No one should gang-up against a college principal without reason, the Delhi High Court said referring to St Stephen’s Principal Valson Thampu, who has been facing accusations from his staff, teachers and students.
The staff is against him, students are against him, teachers are against him. We all have studied in a college. Not everyone gangs up against the principal of a college (without a reason)...
— Justice Manmohan, Delhi High Court
The court made the observation while hearing a plea of a St Stephen’s administrative officer, alleging that he was made to work under “deplorable” conditions in a store-room, infested with termites and lizards.
S K Dash, the administrative officer, has sought initiation of contempt action against Thampu for violating terms of a settlement order passed by a division bench of the High Court by making him work out of a store-room.
He has also alleged that a criminal complaint was lodged against him by Thampu after he joined the college on April 21, subsequent to the settlement order.
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