Document details
| Reference number | No. F. 8-19/2015 (CPP-I/PU) |
| Document type | Show Cause Notice (not an RTI reply) |
| Date | December 2023; office stamp 19 DEC 2023 |
| Mode of despatch | Speed Post / E-mail |
| Issued by | University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education, Government of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 |
| Signed by | (Monika), Deputy Secretary and (R.I.S Bhardwaj), Under Secretary |
| Addressed to | The Vice Chancellor, Sangai International University, Churachandpur - 795128, Manipur |
| Copy to | The Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Manipur, 4th Floor, Western Block, New Secretariat, Manipur - 795 001, “with the request to take immediate action and send comments urgently” |
| Statutory basis | University Grants Commission Act, 1956 read with the UGC (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003 |
| Time to respond | 15 days from the date of issue |
| Approval | “This is issued with the approval of Competent Authority.” |
Questions and official answers
This document is a show cause notice issued by the UGC, not a reply to an RTI application, so it contains no question-and-answer table. Its operative paragraphs are set out below in the UGC's own wording.
| No. | Paragraph | Official reply |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The history of the UGC's requests for information | “This has reference to UGC letters of even number dated 03.07.2015, 12.08.2015, 21.10.2016, 01.03.2019 & 11.01.2021 (copies enclosed) wherein the University was requested to provide information for inspection purposes. The required information is pending since 2015. In spite of repeated written communications, the University has failed to submit the required information.” |
| 2 | The action proposed and the opportunity to respond | “In view of above, under the provisions of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 read with UGC (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003, You are hereby given an opportunity to show cause, within 15 days from the date of the issue of this notice, as to why action against the university be not taken by the UGC to remove its name from the list of Universities as maintained by the UGC under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956” |
| 3 | Authority for issue | “This is issued with the approval of Competent Authority.” |
| 4 | Direction to the state government (endorsement) | Copy to the Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Manipur — “(with the request to take immediate action and send comments urgently)” |
Key findings
Information pending since 2015
The UGC states the information it required for inspection purposes has been outstanding for more than eight years at the date of the notice.
Five written communications, no submission
Letters of 03.07.2015, 12.08.2015, 21.10.2016, 01.03.2019 and 11.01.2021 are listed as enclosed. The notice states the university failed to submit the required information in spite of them.
Removal from the Section 2(f) list proposed
The notice asks the university to show cause why the UGC should not act to remove its name from the list of universities it maintains under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956.
Fifteen days to respond
The opportunity to show cause is limited to 15 days from the date of issue of the notice.
State government asked to act immediately
The Manipur Department of Higher Education was endorsed a copy with a request to take immediate action and send comments urgently.
No inspection has been completed
Because the information was never supplied, the inspection the UGC sought to carry out could not proceed. The notice records a failure to cooperate, not the result of an inspection.
Timeline from the record
First request for information
Information sought for inspection purposes.
Second request
Reminder issued the following month.
Third request
Information still outstanding.
Fourth request
Nearly four years after the first letter.
Fifth request
Final letter listed before the notice.
Notice F. 8-19/2015 (CPP-I/PU)
Fifteen days to show cause why the university's name should not be removed from the Section 2(f) list.
What this record shows:
- The UGC issued a show cause notice to Sangai International University, Churachandpur, Manipur, in December 2023.
- Information requested for inspection purposes had been pending since 2015, across five listed letters.
- The UGC proposed to consider removing the university's name from the list maintained under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956.
- The Manipur Department of Higher Education was asked to take immediate action and send comments urgently.
What it does not show:
- It does not state that the university has been removed from the Section 2(f) list. It is a notice proposing that action and inviting a response.
- It does not state that any Sangai International University degree is invalid, fake or wrongly issued.
- It does not record any finding about the university's academic standards, infrastructure or students — the inspection it relates to never took place.
- It does not show what the university replied, or what the UGC decided afterwards. Readers should check the UGC's current list before drawing any conclusion.
Every statement on this page is drawn from the official document described above. Readers should rely on the original document and the issuing authority for any decision.