Mangalore: Guest lecturer, Dr. Ishwar Gouda M Patil, of Mangalore University Department of Journalism at Hampankatta University college region, has been suspended, because he sided with some guest lecturers and found fault with Konaje authorities of Mangalore University.

Dr. Patil (44) has been a guest lecturer in Journalism at Hampankatta unit of Mangalore University since 2005 and his students have found him quit helpful and useful in their studies and even when they had economic problems to continue with their studies, as he had paid their fees or expenses to carry on their studies during these 8 years.

Unfortunately a guest lecturer is not a member of permanent staff and as no business to take to trade union activities, like whistle blowing in matters of higher pay for teaching, or higher allowances in waistlines keeping during various examinations held by MU for the students Dr. Patil had cross the line to ask for more pay for a group of guest lecturer and an increase in the allowance usually given by MU authorities during examination duties.

In an RTI demand the University had stated that the guest lecturers were paid lower allowance when it was not their duty to act as waistline officers in examination halls.

DR. Patil try to tell the Mangalore University authorities that they were paying much less then what was openly declared or what was according to rules, when guest lecturers had the duty as per rules to keep vigilance in examination halls and get extra money for the duties done other than lecturing in classes.

The Mangalore University did not inform Dr. Patil hither by phone or by latter about his suspension from services, but appointed a new guest lecturer under UGC scales without telling him, he told pressman. The total effect is that a guest lecturer even after 8 years of teaching journalism to student in a University cannot become a whistle blower and questioned MU authorities who go by rules for those who do not attract UGC scales of pay or allowances, but will be replaced by6 another guest lecturer who obeys the MU authorities.

The vice-chancellor Prof. T C S Murthy avoided a reply for questions from pressmen about a guest lecturer’s monthly pay based on his lectures every day and allowances for vigilance in exam halls per hour.