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Court sets aside VC’s appointment

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Kalyani Mathivanan

The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday set aside the appointment of Kalyani Mathivanan as Vice-Chancellor of the Madurai Kamaraj University on the ground that she was only an Associate Professor of English in a private college before her elevation and not a Professor with a minimum of 10 years experience as required under the University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations, 2010.

Justices V. Ramasubramanian and V.M. Velumani held that non-fulfilment of eligibility criteria could not be completely “whitewashed” on the specious plea that the UGC regulations were only directory and not mandatory.

They pointed out that neither the Madurai Kamaraj University Act, 1965, nor the statutes framed under it prescribed qualifications for the Vice-Chancellor’s post.