The Bihar Education Department appears to be at loggerheads with the Raj Bhavan again after it ordered the suspension of the salaries paid to two Vice-Chancellors (V-C) of State-run universities – S.P. Shahi, the V-C of Magadh University in Gaya; and Krishna Chandra Sinha, the V-C of Jai Prakash University in Saran district. Both varsities have failed to declare results on time. About 1.5 lakh students are affected by the delay in the declaration of results by one-and-a-half to up to six years.
Additional Chief Secretary of the Education Department, K.K. Pathak, directed the issuance of the order, which is also applicable to the Pro Vice-Chancellors, Registrars, Controllers of Examinations, Finance Officers, and Finance Consultants of both universities. The Secretary of the Education Department, Baidyanath Yadav, issued the notification on Mr. Pathak’s instruction.
The order was issued on Tuesday evening after the department conducted a review meeting, stressing that the payment of salaries to the concerned officials would remain postponed till pending results pertaining to delayed exams were declared.
