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Thursday, March 10, 2011

[ZESTCaste] No quota in case of principals: SC

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-quota-in-case-of-principals-SC/articleshow/7667984.cms

No quota in case of principals: SC
Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Mar 10, 2011, 03.32am IST

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court dealt a blow to UP's pro-dalit Mayawati
regime by dereserving recruitments to 140 posts of principal in degree
and post-graduate aided and affiliated colleges maintained by local
authorities.

However, the colleges maintained by the state government or colleges
imparting medical education were kept out of the purview of this
ruling as the recruitment of principals follows an estimation of
vacancy in cadre.

A bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and T S Thakur on Tuesday
ordered that the quota regime would not govern recruitment of
principals in affiliated and aided colleges under local authorities as
these were counted as single posts and not bunched together for the
purpose of filling vacancies. The UP Higher Education Services
Commission had on February 2005 issued a notification inviting
application for 140 posts of principals, out of which 87 posts were
available in PG colleges and 53 in degree colleges.

The advertisement did not mention any reservation implying that the
posts were offered in the general/open merit category, the court said.

"We have no hesitation in holding that there is no cadre of principals
serving in different aided and affiliated institutions and that the
principal's post is a solitary post in an institution. Reservation of
such a post is clearly impermissible," said Justice Thakur.

This was because the UP Public Service (Reservation for SCs, STs and
OBCs) Act, 1994, provided for reservation based on the 'cadre
strength' in aided institutions. Moreover, "such strength being
limited to only one post in the cadre is legally not amenable to
reservations in the light of the pronouncements of this court," he
said. It also noticed that posts of principals in secondary schools,
much larger in number than degree and post-graduate colleges, were not
amenable to reservation and have been specifically excluded.

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[ZESTCaste] Special screening of ‘Dr. Ambedkar' evokes good response in Hosur

http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/08/stories/2011030854100500.htm

Special screening of 'Dr. Ambedkar' evokes good response in Hosur

Staff Reporter

KRISHNAGIRI: A film on the life of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of
Indian Constitution, evoked good response from the audience in Hosur
on Sunday.

The film, screened at Raghavendra Theatre on the Denkanikottai Road,
attracted students, officials and members of Dalit associations in the
district.

The screening was organised by the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers' and
Artistes' Association. More than 1,000 people viewed the film, said
State Deputy Secretary of the Association Aadhavan Theetchanya.

Association secretary N. Gopal, and president R. Tamilselven
co-ordinated the special screening.

As many as 150 students from John Bosco Girls Higher Secondary Higher
Secondary School also watched the film on Sunday.

The film, starring Mammootty and Sonali Kulkarni presented a vivid
picture on the major decisions taken by Dr. Ambedkar during critical
moments in Indian history. The film captures the leader's efforts for
the socio-economic uplift of the downtrodden. The Tamil Nadu
Progressive Writers and Artistes Association had approached the
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) for screening the film in
various parts of the State.

The film had already been screened in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore,
Salem, Tirupur and Erode districts.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit activist thrashed in Rajasthan for seeking information under RTI Act

http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/07/stories/2011030761480500.htm

Dalit activist thrashed in Rajasthan for seeking information under RTI Act

Special Correspondent

United we stand: Dalit activists staging a demonstration in Jaipur on
Sunday in support of Mangala Ram of Barmer who was attacked for
seeking information under the RTI Act.

JAIPUR: Hot on the heels of the gruesome murder of NREGA activist
Niyamat Ansari in Jharkhand, a Dalit activist was severely beaten at
the panchayat's social audit meeting at Bamanor village in Barmer
district of Rajasthan over the week-end for seeking information about
employment guarantee works under the Right to Information Act.

Sarpanch Ghulam Shah and his accomplices allegedly attacked activist
Mangala Ram with an axe and thrashed him, breaking both his legs, at
the Gram Sabha at panchayat building, where the government-sponsored
social audit of works was in progress, on Thursday. A profusely
bleeding Mangala Ram was rushed to the local Community Health Centre.

Mangala Ram, 33, had sought information a few months ago on the
details of all public works sanctioned and carried out between 2001
and 2008 and the works sanctioned under the Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme since 2006 in Bamanor village. On
being supplied with incomplete information, he questioned the
panchayat functionaries.

