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Some portions of the letter were left out in the earlier post.
This is the complete copy of the open letter.
01.11.2012
An Open Letter to the
Moderator of the Syn of the CSI & Syn Nominee on the Governing Council of
the American College, & Chairperson
of the Selection Committee for the Appointment of the Principal appointed in
2011, now quashed by the Madras High Court Bench, in Madurai
From
The Madurai Chapter of the Prophetic Forum,
The Madurai Chapter of the Prophetic Forum,
as from 31 Srinivasa Avenue,
P.&T Nagar,
Madurai 624017
Sir,
Knowing full well that
you are determined to stay on course resorting to fraud and manipulation, as
Christians motivated by our Lord's parable of the Importunate Widow and the
Unjust Judge who neither feared God nor cared for people, we have decided yet once more to write to you
to call you to repent.
In as much as you were the Chairperson of
the Selection Committee which declared that among the 7 candidates interviewed
Mr. Christopher Davamani was found to be the best and most suitable candidate
to be the Principal of the American College at the very outset we would like to
ask you "Are you not ashamed that the High Court Bench in Madurai has
ordered the appointment and the approval granted by the University to be
quashed through a common order?" And, do you not feel guilty for having Discredited
God's Name so badly?
The grounds on which the order has been
passed calls into question the very credibility of the Church as a whole. We cite below just a few of the very damaging
comments passed by the honourable judge,
He has observed that the marks obtained by
the two candidates in the written examinations they passed were not at all
taken into consideration. The reason for
this cover up is obvious as we present below the tabulated comparison as
recorded in the order:
The comparative statement of educational
qualification and professional experience with accomplishments between
petitioner and respondent No.8, reads as under:
S.No
|
Description of
Items
|
Writ
Petitioner
|
Dr.M.Dhavamani
Christophe
(8th respondent)
|
1
|
Educational
Qualification
|
||
a
|
S.S.L.C.
|
72%
|
61.8%
|
b
|
PUC/HSc
|
67.5%
with 200/200 in Maths
|
55.42%
(Attempt)
|
c
|
UG
|
65.0% (B.Com)
|
56.95% (BSC) Attempt in
several papers
|
d
|
PG
|
60% (M.Com)
|
67.93 (Msc.)
(Attempt in
several papers)
|
e
|
M.Phil
|
63% Commerce
|
67.83% (Maths)
|
f
|
Ph.D
|
Commerce
"Highly commended"
|
Does not hold
PhD in Maths
|
g
|
Other Additional
Educational qualifications
|
B.L.,
M.L, M.B.A., .C.A., BCS.,
|
B.Ed., M.Ed.,
Ph.D (Education)
|
II Recognised
Teaching experience
|
|||
Total PG + UG
|
25
years and 8 month
|
15
years and 1 months
|
|
III
|
Total Research
Experience
|
||
Guiding of research
at Ph D and M.Phil levels
|
13 years 3 months
|
Nil
|
|
IV
|
Publications
|
||
a
|
International
|
14
|
Nil
|
b
|
National
|
17
|
Nil
|
c
|
Total
|
31
|
Nil
|
V
|
Books/Proceedings
edited
|
||
a
|
Book
|
1
|
Nil
|
b
|
Member, Editorial
Board
|
Journal of Development and Social Change, Mysore
|
Nil
|
c
|
Executive Editor
|
International
Journal of Educational Research, Development and Extension, Center for Educational Research, MKU, ISSN
0974-889X
|
|
VI
|
Papers Presented
|
||
a
|
State Level Workshop
|
16
|
Information
not available
|
b
|
National Level
|
49
|
Information not available
|
c
|
Internationals
|
18
|
Information not available
|
VII
|
Guiding of Research
|
||
a
|
M.Phil Thesis
|
20 Completed
|
Nil
|
b
|
PH D Thesis
|
10 awarded 2 submitted, awaiting award 9
working
|
Nil
|
VIII
|
Administration
|
||
a
|
Dean, College
Development
council, Madurai Kamaraj University (on deputation
from August 2007 to
August 2011)
|
4 years
|
Has acted only as
Bursar, he
American
College, Madurai for 5 years.
