Court: RGUHS syndicate members have no right to continue beyond three years
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bengaluru : 20.08.2024
The high court ruled that any member of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) syndicate, who is not an exofficio member, has no right to continue as a member beyond the three-year term of the varsity body. In its recent judgment, a division bench consisting of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice KV Aravind dismissed writ appeals filed by Dr Venugopal and others, who were former syndicate members of the university.
The appellants were appointed as members of the syndicate on Dec 13, 2022, through a notification which stated that their term would be “with immediate effect and till further three years or till further govt orders, whichever is earlier”.
However, a revised notification, dated Feb 7, 2023, specified that the term of office of the members would be three years. When the new govt took charge, another notification was issued on May 25, 2023, cancelling the nomination of the appellants with effect from May 24, 2023, citing “in the interest of public and administration of the university”. The appellants challenged the decision before a single bench. However, their petitions were dismissed by the single bench.
The division bench concluded that membership of nominated or other members, except exofficio members, would be co-terminus with the tenure of the syndicate. The university’s ninth syndicate was constituted on June 16, 2021 for three years, which ended on June 15, 2024. Consequently, the membership of the appellants, which was co-terminus with the syndicate’s term, also ended.
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