Karnataka Government issues a circular banning Ragging 8 August 2000 : The circular "Prohibition of ragging in colleges and hostels'' , was issued by the Chief Secretary of the state, Mr. B.K. Bhattacharya, on August 8, 2000. It incorporated the circulars issued by the State Government in January 1997 and September 1999, one by the Director-General of Police in February 1997 and three by the Union Government (Ministry of Human Resource Development). Major guidelines were as follows:
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In extreme cases, the institutions concerned may be disaffiliated from the university or the academic body concerned, the University Grants Commission and the All-India Council of Technical Education.
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The circular directs institutions to set up review committees headed by the principal that hold periodical meetings on taking effective steps to bring down the menace. The jurisdictional Inspector or Sub-Inspector of police will be a member of the committee, as also two representatives of senior students. Institutions have also been instructed to constitute vigilance squads as a precautionary step.
A small excerpt from the circular… "One of the causes for ragging and the ineffectiveness to combat it is attributable to the fact that functionaries like principals, head of departments, deans and wardens do not enjoy the power they used to and hence are hampered in carrying out this legitimate function. There is a lack of interest and involvement and yielding in to pressures for withdrawal of complaints or revocation of orders of punishment. It is the direct result of politicisation of educational institutions and the resultant erosion of standards of behaviour and conduct , which are impediments for initiating effective measures to curb ragging.''
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