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After receiving letters from various student and teacher unions demanding that the ban imposed on Progressive Students Forum (PSF) be reviewed, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has decided to review their order.O)..
On Saturday, TISS issued a notice saying that the administration has decided to review the ban and will come back with the decision in due course of time..
The TISS administration had issued an office order on August 19 banning PSF and calling its presence on campus unauthorised and illegal, following which other student outfits on the campus stood in solidarity with PSF and demanded that the ban be lifted..
In its public notice issued on Saturday, TISS officiating registrar Narendra Mishra stated, With respect to representation on August 23 addressed to the TISS authorities by PSF, it is to state that competent authority has taken considered view and suggested to review the order of ban imposed on PSF, in the larger interest of the student bodies and the institute..
On the same day that TISS had banned PSF on the campus, the administration had issued an urgent notice to a PSF member, stating that he was indulging in unlawful activities and spreading rumours..
