Government Law College (GLC) students were infuriated after more than 1,500 of them (from both three-year and five-year courses) were called together over a period of two days to collect their hall tickets for their examinations starting Monday. Students complained that they spent a stifling three hours to complete the process as their principal personally signed each ticket instead of using rubber stamps, which was done earlier.
On Friday, more than 1,000 students were called at the same time by GLC authorities. The rest are expected to get their tickets today (Saturday).
1,000 students cramped in an auditorium
According to students of GLC, they were informed about the collection of tickets through their college website on Wednesday. However, they were called together between 12 pm to 2 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm.
A GLC student, who did not wish to be named, said, "Imagine students of both coursesbeing called together to collect their hall tickets. It was such a mess. On top of that, our principal, instead of using a rubber stamp of her signature, was signing hall tickets of each student personally, which took a lot of time."
Why not use rubber stamps, ask students
"First she started signing tickets in her cabin. But then there was a lot chaos there and standing were not standing in queue. So she took everyone to the auditorium. It was very cramped in there. So many students, and no space to breathe. It was suffocating," said another student of the college.
"Our previous principals always used rubber stamps of their signatures. That helped the staff keep the hall tickets ready for students. But our present principal wanted to physically sign all tickets, resulting in a lot of delay. The exercise was badly managed and very chaotic," said another student.
Rubber stamp of signature can be misused: Principal
GLC's principal I.K Jain, said, "We received the hall tickets from Mumbai University only yesterday and some today. That is why we called all students today to collect their hall tickets. Students gathered in my cabin and started creating a ruckus. They were banging on my table and shouting. So I had to take all the students to the auditorium. I warned them to stand in a queue and come one by one. Though I was told to make a rubber stamp of my signature for hall tickets, being a judge, I cannot do as it could be misused anywhere. I am capable of signing 4,000 documents in half an hour, which I did in my past work. I wanted to give signatures on hall tickets personally to avoid any malpractice. This helped me to see my students closely."
Errors in tickets
While some students' hall tickets has misspelt their names, others came with a complaint of the university misplacing their examination form. One of the students came to the college with a complaint that he was issued a wrong hall ticket.
