Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: The National Secular Forum (NSF) has demanded immediate constitution of search committee to select new Vice Chancellors of Jammu and Kashmir Universities without any further delay.
Addressing a press conference, here today, NSF State president Dr Vikas Sharma said that to avoid speculations and confusion over extension to the incumbents, the State Government should order constitution of search committees so that new Vice Chancellors could be appointed in due course of period.
“Following amendment in the law, it is not compulsory to extend tenure of the incumbent Vice-Chancellors by two years,” he said while making reference of Government amendment in the Kashmir and Jammu Universities Act, 1969, mentioning therein that in the sub-section (5) of section (12) of the Act, the words “three years” shall be substituted by the words “five years.”
The already fixed tenure of Kashmir University Vice-Chancellor Prof Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi is ending on October 17 this year while that of Prof R D Sharma, Vice-Chancellor JU is ending in March 2018.
Vikas claimed that retrospective effect cannot be given in both the cases. “Had it been possible why all those employees were made to retire just few days before the Government increased their age limit from 58 to 60 years. If principle of retrospective effect can be implemented in the case of Vice Chancellors same holds good for all those employees who retired at the age of 58 years, days before the announcement of age enhancement,” he opined and demanded immediate announcement of Search
Committee to select new Vice Chancellor for Jammu University.
Among those, who were present in the press-conference, included Sukhdev Singh, Rishikesh Rana, Pardeep Sharma and Anshu Sharma.
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