The education department of the Bihar government on Friday withdrew a notification inviting applications for the posts of vice-chancellors of state-run universities, two days after chief minister Nitish Kumar met governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar amid a tussle over the issue.
The education department invited applications for the posts of vice-chancellors, days after a similar advertisement was issued by the Raj Bhavan. Amid the tussle, Kumar met Arlekar, who is also the chancellor of state-run universities, on Wednesday.
In a “withdrawal of notification” order, education secretary Baidyanath Yadav said: “The advertisements published by the education department (Bihar) in various newspapers on August 22 inviting applications for the post of VCs are hereby withdrawn.”
Arlekar’s secretariat invited applications for the post of VCs in Patna University, Lalit Narayan Mithila University in Darbhanga, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University in Muzaffarpur, Jai Prakash University in Chapra, BN Mandal University in Madhepura and Aryabhatta Knowledge University in Patna.
The education department on Tuesday also invited applications for five of these universities, except for the BN Mandal University and Aryabhatta Knowledge University.
