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Bharathiar University (BU) has amended its statute to pave mode for three-year rotation of headship for departments.
During October, 2025, the assemblage had enforced a directive issued astatine the commencement of the world twelvemonth by the Department of Higher Education, for adhering to rhythm of three-year rotation amongst module holding the station of professor.
The Secretary, Department of Higher Education, had instructed Registrars of State varsities to place those caput of departments successful universities who had been serving arsenic HoDs successful the aforesaid section for much than 3 years. The Registrars were besides directed to name caller HoDs.
The existing HoDs successful BU had, aft making abstracted representations against the caller appointments to the Registrar, the Higher Education Department and the Office of the Chancellor and Governor, moved the High Court citing the assemblage statute successful which determination was nary specified provision.
As per Section 45(3) of the Bharathiar University Act, 1981, “a idiosyncratic appointed arsenic the Head of the Department shall clasp office, arsenic such, for a play of 3 years and shall beryllium eligible for re-appointment”. It was connected this ground that the High Court had restored headship successful 1 of the departments during 2022.
Likewise, clause I of Section 45 of the Bharathiar University Act, 1981, states that seniority shall beryllium followed successful the appointment.
Hearing the petitions submitted by the affected faculty, a High Court Bench had, citing the statute, directed BU to reconstruct their headship.
In an evident effort to evade ineligible wrangles, the Higher Education Department had convened a gathering of the Syndicate a week backmost and effected the amendments to present rotation of headships successful three-year intervals.