According to the State unit of People's Union for Civil Liberties,
Ghulam Shah has been occupying the post of Sarpanch for a long time
and his family has controlled the panchayat office for about 20 years.
He was reportedly annoyed by the repeated questioning of the Dalit
activist.

Mangala Ram sent two applications to the Barmer Superintendent of
Police during the past six months alleging that the Sarpanch and his
associates were threatening him ever since he has asked for
information. On February 28 last, he sought police security fearing
that he might be attacked.

The Dalit activist went to attend the social audit meeting, presided
over by headmaster Ghevar Singh Chaudhary – who is also in-charge of
the Gram Sabha – and attended by Ghulam Shah, cluster in-charge Arjun
Singh and other panchayat members on Thursday to seek clarifications
about his queries.

While the audit was in progress, the Sarpanch allegedly abused Mangala
Ram and attacked him with an axe. Three persons who tried to save him
were also injured. He was first taken to the CHC, from where he was
referred to the government hospital at tehsil headquarter Dhorimanna
situated 20 km away and later to a hospital in Jodhpur.

PUCL State general secretary Kavita Srivastava said since Mangala
Ram's condition did not improve, his family preferred to admit him
into a private hospital at Deesa in Gujarat.

Even though a case has been registered in connection with the attack
on Mangala Ram, police have so far not arrested Ghulam Shah. The PUCL,
in a memorandum submitted to Chief Secretary S. Ahmed, has demanded
that Section 307 (attempt to murder) of I.P.C. and relevant provisions
of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, be applied
immediately to the FIR.

Civil rights activists staged a demonstration near Albert Hall in
Ramniwas Garden here on Sunday demanding that Ghulam Shah and other
accused named in the FIR be arrested without delay and the State
Government bear the expenses of medical treatment of the victim,
besides giving him financial assistance of Rs.1 lakh as well as the
government job.

Activists also pointed out that this act of the Sarpanch should be
construed as misconduct in the discharge of his duties. "The incident
took place while the statutory Gram Sabha was taking place. It was
clearly done to silence any questioning related to diversion of funds
which a social audit exposes," pointed out Satish Kumar of the Centre
for Dalit Rights.

The demonstrators said the brutal attack by Ghulam Shah on the
activist amounted to misconduct under Section 38 (1) of the Rajasthan
Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, for which an inquiry should be ordered under
the Act and the accused should be suspended forthwith.

Ms. Srivastava said the two cases of Niyamat Ansari's murder and
attack on Mangala Ram depicted a pattern where individuals fighting
for better implementation of MGNREGA and RTI Act have been brutally
targeted by vested interests. "While this is proof that both the
legislations are instrumental in challenging the existing power
structures, there is [an urgent] need to support and protect citizens
in their anti-corruption efforts."

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit engineeer's suicide: Cops face heat

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Dalit engineeer's suicide: Cops face heat
Yagnesh Mehta, TNN | Mar 9, 2011, 11.30pm IST

SURAT: Policemen now face the heat in Vipul Baraiya suicide case.
Baraiya, a Dalit software engineer who was accused of leaking his
company's secrets, ended his life on February 12, hours after being
grilled by the police.

On March 5, Baraiya's family filed a complaint alleging that the
police asked Baraiya to bring his personal computer and his friend's
laptop, which was handed over to his senior Jignesh Shah, manager at
Innovera Software, after questioning.

"The procedure was not followed by the police personnel who questioned
Baraiya on that day as they handed over the computer and laptop to the
complainant. Strict action will be taken against all accused," said
assistant commissioner of police M G Damor, who is investigating the
case. So far, a complaint of atrocity and abetment to suicide has been
lodged against Jignesh Shah and Micky Shah, owner of the firm.

Baraiya was called to the police station on February 12 morning
following Jignesh's complaint. He was questioned by head constable
Devi Singh from the surveillance staff of Umra police station. After
questioning, Baraiya was forced to write a confession saying that he
just sent a mail to a rival firm and had not exchanged any data as
alleged by Jignesh.

To investigate the data leak on his own, Jignesh kept the personal
computer of Baraiya and his friend's laptop. Afraid of being framed,
Baraiya wrote in his suicide note that "Jignesh may plant some data in
my personal computer to prove the charges."

