India, Nov. 24 -- PU's inter-state legacy dates back to the post-Partition era when its jurisdiction extended across the composite Punjab region. After the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, PU continued as an inter-state body corporate, with many Haryana colleges still under its affiliation. This arrangement ended when the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification on November 1, 1973, terminating PU's jurisdiction in Haryana effective June 30, 1974. Haryana subsequently built its own university structure, giving up representation in PU's senate and syndicate. The debate resurfaced in 2015, when the Punjab and Haryana high court initiated a suo motu case on PU's finances and governance. The Union government told the court that PU was neither a state nor a central university but an inter-state body corporate-opening interpretive space for Haryana to revisit its erstwhile association. From 2017, Haryana began formally pressing for re-affiliation and financial participation. In 2023, six colleges in Ambala and Panchkula were expected to seek affiliation, with Haryana offering to cover 5% of PU's annual budget. In 2025, outgoing PUCSC president Anurag Dalal sparked controversy by proposing to rename PU as "Panjab and Haryana University," which received backing from Haryana MPs. The tensions rose further at the North Zonal Council meeting, where Haryana reiterated its demand for restored representation. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann opposed the move firmly, saying PU was an emotional and historical symbol of Punjab and that Haryana "cannot return 50 years later to alter its character." However, despite the committee's formation, university officials acknowledge that PU has limited authority in deciding questions of inter-state representation or affiliation. These matters are rooted in the Punjab Reorganisation Act, shaped by decades of state-level withdrawals and ultimately fall within the purview of the central government. The committee's review, therefore, can onlyexamine the students' submissions - not resolve the larger political and constitutional dispute that continues to define the Haryana-PU question....