In special hearing, Kerala HC allows 9 V-Cs to continue, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

A day after Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Sunday night asked vice-chancellors of nine universities in the state to resign by 11.30am Monday, the Kerala HC on Monday held that all the nine V-Cs can continue in their positions until the Chancellor issues a final order following show-cause notices to them earlier today.

The Kerala HC on Monday said the vice-chancellors of nine universities can continue in their posts and they can be removed only after following due procedure.

Justice Devan Ramachandran, who heard the urgent plea filed by the eight vice-chancellors, who were given an ultimatum by the Governor to resign by today, said the communication sent by the Chancellor was not proper.

“They are eligible to continue in their respective positions,” the court said during a special sitting.

The court noted that since the chancellor has given time till November 3 to the vice- chancellors to show cause as to why they should not be ousted, the communication seeking their resignation lost its importance.

The court noted that the action against the VCs can be taken only after following due procedure. The VCs told the court that the entire action of the chancellor asking to resign within 24 hours was illegal.