Baraiya resigned from Innovera Software a week before his suicide. The
company officials were blaming Baraiya of leaking software and other
data to competitor firm and tortured him mentally, the victim claimed
in suicide note. Sources in the police said that the head constable
who questioned Baraiya has gone on sick leave. The head constable
allegedly went out of his way to help Jignesh since the dropped the
name of a senior police official, currently posted outside the city,
sources added.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit children cases moving at a slow pace: study

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article1520594.ece

RAMANATHAPURAM, March 9, 2011
Dalit children cases moving at a slow pace: study
Special Correspondent

Criminal proceedings against perpetuators of offences, particularly
sexual harassment and rape, against Dalit children in Tamil Nadu
progress at a slow pace, according to a study conducted by Evidence, a
Madurai-based non-governmental organisation (NGO).

As per information received based on a Right to Information Act
petition by the NGO, 28 Dalit girls, who were below 18 years of age,
had been sexually harassed or raped in 11 districts, including
Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Theni and Madurai, between September 1,
2008 and October 31, 2010.

Ramanathapuram district topped the list with six offences followed
bySivaganga and Tirunelvveli (four each), and Madurai and Villupuram
(3 each).

It was startling to learn that out of the 28 Dalit girls, 23 were
allegedly raped. While 11 children were aged between 13 and 16, seven
were below 12 years of age. Caste Hindus had been accused in 23 cases,
and Dalit men were involved in the other five cases.

A. Kathir, Executive Director of Evidence, told The Hindu that out of
the 28 cases, just one person had been convicted. Other cases were
either pending in court or being investigated by the police. On an
average, 20 to 25 First Information Reports were being filed in a year
on sexual harassment and rape cases against Dalit women in the State.
In many cases, proper investigation had not been done by the police.
Most of the cases were at the stage of preliminary investigation.

In 2010, the Evidence studied 115 incidents of atrocities against
Dalit women in the State. Of them, FIR had not been filed in more than
70 percent of the cases. Gender and caste discrimination,
socio-economic vulnerability, exploitation, lack of awareness and
others were among the reasons for the sexual assault, sexual abuse or
rape against Dalit women, including children.

Creation of a separate police wing and special courts for disposing of
cases against women and children, particularly Dalits, were among some
of the best options for speedy justice and to prevent crimes against
women.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit students back professor, VC

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/144306/dalit-students-back-professor-vc.html

Dalit students back professor, VC
Mysore, March 8, DHNS

Dalit students on Tuesday staged a demonstration in front of Crawford
Hall in support of Mysore University Vice Chancellor V G Talawar and
supended head of the Zoology Department, Prof Shivabasavaiah.

Talawar is facing charges of soft-pedalling a sexual harassment
complaint against Shivabasavaiah made by a married lady scholar
pursuing research under his guidance.

Led by former Mayor R Purushothama, also a Dalit leader, hundreds of
students, including girls, came together under the banner of
Federation of Dalit Students and took out a rally from Manasagangotri
to Crawford Hall.

Alleging that Talawar and Shivabasavaiah had been targeted because
they were Dalits, the students charged Medical Education and District
In-charge Minister S A Ramadas with showing undue interest in
escalating the issue.

Purushothama questioned the action against Shivabasavaiah, comparing
it with the cases involving Excise Minister Renukacharya and former
minister Halappa.

He accused Legislative Council chairperson Vimala Gowda and MLC
Bharati Shetty of bias and said that while they vociferously spoke for
the woman scholar, they did not utter a word when their own partymen
faced sexual harassment charges.

Later, activists of the BJP Yuva Morcha staged a protest at the same
venue against the Dalit Federation's remarks on Vimala Gowda and
Bharati Shetty.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit activist leaves hospital alleging negligence by doctors

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1520955.ece

JAIPUR, March 9, 2011
Dalit activist leaves hospital alleging negligence by doctors
Mohammed Iqbal

He was brutally attacked recently for seeking information under the RTI Act

Dalit activist Mangala Ram from Bamanor village in Barmer district —
who was brutally attacked recently for seeking information under the
Right to Information Act — left Sawai Man Singh Hospital here on
Tuesday, a day after being brought from Deesa in Gujarat and admitted
to the poly-trauma ward for treatment at the State Government's
expenses.

