Jagran correspondent, Nainital. The High Court has appointed Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal Central University, Srinagar Vice Chancellor Prof. While hearing the petition filed for canceling the appointment of Shriprakash Singh, the University Grants Commission has been instructed to file its reply within three weeks. The next hearing in the case has been fixed for March 11.
On Tuesday, Prof. in the division bench of Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Subhash Upadhyay. Hearing was held on the petition of Naveen Prakash Nautiyal, in which it has been said that the appointment of the Vice Chancellor has been done in violation of the provisions of the Central Universities Act, 2009 and the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualification for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018.
In violation of UGC regulations and his own eligibility conditions prescribed in the advertisement, Prof. The appointment of Shri Prakash Singh as Vice Chancellor is arbitrary and illegal.
This undermines the sanctity of merit-based appointments and is a violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
The appointment of the Vice Chancellor is contrary to Regulation 7.3 of the UGC Regulations, 2018, which mandate a minimum of ten years of experience as a professor in the university.
The petitioner says that Vice Chancellor Prof. Singh's experience as Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration cannot be considered equivalent to that of a university professor, as the institute is neither a university nor a UGC norms governed institution.
In the advertisement issued by the Ministry of Education, the eligibility was clearly limited to “10 years as Professor in a University”, leaving no scope for any equivalence or substitution.
It has been repeatedly stated by the Supreme Court in various judgments that the selection committee cannot change or relax the eligibility conditions for appointment to any public post in the middle of the selection process.
Such arbitrary appointments undermine public confidence in the impartiality and integrity of educational institutions. This violates the fundamental right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution.
It is an established law that appointment to any public post should be made in accordance with Article 14 of the Constitution and there should not be any arbitrariness in the entire process.
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