BANGALORE: While anxiety and tension about were taking a toll on students applying for seats in various city colleges, officials failed to understand the situation and as usual behaved rudely and irresponsibly in issuing caste certificates on time.
With May 12 being the last date for submitting application forms at the PU colleges, there was a huge crowd at the Nemmadi Kendra for availing caste certificates. Students applying under caste reservations had gathered in large numbers.
“It was frustrating to see the attitude of the officials at the centres for whom the urgency for obtaining the caste certificates was some sort of a joke. The entire process takes just a couple of hours but due their arrogant behaviour, many students returned without obtaining them,” said Sumaiyya. For Sumaiyya, a resident of K R Puram, obtaining a II B category certificate was not an easy task. Tears rolled down her cheeks when she found it impossible to get the certificate on Tuesday morning. But by afternoon, she had the certificate in her hands. When all efforts failed, an influential contact saved an year of her educational career.
But many others, having waited for more than a week’s time and spending the entire day in the office, returned without certificates. The rude and irresponsible behaviour of the officers is the reason.
“The officials at K R Puram centre were unnecessarily making students visit the office time and again, and it was only after bribing some middlemen here, the work was done,” said Lawrence Pinto a student.
For more than a week, the students have been running around for this purpose and while the last day for submitting the form was approaching, things were getting worse.
In the erstwhile CMC areas, the situation was worse. Pinto mentions certain things that need to be fixed - complicated process for obtaining the certificates should be made simple, proper guidance should be provided to the staff and they should be asked to behave politely.
However, the staff at these centres feel they were burdened with loads of work in the past few days. Speaking to The New Indian Express, Deputy Commissioner P N Naik said, “There was no problem in issuing the certificates to the students and the scene was created by the touts outside. As we have removed the manual system and everything has been computerised, they do not have access to the forms and therefore, they are trying to bring a bad name to the department.”
