Chandigarh, Dec. 20 -- Panjab University (PU) has issued show-cause notices to 42 affiliated colleges across Punjab and Chandigarh for failing to appoint regular principals in accordance with university regulations.

The two defaulters from Chandigarh are MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, and DAV College, Sector 10, that have been functioning under officiating principals far beyond the prescribed six-month limit laid down in the PU Calendar.

PU's calendar and longstanding senate decisions restrict the tenure of an officiating principal to a maximum of six months, after which the college's governing body must initiate the selection process for a regular appointee, well before the incumbent retires or vacates the post.

The rule aims t...