Bihar governor hits out at education dept for order to withhold salary of vice chancellor

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I am directed to convey that the above mentioned orders may be withdrawn and these types of unwarranted acts may be avoided in future, said the letter from Robert L Chongthu, principal secretary to the Governor, to the education department secretary, who had issued the order...

Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Friday took strong exception to the education departments order on Thursday, stopping the salary of in-charge vice chancellor and pro-VC of BRA Bihar University (Muzaffarpur) and freezing financial powers and bank accounts of the varsity.s)..

According to people familiar with the matter, Chongthu has also written to the banks not to implement the orders of the education department secretary till further communication in this regard from the Raj Bhawan..

The order by education department secretary Baidyanath Yadav was issued hours after both the officials of BRA Bihar University did not turn up for the pre-scheduled review meeting called by additional chief secretary (education) K K Pathak. ..

A VC can be called by only three authorities Chancellor, chief minister and education minister, says a letter written by FUTAB working president KB Sinha and general secretary Sanjay Kumar, who is an MLC...

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