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Patna,(BiharTimes): Justice A K Tripathi of Patna high court, on Friday, issued notice to the Chancellor-cum-Governor, Devanand Konwar, and Patna University (PU) Vice Chancellor (VC), Shambhu Nath Singh, on a writ petition challenging the appointment of latter as the VC last August. The petition was filed by Mukesh Kumar Singh, a student leader of Patna University. |
According to his lawyer, Raju Giri, appointment of Singh has been challenged on the grounds that neither the Chancellor consulted the state government before appointing him as VC–– required under Section 10(2) of Bihar State Universities Act, 1976––nor does he possess the qualification required for holding the post.
Singh took over as PU VC on August 1 last, along with the VCs of Jayaprakash University, Chhapra, BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, B N Mandal University, Madhepura, and Maulana Mazhar-ul-Haq Arabic and Persian University, Patna.
The same bench, had on April 6, issued notices to all the five VCs, except Singh, to file affidavits within two weeks making their stands clear regarding the validity of their appointments. Notice was not issued that day to the PU VC due to some technical reasons. The court had also issued notice to the Chancellor and VC of Nalanda Open University.
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