Admissions & Terminations Scrutinising Committee constituted

By Office Order dt. 20 February 2025, Dr. G. Seetharaman, Officer on Special Duty, Auroville Foundation, appointed the five members of the Admissions & Terminations Scrutinising Committee (ATSC) and the three members of the Admissions & Terminations Registry, in accordance with the Auroville Foundation (Admission and Termination of Persons in the Register of Residents) Regulations, 2023, issued by the Governing Board and published in the Gazette of India on 4 January 2024. The Office Order seems to ignore the order issued by the Madras High Court of 23 February 2024 which temporarily stayed these Governing Board regulations as they erode the powers of the Residents’ Assembly to allow admission or termination of the persons in the Register of Residents. On 20 January, Newcomers and pre-Newcomers were called to a ‘mandatory’ meeting with members of the ATSC and members of the Governing Board approved Working Committee.