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New Indian Express
21-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Orissa HC seeks government's response on functioning of MSCB varsity without regular V-C
CUTTACK: The vacation bench of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to file a response regarding functioning of the Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Baripada without a regular vice-chancellor for nearly two and a half years. The issue was raised by advocate Prabir Kumar Das by way of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the court's intervention. Appearing in person, Das submitted that the university is functioning without a regular vice-chancellor since November 2022. Acting on it, the vacation bench of Justices SK Sahoo and MS Sahoo directed the state government to file a response to the petition, and posted the matter for hearing to the week starting June 30. Accordingly, the bench directed the state counsel to take instructions by then after a preliminary hearing on the matter. In a notification issued on December 7, 2022, the chancellor had appointed the V-C of Fakir Mohan University, Balasore as in-charge VC of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. Section 6 (10) of the Odisha University Act, 1989 mandates that where it is not practicable to fill up the post of vice-chancellor, the chancellor may appoint the V-C of another public university as in-charge VC for a period not exceeding one year. As the in-charge V-C took charge on December 14, 2022, his appointment was valid till December 13, 2023. Hence his continuance is without any authority of law, Das contended. The petition on the basis of information gathered under the RTI Act, 2005 said though the state Higher Education department had issued an advertisement for appointment of V-C of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, no action has followed.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
HC seeks reply from govt on appointing regular VC of Baripada univ
Cuttack: Orissa high court on Tuesday sought a reply from the state govt on a PIL seeking intervention for appointment of a regular vice-chancellor of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University , Baripada. Accordingly, the vacation bench of Justices S K Sahoo and M S Sahoo directed the state counsel to take instructions and scheduled the matter to the week starting on June 30 for hearing. HC lawyer Prabir Kumar Das (60), who filed the petition, appeared in-person and submitted that the university is functioning without a regular VC since Nov 2022. Das further submitted that the governor, chancellor of state universities, had appointed the VC of Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, as in-charge VC of the Baripada university in a notification issued on Dec 7, 2022. Section 6 (10) of the Odisha University Act, 1989 mandates that where it is not practicable to fill up the post of vice-chancellor, the chancellor may appoint the VC of another public university for a period not exceeding one year. As the in-charge VC took charge on Dec 14, 2022, his appointment was valid till Dec 13, 2023. Hence his continuance is without any authority of law, Das argued. According to the petition, though the state higher education department had issued an advertisement for the appointment of VC of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, no follow-up action has been taken, according to information obtained under the RTI Act.
