Jaipur Mar 24 PTI The Rajasthan government has decided to conduct a high-level inquiry after facing embarrassment over the withdrawal of a bill that carried false details on the infrastructure of a proposed university The state government had on Tuesday withdrawn the Gurukul University Sikar Bill 2022 after it came to light that the details mentioned in the bill regarding the infrastructure existed only on paper A high-level probe will be conducted and action will be taken against those found guilty the states higher education minister Rajendra Singh Yadav told PTI on Thursday The bill for the establishment of Gurukul University in Sikar was introduced on February 24 and it was scheduled to be passed on Tuesday In Schedule-I of the bill the details of the infrastructure as mentioned comprised administrative blocks 28 academic blocks 155 units and residential blocks with a total built-up area of 2481146 square metres Deputy leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore had alleged that the entire infrastructure mentioned in the bill existed only on paper following which Speaker CP Joshi had sought an immediate factual report from the Sikar collector The collectors report confirmed that there was no infrastructure on the said land following which the higher education minister moved a proposal in the House on Tuesday and the bill was subsequently withdrawn The university was proposed to be set up by Sikar-based trust Gurukul Shikshan Sansthan It was said in the bill that the trust had set up educational infrastructure as specified in Schedule-I on Jaipur Road Sikar and had agreed to invest the said infrastructure in a university for research and studies A committee appointed by the state government consisting of Amarika Singh vice-chancellor of Mohanlal Sukhadia University Udaipur a dean of the same university associate professor University of Rajasthan Jaipur and associate professor Government Law College Alwar had earlier physically verified the infrastructure mentioned in the bill However after the truth came to light a committee member claimed that officials of the Gurukul Shikshan Sansthan had indeed shown them the infrastructure and that they also captured its videos and photographs for veracity We reached the address given to us where the authorities of the trust showed us infrastructure Photos and videos were also taken which we have submitted as records Since there was no revenue official with us it cannot be said whether it was the same land as mentioned in the bill A revenue official can tell this better We gave a report as per the visit Jayant Singh associate professor University of Rajasthantold PTI A Letter of Intent committee had first checked the credentials and submitted a report only after which it was referred to the four-member panel for physical verification of the infrastructure he said The deputy leader of Opposition who had first made the allegation said that he had on March 19 visited the site where the proposed university was said to be built but found that there was no construction As per my experience this is the first time that a bill tabled in the state assembly which was cleared in a cabinet meeting has been withdrawn Serious irregularity has been committed Rathore said PTI SDA CJ CJ

Jaipur Mar 22 PTI The Rajasthan government on Tuesday withdrew a bill which was introduced to set up a private university in Sikar after it came to light that the facts mentioned in the bill regarding the construction of the building were fake Speaker CP Joshi directed the government to prepare a mechanism so that such incidents do not happen in futureThe Gurukul University Sikar Bill 2022 was introduced on February 24 for the establishment of Gurukul University in Sikar It was scheduled to be passed on TuesdayIn schedule-I of the bill the details of infrastructure were given The schedule mentioned an infrastructure of administrative blocks 28 academic block 155 units and residential block with a total built-up area of 2481146 square metresAfter it came to the notice of Speaker CP Joshi and Higher Education Minister Rajendra Yadav that the facts mentioned in the bill regarding the infrastructure were fake and there is no construction on the land as mentioned in the bill a factual report was sought from Sikar collector which verified that there was no constructionThe minister moved a proposal to withdraw the bill Deputy leader of opposition Rajendra Rathore said that he visited the site of the university and found no construction and only vacant landLeader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria said that it was very unfortunate that the bill with such facts reached the stage of passage and had to be withdrawnExpressing serious concern over the issue Speaker CP Joshi directed the government to take it seriously and develop a mechanism to check such matters PTI SDA CK