NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the resolution of the prolonged standoff between the Kerala government and Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar on the appointment of regular Vice Chancellors to the two key state universities.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was informed that a consensus had been reached between the Governor, in his capacity as Chancellor, and the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government, and that appointments had been made to the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) and the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology.
“Today, we are happy to record that both the chancellor and the government have in one voice reported that the appointments to the post of VC in the two universities have been made from the list of panel candidates, ” the Justice Pardiwala-led Bench noted in its order.