India, Feb. 14 -- The Patna high court on Friday reinstated Sanjay Kumar as Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University registrar, who was removed on the orders of former governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, and replaced with Aparajita Krishna in June last year.

Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan quashed the order transferring Sanjay Kumar from the university in Bihar's Muzaffarpur to his parent college on June 20, 2024, two days after Aparajita Krishna was appointed as registrar. The bench said Kumar was removed without citing any cogent reasons and Krishna was appointed despite being ineligible.

"The appointment of Aparajita Krishna as registrar in spite of her being ineligible in flagrant violation of the statutory mandatory requirement as...