Tamil Nadu gov, state at loggerheads again over VC appointment to university
Chennai: The ongoing conflict between Tamil Nadu’s governor and government over search committees in state universities of which the Governor is the Chancellor escalated on Wednesday. Governor R N Ravi had asked the state government to recall its notification dated December 9 over a search committee constituted for the post of vice chancellor for Annamalai University saying that since it does not include a nominee from UGC and it violates directions of the Supreme Court. The Governor’s Search Committee comprises nominees of –the Chancellor, Government of Tamil Nadu, Syndicate of the University and the UGC Chairman. “The Chancellor has called upon the Government of Tamil Nadu, to recall the said notification, which is in difference to the Search Committee constituted and sent for issuing notification and directed to notify the Search Committee for appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University as constituted by the Chancellor, which includes the UGC Chairman’s nominee.” It goes against the prevailing 2018 regulations of the UGC, the governor added and quoted a 2022 Supreme Court order that said that any appointment as a Vice Chancellor made on the recommendation of the Search Committee, which is constituted contrary to the provisions of the UGC Regulations shall be void ab initio. “The said notification issued by the Government is in difference to the Search Committee constituted and is void ab initio; being contrary to the existing UGC regulations and prevailing orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India,” the Raj Bhavan said on Tuesday.
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