Mangala Ram, 33, was severely beaten up at the village panchayat's
social audit meeting on March 3 allegedly by Sarpanch Ghulam Shah and
his accomplices, who took exception to his applications under the RTI
Act seeking details of all public works sanctioned and carried out
between 2001 and 2008. He sustained injuries in head and arms, and his
legs were broken in the attack.

Following protests by civil rights groups, the police have registered
a first information report against Mr. Shah, while Barmer Collector
Gaurav Goyal has provided financial assistance worth Rs. 25,000 to Mr.
Ram. On the instructions of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the victim
was brought from a private hospital in Deesa and admitted to SMS
Hospital here on Monday.
No arrests yet

Mr. Shah and other accused named in the FIR are yet to be arrested.
Dalit groups here point out that the Sarpanch enjoys considerable
clout in the region and has been occupying the office for 22 years. He
had allegedly threatened Mr. Ram several times when he raised the
issue of incomplete information and demanded follow-up on his
applications.

Mr. Ram left the hospital on his own on Tuesday while alleging that
doctors in the poly-trauma ward were not attending to him properly.
His fractured legs were bandaged with a heavy dressing and the
hospital's orthopaedic surgeons were yet to take a final decision on
his surgery.

"Doctors told me yesterday that surgery would be needed for [treatment
of] serious fractures. But they started saying this morning that a
plaster would set my legs right," Mr. Ram told The Hindu lying in an
ambulance after leaving the hospital. He left for Palanpur in Gujarat,
where he said the surgery of his legs would be performed shortly.

The Dalit activist, who rested briefly at the house of an acquaintance
in the city, said he suspected that the doctors were neglecting him
"on the instructions of the political set-up" because he had contested
the panchayat election last year as a rival candidate against Mr.
Shah. "Everyone in our village knows that the Sarpanch has [high]
political connections. He can easily influence the hospital machinery
here."

SMS Hospital Medical Superintendent L.C. Sharma, when contacted, said
since there was a difference of opinion in the orthopaedics department
about the course of treatment for Mr. Ram, the hospital administration
offered to appoint a medical board. "The board would have decided if
the plaster would suffice or the surgery on legs was immediately
required."

Dr. Sharma said Mr. Ram and his relatives were insisting that the
Deesa hospital's opinion in favour of surgery be accepted here. "Even
though we sought some time and facilitated his telephonic talk with
[social activist] Ms. Aruna Roy, Mr. Ram was adamant on leaving. He
gave us in writing that he is not willing to undergo our treatment."

The Centre for Dalit Rights, which has taken up Ram's case, was
dismayed that he had left Jaipur within a day. Gopal Ram Verma of CDR
said the activist's presence in Jaipur would have helped in putting
pressure on the State Government for dealing with the threats issued
by dominant sections to "ordinary people who dare to question them"
through the RTI queries.

"The brutal attack on Mangala Ram depicts a pattern emerging in the
rural areas of Rajasthan. Individuals fighting against corruption in
public life are routinely threatened and implicated in false cases by
those having [vested] interests," pointed out Bhanwar Meghwanshi of
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan.

In view of the sensitivity of the matter, two teams of the State Human
Rights Commission and the Directorate of Social Audits have visited
Bamanor village to verify the facts. The State's Dalit activists
leaving for Shillong to attend the Third National Convention on RTI
beginning on Thursday also plan to raise the matter vigorously at the
national level.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalits are in favour of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh : Dalit Mahasabha

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Dalits are in favour of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh : Dalit Mahasabha

Vijayawada, Mar 3: Dalit Mahasabha General Secretary Katti Padma Rao
claimed that majority of Dalits in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and
Rayalaseema regions are in favour of bifurcation of the state, hoping
that it would provide benefits to them.

Addressing a press conference here, he said Dalits were of the view
that if separate Telangana was carved out, Dalits in the Seemandhra
would have a vast political as well as employment opportunities.

He alleged that some politicians like Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, Lagadapati
Rajgopal and Rayapati Sambasiva Rao were obstructing bifurcation of
state keeping in mind their own industrial benefits.

The Dalit leader said a massive demonstration would be held in Eluru
town in West Godavari district, followed by public meeting on April 24
to demand bifurcation of the state.

He said the Dalit leaders in the state were negotiating with like
minded parties and organisation to mobilize support in favour of
carving out separate Telangana state.

He challenged the leaders who were opposing bifurcation of the state
to have an open debate.

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