Kolkata: The Faculty Council of the Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta (IIM-C), today (April 13, 2004) filed an application before the Supreme Court praying for an order impleading it as a respondent in the fee cut case already pending before the apex court.

The Faculty Council of IIM-C, which had earlier expressed its opposition to the Board of Governors' decision to accept the fee cut as recommended by the Centre, decided to make the application independent of those which may be made by the Board, the Council said in a written statement.

"The faculty feels that some members of the Board of Governors may not be exercising their independent judgement in the interest of the Institute. It has therefore become incumbent upon the faculty to take up the interest of the Institute, its faculty and its current and future students," the Council said.

The Supreme Court has already issued notices to the six IIMs in the case filed by Sandeep Parekh, an IIM alumni, challenging the Government decision to slash the annual fee of IIMs by 80 per cent.