A day after kicking up a political storm searching for the resignation of vice-chancellors of 9 varsities in Kerala, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday issued notices to the V-Cs to point out trigger by 5pm on or earlier than November 3 their authorized proper to proceed within the workplace.
“Notices issued to ViceChancellors involved to point out trigger by 5 pm on or earlier than Nov third,their authorized proper to proceed in workplace as ViceChancellors&to not declare their appointment unlawful& void ab initio,have been despatched to official e mail id of VCs&Registrars (sic),” the Kerala Raj Bhavan tweeted.
Void ab initio signifies that a authorized doc, contract, settlement, or transaction is legally void from the beginning.
Khan’s discover got here even because the Kerala excessive court docket was holding a particular sitting on Monday amid a row over his order to the vice-chancellors of 9 universities to give up.
Upholding the current Supreme Courtroom order quashing the appointment of the V-C of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological College for being opposite to College Grants Fee (UGC) rules, Khan on Sunday sought resignations of V-Cs of 9 varsities within the state.
The Raj Bhavan had stated Khan, as chancellor of universities within the state, additionally issued instructions for the resignations to achieve him by 11.30am on Monday.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the meantime, hit out on the governor for the transfer. Vijayan stated Khan has no such powers and accused him of performing towards the Structure and the essence of democracy.
The CM, in a press assembly, alleged that the governor’s transfer was an encroachment on the powers of a democratically elected authorities, and the colleges which can be alleged to be academically unbiased.
“It was the governor who appointed the V-Cs of those 9 universities and if these appointments have been made illegally, then the first duty lies with the governor himself,” the Vijayan stated, including that the chancellor has no authority to hunt their resignations.
The CM additionally claimed that the highest court docket order on KTU V-C was based mostly on a procedural subject and didn’t say something on his educational qualification.
(With inputs from businesses)