Bakheda has been appointed as the head of the Department of Sociology of the University

The staff of their secretariat said that the officials did not come to the office due to insecurity due to 'unreasonable pressure and threats' in the appointment of department heads. They say that the police suggested that there is a security threat. The university informed that Prime Minister and Vice-Chancellor KP Sharma Oli, Education Minister and Vice-Chancellor Vidya Bhattarai, and Home Minister Ramesh Akhtar have not come to the office.

In writing to the Minister of Education on Friday, the university has also requested to make necessary security arrangements. "Due to the immediate uncomfortable situation in the university, the security arrangements of officials and the central office complex in Kirtipur are becoming challenging and the feeling of insecurity is increasing," said the letter written by Registrar Rizal, "Through the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Vice-Chancellor, Principal (Rector), Registrar's private residence and central There is a request for necessary arrangements for the security of the office premises.'

Education Minister Vidya Bhattarai said that the letter sent by the university requesting security to the Ministry of Education will be sent home. There is an atmosphere of panic in the university. I have informed the Prime Minister and the Home Minister that the officials were pressured and threatened. I have asked the Home Minister to take action in any case. According to the procedure, appointment should be made on the basis of seniority. I have been raising this issue since I was a member of Parliament. We send the letter sent by the university to the Ministry of Home Affairs," she said.

Humanities and Sociology Faculty Dean Kusum Shakya recommended the name of the head of the department after changing the procedure, the executive council sources said that the appointment could not be decided. Department head Yuvraj Luintel's tenure ended on Friday. There is a provision in the procedure to appoint department heads based on seniority and seniority.

After Dean Shakya recommended the name of associate professor Tikaram Gautam, who was ranked second, after Pasang Sherpa, who was number one, a member of the executive council said that there was a dispute in the appointment. On the basis of seniority, the department recommended the names of associate professor Sherpa as number one, Gautam as number two and Manhari Dhakal as number three. Luintel also confirmed the recommendation made by the department.

But Dean Shakya recommended Gautam's name first and Sherpa's name second when recommending to the executive council. A member of the council said that he had also submitted a two-page long proposal stating the reasons why Gautam should be appointed. "After there was an error in the recommendation process, the executive council has instructed the dean to correct it," he said, "after the correction is made, the appointment will be made." Rector Khadg KC said that the department head will be appointed according to the method, procedure and standards.

The Yogendra Rawal group, which attacked Vice-Professor Prem Chagane to make Gautam the head of the department, also pressured the officials, university sources said. Sources claim that Rawal's group has threatened all three officials including the vice-chancellor saying that 'anything can happen' if Gautam is not appointed.

Shakya Congress was appointed Dean of Faculty of Humanities in Kota. Gautam, whom he recommended as number one, is also a professor close to the Congress, while Rawal is also the former secretary of the Congress-affiliated Navy Union University Unit. After the attack on the vice-professor and the continuous lock-down in the university, the Central Committee has already disbanded the said unit of the Union. Rawal was found guilty by the Kathmandu District Court on the charge of beating a deputy professor, and the case against him is pending in the High Court.

When Balkrishna Khan was the Home Minister, the government decided to withdraw the case, but the Supreme Court ordered that it should not be withdrawn. The teachers of the department have alleged that Shakya, Gautam and Rawal colluded on the basis of political beliefs and recommended names by mixing seniority. Dean Shakya responded that she could not discuss the matter further as she was in the process of appointing a departmental head. "The recommendation has already been made by the Dean's office, the final decision will be made from above," she said.

After the head of the department was recommended by mixing the rankings, the progressive professors' organization also met Dean Shakya and drew his attention. Shakya's tenure ended in the second week of July. He has been given the responsibility of running the affairs of the Vice-Chancellor's office until further arrangements are made. The organization said that arbitrary decisions cannot be made at such a time. Not only in the Department of Sociology. "We have said that appointments should be made on the basis of seniority," said Padam Khatiwada, the general secretary of the organization, "The state should provide security while implementing the law."

An associate professor of the department said that the person they want should be the head of the department. . "Their presence in the university also increased," he said. The Rawal group had been stopping the interviews in the Tertiary Service Commission regarding the promotion of professors in the Department of Sociology. Last June, after the then education minister Sumana Shrestha arranged the security arrangements, the interview was held in the police cordon. Luintel and Gautam, associate professors of the department, were the main competitors for the professor promotion. But it is alleged that the interview was stopped from February 2017 after it was confirmed that Luintel would be promoted to professor based on seniority and seniority.

Former Vice-Chancellor Dharmakant Baskota started the system of appointment based on seniority, seniority and performance by issuing the procedure. Vice-Chancellor Baral, who was appointed last February, has prepared to make the appointment on the basis of competition. Dean, Assistant Dean, Controller of Examinations, Director, Departmental and Campus Heads, including Vice-Chancellor, Rector and Registrar's Office, will be appointed on the basis of competition, he said. The tenure of Dean of Faculty of Medical Education, Institute of Engineering Studies, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Science, Humanities and Pedagogy has ended. But the officials have not been able to proceed with the appointment process.