The record
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- The Madras High Court declined to pass any interim orders on two writ petitions concerning Vice-Chancellor appointments in Tamil Nadu's state universities and scheduled them for final hearing on September 2, 2026.
- One petition challenges state laws that moved the power to appoint Vice-Chancellors from the Governor (Chancellor) to the state government; the High Court had stayed those amendments in 2025, but the Supreme Court later stayed that order.
- A second petitioner complains that most state universities have been functioning without Vice-Chancellors for a long time due to this dispute.
- The state government argued that since the Supreme Court stayed the High Court's order, the amendments are currently in operation and the state should be entitled to appoint Vice-Chancellors from search panel recommendations.
What to watch next
- Final hearing of both writ petitions listed for September 2, 2026.
- Whether official respondents file their pending counter affidavits before the hearing.
- Whether universities continue functioning without Vice-Chancellors until the court's final decision.
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Named India · K. Venkatachalapathy · P. Bhaskar · Tamil Nadu · G. Arul Murugan · Government of Tamil Nadu · Governor of Tamil Nadu · Madras High Court · N.L. Rajah · Supreme Court · Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari · Tamil Nadu State Legislature · Vijay Narayan
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