CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Thursday set aside the appointment of P P Chellathurai because the vice- chancellor of Madurai Kamaraja University.
"We set aside the appointment on the ground that the proceedings of the search committee are flawed without expressing any opinion on eligibility and noticing Chellathurai has been dropped/deleted from the criminal case/chargesheet after further investigation," the primary bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and M Sundar mentioned.
On May 27, 2017, the Tamil Nadu governor appointed Chellathurai as vice-chancellor.
Subsequently, Lionel M Anthony Arulraj filed a case stating that Chellathurai used to be by no means eligible to be appointed as he lacked qualification. Arulraj alleged that Chellathurai used to be going to make appointments to the university via illegal method. Hence, it used to be important to restrain him from making new appointments to the university, the petitioner mentioned.
He also prayed to quash Chellathurai’s appointment as vice-chancellor.
Quashing the appointment, the bench ordered reconstitution of the hunt committee. "The new search committee so constituted shall embark upon the process of selecting a panel of three names for appointment as VC in accordance with Madurai Kamaraj University Act, 1965 and all other applicable statutes, after due deliberations, consultations and discussions amongst themselves," the bench mentioned.
The court made it clear that Chellathurai shall no longer be precluded from making use of once more. If he chooses to take action, the committee shall overview the candidature uninfluenced through those lawsuits or anything that may had been mentioned on this order or all through this lawsuits. Such recent analysis will probably be with reference to each eligibility and suitability. The complete process will probably be completed inside 3 months, the court mentioned.
"We set aside the appointment on the ground that the proceedings of the search committee are flawed without expressing any opinion on eligibility and noticing Chellathurai has been dropped/deleted from the criminal case/chargesheet after further investigation," the primary bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and M Sundar mentioned.
On May 27, 2017, the Tamil Nadu governor appointed Chellathurai as vice-chancellor.
Subsequently, Lionel M Anthony Arulraj filed a case stating that Chellathurai used to be by no means eligible to be appointed as he lacked qualification. Arulraj alleged that Chellathurai used to be going to make appointments to the university via illegal method. Hence, it used to be important to restrain him from making new appointments to the university, the petitioner mentioned.
He also prayed to quash Chellathurai’s appointment as vice-chancellor.
Quashing the appointment, the bench ordered reconstitution of the hunt committee. "The new search committee so constituted shall embark upon the process of selecting a panel of three names for appointment as VC in accordance with Madurai Kamaraj University Act, 1965 and all other applicable statutes, after due deliberations, consultations and discussions amongst themselves," the bench mentioned.
The court made it clear that Chellathurai shall no longer be precluded from making use of once more. If he chooses to take action, the committee shall overview the candidature uninfluenced through those lawsuits or anything that may had been mentioned on this order or all through this lawsuits. Such recent analysis will probably be with reference to each eligibility and suitability. The complete process will probably be completed inside 3 months, the court mentioned.
HC quashes Madurai varsity VC's appointment
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