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Kerala Governor and Chancellor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar seems determined to spell up with the steps to name a full-time Vice-Chancellor (V-C) for the University of Calicut.
The series of events related to the assignment is apt to instrumentality different crook with a petition filed by the State authorities successful the Kerala High Court past week seeking to quash the notifications issued by the Chancellor, coming up for proceeding connected Monday. In its petition, the State authorities had sought to quash the notifications issued by the Chancellor for mounting up a search-cum-selection committee to take the caller V-C and aboriginal inviting applications for the post, connected October 31 and November 3, respectively.
The Governor acceptable up the enactment committee nominating Elavuthingal D. Jemmis, National Science Chair professor, Department of lnorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, arsenic his nominee and Ravindara D. Kulkarni, V-C, University of Mumbai, arsenic the nominee of the University Grants Commission (UGC), soon aft the assemblage Senate projected A. Sabu, subordinate secretary, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, arsenic its nominee. However, Mr. Sabu subsequently sought to relieve himself from the post.
Against UGC statutes: State govt.
In its petition filed connected November 14, the authorities pointed retired that the hunt sheet was constituted against the statutes of the assemblage and the regulations of the UGC. It was claimed that Mr. Sabu had written to the Chancellor seeking to relieve himself from the post. The authorities counsel besides said that Mr. Jemmis, the convener of the panel, was a governing assemblage subordinate of St. Thomas College, Thrissur, affiliated with the university. This violated Regulation 7.3(ii) of the UGC regulations, which mandates that the members of the committee should not beryllium connected successful immoderate mode with the assemblage oregon its affiliated colleges. The High Court Bench adjourned the lawsuit till Monday pursuing a petition from the Chancellor’s counsel.
As the lawsuit is coming up for hearing, Mr. Arlekar connected November 15 issued different bid appointing G.U. Kulkarni, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, successful the spot of Mr. Jemmis. The bid besides says that Mr. Kulkarni shall besides service arsenic the convener of the committee. Sources adjacent to the Chancellor are claiming that Mr. Sabu continues to beryllium a subordinate of the sheet arsenic his determination to support disconnected from the station came aft the mounting up of the hunt panel.
