The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ruled there was no illegality in the orders issued by the Chancellor in appointment of Vice-Chancellors to 11 State-run universities in West Bengal.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta dismissed a writ petition which claimed that the appointment of Vice-Chancellors was illegal as the Higher Education department was not consulted by Governor C.V. Ananda Bose, who is also Chancellor of all State universities, before making such appointments.
The Division Bench observed that the petitioner had miserably failed to point out what was the public interest in the petition. The court said the State of West Bengal which did not raise any objections to the orders passed by the Chancellor earlier was outrightly supporting the cause of the petitioner and virtually stepped into his shoes. The Chief Justice said the court was justified in forming an opinion that the writ petitioner was used as a tool to indirectly challenge the orders passed by the Chancellor.
