The Honorable Chief Minister
State of Jammu and Kashmir
Respected Sir,
With due regards and humble submission, we the students of Govt. Medical College Srinagar submit the following points and requests regarding Central Library to your good self:
That as per the information received from accounts section the library remains open on Holidays and Sundays because the staff is paid 2 ½ days salary, and the separate attendance report is duly signed by staff members on Sundays and holidays. The separate attendance report is also signed by the Chief Librarian of the College. But in reality, the library never remains open on Holidays and Sundays, it is only on papers. It can be verified through CCTV Surveillance Camera’s installed in Central Library.
That the Browsing section of the library is supervised by a non professional. As per the guide lines framed by MCI and the rules framed by the Central and State Govt. for library services, all the library sections including the browsing section should be supervised by a library professional having Masters Degree in Library and Information Science with specialization in Health and Medical Information System.
That as per the information received from the Main office, the person behind the supervision of the Library Browsing section is illegally promoted from Store keeper to Sr. Assistant cum Library Clerk, vide GMC Principal Order no. 76 of 2015 dated 28/04/2015, which is injustice with the Recruitment Rules of the State Govt. As per the service laws of J&K, the Junior Assistant should be recruited directly by recruiting agencies like Jammu & Kashmir Service Selection Board having at least six months certificate course in computer applications with graduation and should have passed the type test conducted by the recruiting agency.
After the appointment as Junior Assistant and completion of probationary period with at least five years service can be promoted or given additional charge as Senior Assistant, if he/she is in the top of promotion list of the concerned department. But in this case all the Service Rules were skipped, and the said official is given promotion or additional charge on the basis of official approach. The said person neither passed the type test conducted by any state recruited agency, neither he was appointed as junior assistant even the Grade pay of Junior Store Keeper and Junior Assistant is same but the recruitment rules for the selection and promotion/ additional charge is different.
No doubt the said person is computer knowing and having certificate course in computer applications, but in GMC Srinagar there are various employees (especially recently appointed IV class employees) who are computer knowing and having degrees and diplomas in computer applications, why they are not appointed/ posted in IT department, when they have Degrees and Diplomas in Computer Applications?
That as per the information received from National Informatics Centre Srinagar in 2013 they have installed various Wi Fi devices and high quality routers in Central Library GMC Srinagar for proving high quality internet services to the users of the library, so that the users can browse latest information by using wi fi in library browsing section, in their personal laptops, tablets, phablets, Notebooks and Smartphone devices. But it gives us shock when the wi fi devices were removed from the computes and the wi fi routers were disabled without any written approved from NIC, Order from Principal, and written request from Chief Librarian to Principal, only giving the oral reason that the speed gets slow. This is not a genuine reason.
The devices were installed in 2013 and the speed gets slow in May 2015. It means that the service is used by various users and it needs that additional routers should be installed, not removed and disabled. In this Technological Era, wi fi devices were installed in College/University Hostels, Libraries, Reading Rooms, College/University Cafeterias, and even in parks. But in GMC Srinagar huge amount is spent on purchasing of these devices keeping in view to provide latest information to the user community, but when they were installed by special agencies they were removed and disabled without any reason.
That as per the information received from Accounts Section and Estates Section that all the computers in the library were connected through LAN and the special co axial cables were installed in the library and huge amount was spent on it. When they were asked about the reason behind the purchase of wi fi devices in 2013, removing of these devices in 2015, installation of co axial cables in 2014-2015 , reasons behind the poor connectivity, reasons behind the purchase of high qualty wifi devices and installation of poor quality devices, tender notice regarding cables, order regarding removal of wi fi devices and confirmation from National Informatics Centre Srinagar, approval from principal, whereabouts of the wi fi devices, looting of state money in the name of quality library services, but the answer was ….. not known…..
It seems that there is something wrong in the system, huge amount is spent in the name of quality library services, but in practical the service is null. If the devices installed and verified by NIC has provided high quality service in 2013- 2014 then why in 2015 they provide poor service? Why they were removed and Co Axial Cables were installed. Where are the wi fi devices?
Keeping in view the above facts we request your good self that:
The library should remain open from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm daily as per order by the Principal Govt. Medical College Srinagar, or the notice should be removed from the college website, as it gives false information to the students and especially State Govt. and MCI.
The Library should remain open on Sundays and Holidays or Investigation Team should be framed to find out why the treasury of State Govt. is looted in the name of Library Services, when the services were not provided. The illegal salary given to employs should be recovered.
That the College Campus should be wi fi enabled and the wi fi routers should be installed not only in the library but outside of the library. High quality devices and more routers should be installed in the library. So that all the users can browse the internet without any difficulty. As the internet charges were paid by the State Govt. not by the pockets of any employee, so it should be enhanced.
Keeping in view the above facts we request your good self to issue orders to the concerned authorities about the authenticity of the above mentioned points, and legal action against the persons involved in looting of state treasury in the name library quality services, so that the problems faced by the students of GMC, Srinagar can be solved.
That will be your most kindness.
Thanking in anticipation
Yours faithfully
Fayez Ahmad
On Behalf of Students of GMC, Srinagar
The said complaint was also lodged in jkgrievance.nic.in vide no 54586, but still unanswerable. Please edit it and publish it. Thanks