bhopal the appointments of 163 class 3 employees made almost 25 years ago in barkatullah university bu were done without any mandatory police verification and advertisement the appointments have come under cloud after it was learnt that the posts were not approved by the state governmentafter complaints and initial probe a retired judge anil pare is probing the alleged irregular appointments and identified 163 employeestoi accessed an rti query in which the bu admitted that it has no records regarding the advertisement released for the abovementioned posts and police verification of those appointedin an rti query to the university in 2022 it was asked about the police verification and advertisement of three employees of the physical education department namely mukesh sharma technical assistant anil tanwar and sports officer ravindra kaushikin its reply bu stated that it has no record on police verification and advertisement the rti activist without quoting his name said that these employees appointment should be thoroughly probedhow can appointments be made without police verification asked an rti activist without quoting his name a former registrar of the university who pleaded anonymity said that bus higher authorities must take immediate action against such employees it is clearly visible that no rules were followed during their appointments the pare committee should bring this issue to the light that such appointments should be corrected as early as possible action against such employees is a must in such a situation said the former registrar of the universitywhen contacted employees refused to talk about it how do i remember my police verification as my appointment was done almost 25 years ago reacted an employee mukesh sharma other employees refused to commentsources said that the higher education department is unhappy ever since the issue of allegedly wrong appointments of 163 employees have surfaced department has sent notice to the university about some of these employees more action is likely to be taken said an official without quoting his namebus vc sk jain said that the truth will come to the surface if anyone has done wrong action will be taken as per the rule said vc jain