New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The governor of Tamil Nadu, RN Ravi, has accused the state government of "stonewalling" the appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) to state universities and of attempting to usurp the legal framework governing such appointments by vesting the power in itself in breach of mandatory University Grants Commission (UGC) provisions. In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the governor's office rejected the state's counter-claims that the chancellery had politicised universities or adopted an obstructive posture, and said the real cause of delays in filling vice-chancellor vacancies was the state government's effort to bypass the UGC Regulations, 2018 and divest the governor of the appointing authority. UGC also filed a se...