The Delhi High Court has asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to consider afresh the representation of six hostel wardens against their termination by the university administration and pass a reasoned order. Tenure of the remaining 19 wardens has been renewed but no explanation was provided for this differential treatment of otherwise similarly placed faculty members, the six wardens added. “The administration has reduced the office of the warden to political patronage,” the six wardens said, claiming that replacing such a large number of wardens was a clear attempt to fill residential spaces with compliant wardens who will follow the diktats of the administration. ‘Compliant wardens’“Issues like hostel fee hike, hostel timings, privacy of residents, etc.. have been points of contention between the current administration and the university community, and compliant wardens may only further their agenda,” they contended. This, they claimed, has uprooted them and their families from the community that they have built and invested in.

Source: The Hindu April 18, 2018 20:26 UTC