The Madras High Court today was appraised by the Additional Solicitor General G Rajagopalan that UGC would take action against those universities which have not yet adopted the UGC regulations in appointment of Vice-chancellors.
The submission was on PIL filed by Change India, an NGO, has come up before the First Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana.
Additional Solicitor General of India G Rajagopalan, representing UGC, told that UGC would very soon take action in the matter once immediately after receiving the response from the Union of India to the communication sent by UGC.
A PIL contended that that advertisements were called by various universities in Tamil Nadu without adopting the regulations of UGC which is against law.
The petitioner further alleged that it would not be permissible to adopt different procedures for the selection of VCs to different universities.
The bench, which reserved its order for Monday, lambasted the UGC for not taking action against the universities after reminding the repeated submissions of Advocate General A L Somayaji, appearing on behalf of the State Government, that implementing the UGC regulations is under consideration of state government.
