T’puram: Kerala University vice-chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal has directed the university finance officer not to process the salary of the suspended registrar K S Anil Kumar but to provide him only a subsistence allowance.Kunnummal suspended Anil Kumar from service on July 2 but syndicate members met in his absence on July 5 and claimed to have revoked his suspension and issued orders. Kunnummal later handed over registrar’s charge to planning director Mini Kappan.Meanwhile, Raj Bhavan has directed Kappan to appear before the governor on Saturday with score sheets provided by the Kerala University youth festival judging committee. A group of winners had approached the court against Kunnummal’s refusal to accept the results of some competitions, where four or five students were declared joint first-prize winners. It was alleged that the university union, which organises the festival, made arrangements to declare a group of students as joint winners as it would help them gain considerable grace marks. Planning director Kappan, whom the VC appointed as registrar in charge, has been summoned to obtain details before filing a court affidavit. The chancellor is one of the accused in the complaint filed by the students.Meanwhile, the administration crisis continues in Kerala University. Although the VC gave the registrar’s charge to Kappan, pro-CPM members in the office refused to provide her with the files’ links. Since the syndicate standing committee’s recommendation to sanction additional seats for some courses did not reach the office of the VC through the registrar in charge, he refused to sign the same.
