Madras High Court Presses TN on State University Posts
The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government when 14 state-run universities will get Vice-Chancellors and Syndicates. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh has made the Higher Education Secretary a respondent in a batch of applications he filed, and has asked for an explanation by November 17.
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Context: Vice-Chancellors are the top academic heads of universities, and syndicates are their governing bodies. Vacant posts can leave a university without a head to make decisions, so courts sometimes step in to press for appointments.