Delhi Government Initiates Inquiry into Alleged Financial Irregularities at 12 DU Colleges

New Delhi: The Higher Education Ministry in Delhi has initiated an investigation into 12 colleges affiliated with Delhi University that receive funding from the Delhi Government. The government has alleged that there are major financial irregularities in these colleges.

The Higher Education Minister has instructed the Secretary (Higher Education) to form an inquiry committee to investigate the alleged irregularities.

The ministry contends that these colleges have substantial procedural irregularities, asserting that they have appointed 1897 employees, including teaching staff, without approval from the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). Among them are 939 teaching and 958 non-teaching staff hired without GNCTD approval, violating established government procedures and rules.

Additionally, the ministry has directed officials to identify and take stringent action against principals and officials responsible for creating unauthorised positions, with a mandate to recover salaries since 2015 for staff members appointed illegally. 

The Higher Education Minister has called for robust action against officers violating General Financial Rules (GFR) provisions during the execution of contracts.

The Ministry said, "The colleges haven't submitted the ATR. Accountability demands transparent, judicious spending of public funds, flouted repeatedly by these colleges.".

The ministry alleges that since the public exchequer funds these colleges, they must be held accountable for any misutilisation of funds. It specifically points out lapses, such as executing contracts worth crores for security and sanitation work without adhering to GFR, violating accounting norms, and deviating from the approved "Pattern of Assistance" by the GNCTD.

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