The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday quashed the appointment of Lokanath N.K. as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore.
The court also directed the State government to initiate a fresh process to select a Vice-Chancellor by appointing a search committee by following the procedure prescribed in the Karnataka State Universities Act.
Justice N.S. Sanjay Gowda delivered the verdict while allowing the two petitions, filed by Sharath Ananthamurthy, a professor in the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, and G. Venkatesh Kumar, retired head of the Department of Psychology, University of Mysore. Both were among the contenders for the post of the VC. A copy of the court’s verdict is yet to be released.
