<p>Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan continued his attack on Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan by accusing him of trying to run a parallel government in the state, even as the Raj Bhavan is learnt to be gearing up for further moves as none of the 11 vice-chancellors were yet to respond to the show-cause notices issued to them.</p>.<p>Even as seven vice-chancellors moved the Kerala High Court on Thursday questioning the Governor’s authority to initiate steps to remove them, the court did not grant any stay on the show-cause notices. </p>.<p>It was in the backdrop of a recent Supreme Court order setting aside selection of A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University vice-chancellor M S Rajasree citing violation of UGC selection process that the governor initially issued a 24-hour notice to other chancellors on October 23 to step down citing similar violations in their selection too. Later they were issued show-cause notices giving time till November 3 and 4.</p>.<p>Sources said that so far no vice-chancellors gave any reply to the governor’s show-cause notices. They were also given an option for personal appearance till November 7.</p>.<p>The Raj Bhavan already collected a list of senior professors of the universities who could be given charge in case the vice-chancellors are removed. There were also unconfirmed reports that Raj Bhavan sought legal options of recovering the salaries drawn by the vice-chancellors so far.</p>.<p>The chief minister’s fresh open attack against Khan was during the launch of a mass campaign by the ruling Left Democratic Front against the governor here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Vijayan said that the governor was under the impression that he was the supreme authority of the state and hence taking steps like withdrawing his pleasure towards a minister and seeking action against him.</p>.<p>It is for the democratically-elected government as well as the people to take such decisions. As per the university laws the governor had no rights to remove vice-chancellors, said the chief minister.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, there were also reports that the state government was initiating steps to bring in amendments in university laws to remove the governor from the post of Chancellor of universities.</p>.<p>However, an amendment already passed by the state Assembly to amend the selection process of vice-chancellors was still awaiting governor’s nod for nearly two months.</p>
<p>Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan continued his attack on Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan by accusing him of trying to run a parallel government in the state, even as the Raj Bhavan is learnt to be gearing up for further moves as none of the 11 vice-chancellors were yet to respond to the show-cause notices issued to them.</p>.<p>Even as seven vice-chancellors moved the Kerala High Court on Thursday questioning the Governor’s authority to initiate steps to remove them, the court did not grant any stay on the show-cause notices. </p>.<p>It was in the backdrop of a recent Supreme Court order setting aside selection of A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University vice-chancellor M S Rajasree citing violation of UGC selection process that the governor initially issued a 24-hour notice to other chancellors on October 23 to step down citing similar violations in their selection too. Later they were issued show-cause notices giving time till November 3 and 4.</p>.<p>Sources said that so far no vice-chancellors gave any reply to the governor’s show-cause notices. They were also given an option for personal appearance till November 7.</p>.<p>The Raj Bhavan already collected a list of senior professors of the universities who could be given charge in case the vice-chancellors are removed. There were also unconfirmed reports that Raj Bhavan sought legal options of recovering the salaries drawn by the vice-chancellors so far.</p>.<p>The chief minister’s fresh open attack against Khan was during the launch of a mass campaign by the ruling Left Democratic Front against the governor here on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Vijayan said that the governor was under the impression that he was the supreme authority of the state and hence taking steps like withdrawing his pleasure towards a minister and seeking action against him.</p>.<p>It is for the democratically-elected government as well as the people to take such decisions. As per the university laws the governor had no rights to remove vice-chancellors, said the chief minister.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, there were also reports that the state government was initiating steps to bring in amendments in university laws to remove the governor from the post of Chancellor of universities.</p>.<p>However, an amendment already passed by the state Assembly to amend the selection process of vice-chancellors was still awaiting governor’s nod for nearly two months.</p>
