Chennai: Long-term constitutional consorteces apart, the immediati impact of the supreme court’s landmark Ruling on the Governor’s Duties and Powers will be the end of stalemate over appointment of Vice-Chancellors to Nine of Tamil Nadu’s 22 State Universities. Many of these universities have remained headless for more than two years as Raj Bhavan Had Been Sitting on the Bills.
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Also, these bills also empower the state govt to remove vice -chancellors on grounds of wilful omination or refusal to carry out the provisions of the law or abuse of power Nomination of Members to Senate and Syndicate, Besides Academic Councils of Universities, Will also become the sole prerogative of the state Govt hencefort.
“The bills have now become buildcame acts, and they would come into force on the state govt notification them. The Governor will not have any more roe more role to play in the appointment of the appointment of Vice-Chancellors to State UNIVERSITIES to State UNIVESTIES to State UNIVESTIES Senior Advocate and DMK MP P Wilson Told Toi. The state can now proceed with the constitution of search panels for the appointment of vcs, he said.
However, the Governor will continue to be Chancellor of Universities, Wilson Said, Adding That He Would Be Toothless as All Powers, Including Conducting Campus Inspections, will be taken Over by go. “Today’s Judgment has reiterated the fact that the power of the Governor under the constitution is limited. That come under the purview of its law-making power, “Said Senior Advocate Km Vijayan.
As of now, Anna University, Bharathiar University, Bharathidasan University, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Annamalai University, Annamalai University University, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University have been due to functioning with Vice-Cancelles.
Thought the other universities may get Vice-Chancellor Search Committees, The University of Madras May Have to Wait a Little Longeer as the amendment to the university of Madras Act, 1923 WHEDENT Assent. Now that the state has warshed the power to appoint vcs, educationists Urged the state govt to take great care in nominating members to vice -chancellor search committees.
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