the Council.


Thursday, 24 April 2008

• It was learnt that one economics student had filed a case against the principal and secretary to the effect that the principal abused him using his caste name.

• It was also learnt that this student was kept in the custody of the bishop.

• It was reliably learnt that the bishop with the world renowned Tamil evangelist and the owner of Karunya Deemed University Dr. Paul Dinakaran met the General Secretary of AIACHE in New Delhi and pressurised him to withdraw DR. V.Swamianthan and Mr. R. Sathiamoorthy from the Governing Council as AIACHE nominees.


Friday, 25 April 2008

IPAC conducted a public meeting between 5 and 9 p.m. to explain the American college issue to the public.

• Leaders from various political parties condemned the attitude and avariciousness of the bishop and his family to grab the college property by attempting to change the principal.