Chennai, Feb. 2 -- Reiterating his commitment to upholding constitutional propriety, therule of law, the autonomy and high academic standards of State-run Universities, Tamil NaduGovernor RN Ravi on Monday urged the DMK government to nominate an UGC nominee asmandated by the Supreme Court in Search Committees to recommend panel of names fornominating Vice-Chancellors (VCs) to State-run Universities.
The Lok Bhavan and the DMK government are at loggerheads on a host of issues, includingthe government's decision to wrest the post of Chancellor from the Governor and allowing theChief Minister to pick VCs for state-run varsities and had passed Bills in this regard in theState Assembly.
The Governor pointed out tht the Court has declared that ...