LUCKNOW: Ahead of her transfer in early October, former King George’s Medical University Registrar Archana Gaharwar submitted three letters to the Principal Secretary of the Medical Education Department, flagging concerns over recruitment procedures and seeking a government probe into non-teaching appointments. The communications, sent in September and also marked to Raj Bhavan, have surfaced at a time when the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force is already investigating the university’s 2023 nursing recruitment examination. Gaharwar, who was transferred on October 3, 2026, urged the state government to conduct pending hirings through established state commissions rather than the university’s internal mechanism, citing the need for transparency and legal compliance.
Probe Sought into Appointment of 733 Nursing Personnel
In her correspondence, Gaharwar called for a fresh government-level investigation into the recruitment of 733 nursing personnel and other non-teaching posts handled between 2023 and 2025. She questioned whether the recruitment board mandated under KGMU Statute 16.05 had been properly constituted, stressing the need to determine whether legally authorised bodies had executed selection procedures. Her submission sought a thorough audit of the recruitment pipeline, spanning vacancy determination, roster implementation, examination conduct, document verification, and final selection approvals. To prevent future legal disputes, she recommended returning upcoming recruitments, including the 733 nursing posts, to the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission or the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission, as was standard practice before 2023.
Questions Raised Over Recruitment Cell and Appointing Authority
The letters also drew attention to the administrative structure governing university appointments, particularly the role, restructuring, and powers of the Recruitment Cell. Gaharwar raised legal concerns regarding the jurisdiction of the appointing authority, arguing that if the Registrar was designated for that post, keeping the office out of mandatory selection stages required scrutiny. She also objected to the appointment of doctors and faculty members to administrative roles such as Deputy Registrar and Faculty In-charge of the Recruitment Cell, asserting that these assignments bypassed prevailing government orders. She noted that delegating examination tasks or computer-based tests to external agencies or the Controller of Examinations did not legally transfer the statutory responsibilities of the appointing authority.
University Administration Awaits Official Communication
The Special Task Force inquiry remains central to the examination of the 2023 hiring process, while the Director General of Medical Education declined a parallel probe to avoid overlapping with the police agency. Although the points raised by the former Registrar detail procedural concerns, they do not by themselves establish wrongdoing, which remains subject to official findings and records. For its part, the KGMU administration said it was unaware of the letters written by the former Registrar and noted that the state government had not sought a response on the matter, adding that it would respond if the communications were officially forwarded.
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