ICSSR issues show cause notice to CSDS for ‘maligning ECI’, alleges ‘administrative, financial irregularities’

Developing Societies (CSDs) Research Center, Delhi. | Photo Loan: Wikimedia
The Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) in India, the senior officials in the CSDS, said, “They have examined and responded with details and responded and responded, and after publishing a demonstration declaration to intentionally scandal the reputation and image of India’s Election Commission (ECI).
According to the sources of the Ministry of Education, up to 90% of CSDS personnel’s salaries and 50% of the administrative costs are part of the ICSSR as part of the aid program. Between the first quarter of 2020-21 and 2023-24, CSDS was given to Lok Sabha in 2023 Lok Sabha. The indicator notification asked the CSDs to explain why CSDs now described why the requests should not be canceled and withdrawn in nature and that the CSDs were caused by granting and the grant was given.

‘Scandal of the reputation of the ECI’
Hindu A copy of the demonstration, which was published by ICSSR Deputy Director Nitin Kumar and addressed CSDS Director Awadhendra Sharan. CSDS undertaken by ECI and ‘EC’s special revision exercise is how inclusive?’
“The CSDS has published media stories based on the prejudiced interpretation of ECI, and seems to have deliberately scandal the reputation and image of ECI, a constitutional authority, and made it bad -tempered,” he says. “Another study carried out on the elections held in Maharashtra in the recent past and is deliberately allowed to make false explanations in the media in the responsible position at CSDS… Then it allows withdrawal from the same quote errors in the data analysis…”

Faculty irregularities, director appointments
The notification also sought an answer from the CSDS about the allegations of “administrative and financial irregularities” from CSDS, claiming that ICSSR has pointed out in the past, but did not receive any satisfactory response or action report from CSDS.
These are the appointment of the faculty that violates compulsory UGC regulations and ICSSR instructions and the illegal financial benefits to them as a result of the expansion of the appointment and promotion of non -academic personnel by violating the rules of recruitment, and the presidency of the CSDs should not be used to determine the full method used for the opaque method.
Notification is also the payment of illegal financial benefits to the employees allocated to the employees allocated to the government accommodation allocated to their spouses and to provide illegal financial benefits to such employees, which cause the loss of public funds, to impose money by CAG or AG to financial embezzlement and not to be inspected by the CAG or AG. Notification, this leads to not complying with good governance principles published by ICSSR.
FIRS OPENED TO THE CSDS Faculty
“CSDS has been constantly involved in various irregularities in the past, and has been reported to ICSSR in the form of multiple complaints through various channels,” he says.
The first information reports (FIRS) were opened against Sanjay Kumar by Nashik and Nagpur Police for allegedly spread the wrong claims of voter decreases on social media. He then deleted for these tasks and apologized. CSDS sources said that Mr. Kumar is looking for a legal opinion. Despite repeated initiatives, Mr. Gamban could not be used to comment.
Published – 22 August 2025 12:09 IST


