In a bid to clearly define the authority of the Chancellor in matters of higher education, the then Governor Devanand Konwar had in 2009 issued an order to all VCs of the state universities, outlining the jurisdiction of the Raj Bhawan in the academic as well as administrative matters
The department’s advertisement has come at a time when several candidates have already applied in response to the Raj Bhawan advertisement and the process of screening is set to start to fill the position of VCs in six universities, which will fall vacant next month.
The Nitish Kumar government appeared to be heading for a showdown with Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as the Raj Bhavan reversed an order of the state administration to freeze bank accounts of two officials of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University in Muzaffarpur.
Principal Secretary to the governor, sent a letter to the bank concerned, directing it to defreeze the accounts of the two officials with immediate effect