The Vice-Chancellor of MS College, VK Shrivastava, Wednesday knowledgeable the Gujarat Excessive Courtroom that he had tendered his resignation to the Further Chief Secretary on Tuesday night, a day forward of the listening to of a writ petition difficult Shrivastava’s appointment earlier than the HC.
Gujarat Advocate Basic Kamal Trivedi knowledgeable the court docket that the state authorities has determined to simply accept Shrivastava’s resignation and hand over the short-term cost of the submit to a different official.
At the same time as Shrivastava’s tenure ends on February 8, his lawyer Mrugen Purohit informed the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi on Wednesday of the resignation. Nevertheless, Advocate Basic Kamal Trivedi knowledgeable the court docket that the cost of the submit needed to be handed over to a different particular person and due to this fact, the ultimate acceptance of the resignation can be carried out by Thursday.
The HC was listening to a petition filed by Senior Professor Satish Pathak of the Division of Training difficult the February 10, 2022 appointment of Shrivastava.
On January 3, the state authorities had knowledgeable the court docket {that a} search committee had been constituted to resolve the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of MS College and 80 functions had been obtained for a similar. The state additionally knowledgeable the court docket that the brand new VC for MSU can be appointed by February 8, the top of Shrivastava’s time period.
Shrivastava’s tenure of about three years has seen controversies and protests inside the campus. It was in November 2023 that Pathak approached the Gujarat Excessive Courtroom, searching for a PIL, contending that the appointment of Shrivastava was “unlawful” as he didn’t fulfill the eligibility College Grants Fee (UGC) standards of 10 years of expertise as a professor.
Chatting with The Indian Categorical on Wednesday, Pathak mentioned, “The principle procedural rivalry was that Shrivastava had solely three years and three months of expertise as towards the required UGC requirement of 10 years. The truth that this improvement has occurred and the state authorities has determined to simply accept his resignation is certainly an excellent signal for MSU. The College wants an excellent administrator and extra importantly, an excellent human being. That must be the precedence for the federal government in deciding the subsequent candidate. Within the interim for a few month till February 9, the cost must be handed over to a senior professor, who has ardour for MSU… Because the resignation has occurred, it’s seemingly that the federal government may expedite the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor.”
Pathak, who has been a two-term senate member of the college, had additionally made a reference to the Supreme Courtroom judgment in a civil writ petition difficult the appointment of Professor Shishir Kulkarni because the VC of Sardar Patel College, who was ultimately faraway from the submit in March 2022.
The MSU administration, together with Shrivastava, remained unavailable for remark.
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