Chennai: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday informed the Madras high court that it has decided to write to Centre about the Tamil Nadu’s state universities not adopting the UGC regulations for appointment of vice-chancellors and other factors.
Additional solicitor general G. Rajagopalan also informed a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana that the UGC would very soon initiate action in the matter once the Centre responds to its communication.
He made the above submissions when a PIL from CHANGE India represented by its director A Narayanan came up for hearing before the Bench.
The PIL sought to quash a May 2015 advertisement calling for applications for appointment of vice chancellors for the state universities.
The bench reserved orders after hearing elaborate arguments from both sides.
During the course of hearing, the bench also pulled up the UGC for its inaction in the matter, pointing out that advocate general A L Somayaji had been saying repeatedly that adopting UGC regulations by the universities was under consideration.
Advocate general however submitted that all the points raised in the PIL had been addressed by the Supreme Court in Kalyani Mathivanan case and that unless the universities adopt the UGC regulations, they would not be bound by the UGC regulations while selecting vice chancellors.
