Kerala HC extends time for VCs to respond to governor's showcause notices

Justice Devan Ramachandran, refraining from staying the showcause notices, gave the time to submit their objections and also request personal hearing, said senior advocate Jaju Babu appearing for the Governor.

Kerala HC extends time for VCs to respond to governor's showcause notices

The Kerala High Court has extended the time given to the Vice-Chancellors (VCs) to respond to showcause notice sent to them by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. The notices have sought to know from the VCs as to why they should be allowed to continue as their appointments have been marked as illegal as per a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Justice Devan Ramachandran, refraining from staying the showcause notices, gave the time to submit their objections and also request personal hearing, said senior advocate Jaju Babu appearing for the Governor. On the direction, the court listed the VCs' plea, claiming the Governor's notice was illegal and void, for hearing on November 8. Earlier in the day, the Governor, while speaking to reporters in New Delhi, said Raj Bhavan has informed the VCs that the time to file their explanations and request for a personal hearing has been extended to November 7.

Khan, as Chancellor of universities, had issued showcause notices to VCs of 11 universities in the State. He had given them time till November 3 and 4 for filing their replies. Raj Bhavan sources said that as on date only the replies of the VCs of Kerala University and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) have been received. 

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