University chancellors: Kerala considers legal options

The Kerala state government is closely looking at the bill passed by the West Bengal government in June to make the chief minister the chancellor of state universities and is considering legal options to remove the governor as chancellor of the state universities, writes G Krishnakumar for The Hindu.

The move comes amidst the ongoing tussle between the Left Front government and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan over the appointment of vice-chancellors.

In his capacity as the chancellor of the state universities, Khan had asked vice-chancellors of 11 state universities to explain why their appointment should not be considered as void ab initio (void from the beginning) in the wake of a recent Supreme Court order cancelling the appointment of Dr MS Rajasree as vice-chancellor of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University.
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