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Delhi University (DU) has written to the governing assemblage of St. Stephen’s College directing it not to proceed with the assignment of its caller principal. According to DU, the enactment committee to name the main was not constituted successful accordance with the University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations, 2018.
The assemblage connected May 12 had announced the assignment of Susan Elias arsenic its archetypal pistillate principal. Ms. Elias is owed to instrumentality complaint connected June 1, succeeding John Varghese, who has been serving arsenic main since 2016. DU Registrar Vikas Gupta, successful a missive to the president of the governing body, stated that the assemblage had learnt astir the assignment from media reports. He pointed retired that UGC regulations to name a main had not been followed.
Advocate Romy Chacko, who has antecedently argued for the assemblage successful a akin quality implicit main appointment, said that successful 2008 the Delhi High Court had held that the college, arsenic a number institution, could name its ain main truthful agelong arsenic qualifications were met. He said the recently appointed main had met each indispensable qualifications.
