The Supreme Court stayed on Friday the additional financial emoluments of the interim vice-chancellors appointed to West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose during the pendency of a plea by the state government challenging earlier appointments made by him.
The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta passed the orders on a special leave petition filed by the West Bengal government against the June 28 verdict of the Calcutta High Court upholding the interim vice-chancellor appointments made by Governor Bose in 13 state-run universities.
The Apex Court suggested reconciliation measures for the state government and the Governor, in the interest of educational institutions and the future of lakhs of students.
Recently, the court, in an effort to break the logjam between the state government and the governor, decided to constitute a search-cum-selection committee for appointing the vice-chancellors of state-run universities. To determine the composition of the committee, the court asked for five names each from the University Grants Commission (UGC), the West Bengal government, and the governor. This development came after the state government informed the bench that neither the governor, in his ex-officio capacity as the chancellor of the state-run universities, nor the UGC had responded to any communications asking for their nominees for a search committee for the appointment of regular vice-chancellors.
On the last occasion, the bench called upon intervenors to propose names of renowned scientists, technocrats, administrators, educationists, and other eminent individuals for inclusion in a selection panel to make these appointments.
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