Kerala Govt introduces Bill to remove governor as chancellor
Law Minister P Rajeeve defended the Bill citing recommendations of various expert panels, including the Punchhi Commission and other higher education committees.
Law Minister P Rajeeve defended the Bill citing recommendations of various expert panels, including the Punchhi Commission and other higher education committees.
The Governor maintained that the post of chancellor was not a favour bestowed by the state government, but as per a consensus at the national level.
Arif Mohammed Khan said that the governors are holding the office of chancellor on the basis of a national consensus arrived at the national level in the early 1950s and a report from a National Commission, and no state government can go against it.
As per the Act of Kalamandalam deemed-to-be-university, the power to appoint the Chancellor is vested in the state government.
The decision came after Governor Arif Mohammad Khan sought the resignations of vice-chancellors of all nine universities in the state.
Stating that the chancellor cannot ask the vice-chancellors to resign based on the verdict of the Supreme Court, CM Vijayan said the orders of the apex court are applicable only to the vice-chancellor of the Kerala Technological University (KTU).
The West Bengal government has played to the party gallery by announcing yet another change in the matrix for the appointment of Chancellors of universities and Visitors for private entities that have mushroomed on certain campuses, notably technological institutions, over the past few years.
The decision will have to go through the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. It will be debated in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, where the ruling TMC is in majority.
As the West Bengal cabinet approves making the Chief Minister the Chancellor of State Universities, replacing the Governor, and while a Tamil Nadu university has already paved the way, amid the ongoing political tug of war, a common man might wonder what’s the big deal in this issue.
Education minister said that the government will consult legal experts to see if there are any provisions in the Constitution to make the chief minister interim chancellor
