Pune, April 6 -- The Servants of India Society (SIS) on Saturday revoked its order removing Sanjeev Sanyal as chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), requesting him to treat its earlier order as "null and void".

SIS president Damodar Sahoo termed the removal order a result of "misunderstanding", and further acknowledged steps taken by Sanyal "to protect and enhance the glory of GIPE".

"I came to know and became satisfied that, as Chancellor, you have taken steps to protect and enhance the glory of GIPE. This misunderstanding arose due to a lack of communication between you and the Servants of India Society," Sahoo stated in the letter hours after Sanyal, the economist and member of the Prime Minister's Econom...