Haryana Chief Minister to form committee to take decisions on University appointments

The Chief Minister informed the state Assembly that the committee will include the chancellor (Governor), principal secretary of the Higher Education Department, and vice-chancellors of three universities.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that a five-member committee will be set up soon for taking decisions regarding appointments to different posts in universities of the state. The Chief Minister informed the state Assembly that the committee will include chancellor (Governor), principal secretary of Higher Education Department, and vice chancellors of three universities.

He further assured that the instructions of the University Grants Commission (UGC) will be complied with and all the appointments in the Universities will be done in a transparent manner and only on the basis of merit.  The autonomy of universities will remain intact.

The Chief Minister made the announcement while answering the questions that were raised by the opposition during the Winter Session of Vidhan Sabha. Opposition Congress MLAs had last week alleged that the BJP-led government in Haryana was trying to infringe upon the autonomy of universities and control the institutions by implementing its own ideology.

They had also said the government's decision to appoint teaching and non-teaching staff at state universities through HSSC and HPSC was a "direct attack on the autonomy of the universities".

Meanwhile, during Wednesday's assembly session, Khattar demanded that Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda officially share a copy of the chat after the latter had on Monday cited an unverified communication doing rounds on social media platforms, where two persons are involved in a conversation regarding the recruitments done by HPSC and the role of money in it. The chief minister requested the Speaker to thoroughly investigate the “chat document” read in the House by the opposition leader two days ago.

On December 20, the opposition leader of the Congress party had demanded a CBI probe under the supervision of a high court judge and the removal of Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) chairman, stating that he cannot be absolved of his responsibility in the alleged scam which has surfaced in the recruitment of dental surgeons. 

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