Kerala governor asks VCs of 9 universities in state to resign by Monday | India News
NEW DELHI: Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday directed vice-chancellors of nine universities in the state to tender resignation.
The nine VCs include Calicut, Sanskrit, KTU, CUSAT, Fisheries, Malayalam, MG, Kannur, and Medical University.
“Upholding the verdict of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos.7634-7635 of 2022(@ SLP(c)Nos.21108-21109 of 2021), Hon’ble Governor Shri Arif Mohammed Khan has directed Vice Chancellors of 9 varsities in Kerala to tender resignation: PRO, Kerala Raj Bhavan,” the tweet, accompanied by a list of the varsities, said.
The Raj Bhavan said Khan also directed that the resignations reach him by 11.30 am on Monday.
The order days after the Supreme Court had quashed the appointment of the vice chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University in Thiruvananthapuram, terming it bad in law and contrary to UGC regulations.
A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar said, as per University Grants Commission, the search committee constituted by the state should have recommended a panel of not less than three suitable persons among eminent people in the field of engineering science to the chancellor but instead it sent only the name of Dr Rajasree M.S.
The nine VCs include Calicut, Sanskrit, KTU, CUSAT, Fisheries, Malayalam, MG, Kannur, and Medical University.
“Upholding the verdict of Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos.7634-7635 of 2022(@ SLP(c)Nos.21108-21109 of 2021), Hon’ble Governor Shri Arif Mohammed Khan has directed Vice Chancellors of 9 varsities in Kerala to tender resignation: PRO, Kerala Raj Bhavan,” the tweet, accompanied by a list of the varsities, said.
The Raj Bhavan said Khan also directed that the resignations reach him by 11.30 am on Monday.
The order days after the Supreme Court had quashed the appointment of the vice chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University in Thiruvananthapuram, terming it bad in law and contrary to UGC regulations.
A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar said, as per University Grants Commission, the search committee constituted by the state should have recommended a panel of not less than three suitable persons among eminent people in the field of engineering science to the chancellor but instead it sent only the name of Dr Rajasree M.S.
