The Allahabad Excessive Court docket on Saturday rejected a petition that challenged Professor Naima Khatoon’s appointment as vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim College (AMU), alleging that due course of was not adopted.
The courtroom has consolidated two further petitions filed on the identical concern.
The petitioners within the writs have assailed the choice and appointment of Khatoon totally on the bottom that her husband, Professor Mohammed Gulrez, was performing as vice-chancellor and had presided over the essential conferences of the chief council and the courtroom, whereby his spouse was beneficial for appointment to the submit. It’s asserted that this isn’t only a case of probability of bias on the a part of Gulrez, however the proceedings have been manipulated to safe the choice and appointment of Khatoon.
“Although, we’re of the opinion that Professor Gulrez Ahmad ought to not have presided and took part within the assembly of govt council and the college courtroom, but, contemplating the character of appointment course of and the restricted recommendatory function of govt council and college courtroom in making of appointment of Vice-Chancellor, we’re of the thought-about view that participation of Professor Gulrez Ahmad in such proceedings has not vitiated the choice proceedings,” a division bench of Justices Donadi Ramesh and Ashwani Kumar Mishra said in its order. “The change of 1 member of the Government Council quickly earlier than the holding of assembly dated 30.10.2023 can be not decisive for such motive,” the bench added.
The courtroom additional stated that, “The reply must be a particular no. We’ve already seen that qualification of Professor Naima Khatoon to be appointed because the Vice-Chancellor isn’t in concern. Her final choice is by the Customer towards whom no allegation of bias is made. She was erstwhile Principal of Ladies’s School of the College.”
“Merely as a result of her husband was performing as vice chancellor and had presided and took part within the conferences of Government Council and College Court docket which additionally beneficial her title, along with others, for appointment as Vice-Chancellor can’t be a floor to intervene together with her appointment as the primary girl Vice-Chancellor of the College,” it added.
The courtroom additional said that, “For the explanations and deliberations held above, we maintain that discretion exercised by the Customer in appointing Professor Naima Khatoon as the primary girl Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim College from a panel of three names beneficial by the College Court docket deserves no interference. Writ petitions are, accordingly, dismissed. Prices made straightforward.”
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