Trichy: About 100 students of the Central University of Tamil Nadu ( CUTN ) protested on Friday seeking reinstatement of a couple of guest faculty whose contracts were terminated by the university administration a week back.Students from various departments, majority of them from the department of English studies, demanded the reinstatement of faculty - A Aazhiarasi and S Saranya.Speaking to TOI, registrar of CUTN S Bhuvaneswari said the two faculty members recruited on a contract basis were removed after they were found guilty of misbehaviour and misconduct.They are contract teachers who do not have any binding with the university. It is the students from the department of English who are on protest and we are trying to sort out the issue. The two assistant professors who were employed on a contract basis were also resident wardens of ladies hostel. They were earlier warned by the administration for being student friendly, said the protesting students. “Their only mistake was to go soft on girls hostel students by letting them in after 9.30pm,” they said.Another student said the administration terminated both of them over an email without any prior notice claiming that they failed to ensure disciplinary rules in the ladies hostel. Many students have cleared UGC-NET with the coaching provided by them, said the student.Tamil Nadu state committee of students federation of India expressed its dissent at the CUTN administration decision on terminating two assistant professors for raising their voice for the larger student community. A complaint regarding the lack of basic amenities in the hostels was raised by the two faculties to the chief warden earlier.In a statement, SFI extended its support to the protesting students and also demanded the administration to withdraw its decision terminating the faculty without any valid reason.

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