Bhopal: Two professors of the prestigious National Law Institute University (NLIU) have been indicted for awarding marks to students without evaluating their answer sheets.

A single-member committee —headed by retired justice VK Agrawal— probing the allegation, has submitted its report to the director of the university, recommending stringent action.

Professor GS Vajpayee and associate professor Dr Moin Mustazar, according to the finding, were guilty of awarding marks to three students who appeared in the PhD entrance test held way back in 2008.

In its report, the committee has recommended that the guilty be summarily dismissed to set an example, sources in the university said.

Among the five students who appeared in the entrance test, the professors did not check the answer sheets of three students and awarded them low marks so that they do qualify for admission.

One was given 7 marks out of 60, the other two 14 and 16.

The mark sheets of two others were evaluated by another professor who was also in the panel to conduct the entrance test, sources added.

When the issue came to the varsity's notice, the university suspended the two professors on September 21, 2010 and sought their explanation after the preliminary probe found them guilty.

Subsequently, they moved the Madhya Pradesh high court seeking direction to quash their suspension on the ground that the university director had no power to suspend them.

But the high court upheld the decision of the director.

When contacted university director Dr SS Singh confirmed receipt of the report, adding it would be placed before the nine-member executive council (EC) of the university for its approval.

He, however, refused to disclose the contents of the finding saying, "It would be known only when it is presented before the executive council."

Speaking to DNA an EC member said the professors y deserved the maximum punishment for ruining the future of students. "They also brought a bad name to one of best law institutes in the country," he said.