West Bengal Governor says Raj Bhavan worked swiftly to fill up vacancies for VC post
On the grounds that the government had not followed UGC processes, including seeking the chancellor's assent, a number of college professors and researchers had filed a PIL in the high court contesting the extension of the tenure of some state-aided universities' vice chancellors. Upon their resignation, the VCs received a further extension from the governor.
West Governor says Raj Bhavan worked swiftly to fill up vacancies for VC post in 30 universities
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has said that Raj Bhavan following the resignation of vice-chancellors (VCs) in 30 universities has acted swiftly to fill up these vacancies. The Governor in a statement said that the VCs have been granted interim appointment for three months to avoid disruption of academic activites.
"The vice chancellors of universities, whose appointments were declared ab initio null and void by the Supreme Court, in order dated October 11 2022...were called to Raj Bhavan and were appraised of the verdict's implications. They gracefully opted to resign, thus, obviating the serving of termination notices. To avoid disruption of university functions, they were granted interim appointments for three months," he said.
On the grounds that the government had not followed UGC processes, including seeking the chancellor's assent, a number of college professors and researchers had filed a PIL in the high court contesting the extension of the tenure of some state-aided universities' vice chancellors. Upon their resignation, the VCs received a further extension from the governor.
The move came after the Supreme Court upheld a high court order, scrapping the reappointment of Sonali Chakravorty Banerjee as the VC of Calcutta University. While speaking about the recent visit to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the education minister Bratya Basu, Bose said that he has found out from them that many files related to education are awaiting governor’s clearance.
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