A fresh row erupted between the State government and Governor R.N. Ravi on Wednesday with the latter issuing separate “notifications” constituting three “search-cum-selection” committees to recommend a panel of three names for the post of Vice-Chancellor for the University of Madras, Bharathiar University (BU) and the Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University (TNTEU).
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy said Mr. Ravi did not have the powers to constitute the committees as per the Acts that govern these universities. No Governor in the past had constituted such committees unilaterally, he said.
The Minister said it was the government that had to notify the constitution of the committees in the Gazette. The notification issued by the Governor was in violation of the Acts and the conventions followed till now.