No
experience in higher level educational administration, not even as head of the
department in the college
|
b
|
Director I/C, Center for educational research (July] 2008
to January 2011)
|
2 years 6 months
|
|
c
|
Secretary,
University Public: School (August 2007 to 2011)
|
4 years
|
|
d
|
Head, Postgraduate
Department of Commerce, The American College:
Madurai
(2002-2007) again from 20.08.2011
till date
|
5 years
|
Nil
|
The
following remarks of the Honourable Judge in summary form are noteworthy
1. It was proved that that the marks of the
written examinations were not before the Committee (you, sir, were in the Chair)
2. The Candidate himself was party to the
selection of the Selection Committee by the Governing Council. And so he had influenced the selection both
on account of him being a member of the Governing Council and being the son-in-law
of the Bishop who was the Chairperson of the Governing Council.
3. Therefore the appointment deserves to be set
aside on the principle that no man can be judge in his own cause.
4. The selection process, therefore, can be
safely said to be totally arbitrary, thus violative of Article 14 of the
Constitution of India.
Sir, you have spoken of the bishops of the CSI as
Men chosen by God. You have also
declared yourself to be called by God to the high office of Moderator. Our memories are not short as we remember
exactly how you went about securing votes for you and your team mates.
We are confident that your memory too would
not have faded so soon. In order to gain
votes of the DM & R candidates for you and your team mates at the Synod
held ten months ago, last year you struck a deal with the then bishop of the
Diocese since deceased, late Christopher Asir and play acted being Chair of the
Selection Committee to declare Mr.Christopher Davamani as the best of the seven
candidates to be made Principal of the American College. The Madras High Court Bench has struck this
selection down, and has also quashed the approval granted by the University. This is no news to you but we want to remind
you of the shady deal which made you declare the least suited man to be the
best just for the sake of the votes to establish God's call to you to be the
Moderator!
In
former days when a severe well reasoned indictment is made against any leader
of the people, the leader resigned
admitting that he had brought discredit to his office by indulging in wrong
doing with vested interests. Can we expect any such response from a person
who claiming to have been chosen by God has defamed God's Name beyond measure?
But if you stay on in office in spite of
having been proved to have played along with a manipulative scheme just for
your own advantage, can we at least see a change in which you do things
hereafter?
The courts are yet to decide which is the
proper Governing Council. But you have
participated in the illegitimate council meetings from Feb 2010 onwards as the
Nominee of the Synod. You were warned
about this through telegram and letter but you chose to ignore them. It was in
this capacity sitting as Synod Nominee on an illegitimate body that you acted
as Chair of the selection process.
Since becoming your own commissary and
assuming all the powers of the bishop of the DM&R you have gone ahead and
convened the illegitimate College Council and have pressurized the members of
the College Community who were opposed to the Diocesan bid to take over the
College to sign a memorandum of understanding, the retired principal playing
turncoat, trying to grab power of some kind under the presumption that the
College is now an institution of the Diocese.
That is, you continue to indulge in wrong doing irrespective of whether
you bring credit or discredit to God's Name.
That consideration does not seem to weigh with you at all.
Anyway, as stated at the outset, we like
the Importunate Widow of our Lord's parable are knocking at your door for
justice to the 133 yr old institution which has served the vision of the
founders until forces of power grabbing for personal gain gained control over
the institution.
We shall go on praying for you, the Synod of
the CSI and the American
College...
By the grace of God our
prayers are already answered through fair judgments at the courts of law. We do hope that the representatives of the Heavenly Court on
earth also will follow suit,
Thus,
1. Advocate
Sathiamoorthy
2.Prof Samuel Lawrence
3. Rev. Dhyanchand Carr
PS
Those who desire a copy
of the full order which runs to 33 pages may ask for one to the address given
above with sufficient postage.
