Lucknow, April 9 -- Amid a controversy over poor enrolment in Uttar Pradesh's government and aided degree colleges, BL Sharma, the director of higher education, conducted a surprise inspection at Government College, Latifnagar, Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow, on Wednesday. The findings were alarming: no students (male or female) were present at the college during the inspection which began at 10.25am, despite the scheduled reporting time for students being 10am. At the time of the inspection, only Dr Mamta Madhur (asst professor, commerce) and three outsourced employees were present at the college; no other teaching or non-teaching staff members were there, according to Sharma's report submitted to senior officials. HT has accessed the report. At 10.50am, the college's acting principal and a chemistry teacher arrived during the course of the inspection. The remaining nine teachers of philosophy, commerce, botany, history, zoology, psychology, economics, Sanskrit and mathematics as well as non-teaching staff members-head assistant and senior assistant-had not arrived even by that time (10.50am), according to the report. The attendance register was not found in the principal's office during the inspection, rather the acting principal informed the director that the attendance register was with the clerk. The clerk was also absent at the time. The principal was directed to keep the attendance register in her office and ensure it is presented during future inspections. In his report, Sharma recommended that disciplinary action, including the withholding of one day's salary, be taken against all faculty and staff who failed to report for duty on time, All absent faculty members and staff must submit written explanations for their absence within two working days, routed through the principal, by email. The principal of the Government College, Latifnagar, Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow, has been tasked with collecting written explanations from the absent staff....