HC junks plea on RU V-C selection

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Jaipur: 13.07.2020

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the procedure to select vice-chancellor of Rajasthan University (RU). The court said it will refrain from entertaining the petition as it believes the UGC Regulations 2018 will be considered and applied in the selection process that is in progress.

The HC bench, comprising Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta, dismissed the petition for being pre-mature.

The petition was filed by one C S Meena, a probable candidate for the V-C post. In the petition, he alleged that guidelines of UGC were not followed during the selection process.

“In the advertisement for RU V-C post, it has been mentioned that eligible person having ‘equivalent position’ can apply for the post. However, the term ‘equivalent position’ has been omitted by the UGC in 2018 regulations which should be followed while appointing the new V-C,” argues Meena in the petition. There have been many objections raised in the past one month on the process of search committee.