SC cancels appointment of Kerala tech college’s V-C

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21: The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the appointment of M.S.

Rajasree as Vice-Chancellor of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University in Kerala.

Rajasree was appointed in 2019 for a interval of 4 years and this shock exit comes at a time when there have been just a few months left for her to retire.

The apex court docket dominated her appointment as invalid as essential UGC norms for appointments weren’t adopted as was raised in a petition filed by P.S. Sreejith, whose plea to the identical was dismissed by the Kerala High Court in 2021.

Speaking to the media, Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan stated that is what they’ve been stating all of the whereas.

“There is absolutely no system in place when it comes to appointments as we often point out and this is the same with various universities,” stated Satheesan.

Friday’s improvement has come as a jolt to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan because the Kerala High Court and the Chancellor of Universities, state Governor Arif Mohammed Khan have stopped the appointment of Priya Varghese, spouse of the personal secretary to Vijayan in a educating publish on the Kannur University.

Even the re-appointment of the Kannur University’s Vice-Chancellor AGopinath Raveendran has emerged as a hotly-debated subject within the state.

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