: The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the University Grants Commission (UGC) on a writ petition challenging the appointment of Vice-Chancellor of the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), situated at Sonipat in Haryana.
The Teachers’ Welfare Association of the institute, which is a deemed university, said in its petition that the appointment was made in contradiction of the UGC regulations prescribing minimum qualifications for the post.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, issuing the notices, listed the matter for further hearing on July 7.
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The petition said that after the Ministry of Human Resource Development gave the status of university to NIFTEM in 2012, its Director was given the charge of Director-cum-Vice-Chancellor without any notification for the post.
According to the petition, the Vice-Chancellor should be from an academic background and a person who fulfils the eligibility criteria laid down by the UGC and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Petition says the Sonipat institute appointed its V-C in contradiction of the UGC norms