Mar 30, 2025 09:30 AM IST
Governor Ananda Bose, who’s the chancellor of all state-run universities, eliminated Bhaskar Gupta, the interim vice chancellor of JU, on March 27.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has requested the previous interim vice chancellor of Jadavpur College (JU) to return the cash which was “unauthorisedly expended” to organise the “illegal convocation” in December 2024.
College students protest exterior the Jadavpur College campus in Kolkata. (PTI Picture)
Bose, who’s the chancellor of all state-run universities together with Jadavpur, eliminated Bhaskar Gupta, the interim vice chancellor of JU, on March 27. Gupta was scheduled to retire on March 31.
“It is imperative to recover the university fund unauthorisedly expended by you for the conduct of the illegal convocation. Since you have not furnished any report on the expenses incurred, you will ascertain the same from the university office, remit the same in the bank and report compliance immediately failing which further action will be initiated to realise the amount from you,” acknowledged a letter despatched to Gupta by the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Saturday.
Bose had earlier dubbed the December 24 convocation as “illegal” and directed varsity authorities to comply with all guidelines and rules. The varsity had gone forward with its convocation following an government assembly, with out the approval of the chancellor.
“I am not giving any importance to this. He (Bose) had done this earlier too. I have already informed the state administration and the state education minister. Now it is up to them. I will extend all my cooperation. Do you think it is so easy to illegally hold a university convocation?” Gupta informed the media.
In 2023, when Bose eliminated the then college’s interim vice chancellor Buddhadeb Sau, the state greater training division was fast to reinstate him citing Supreme Courtroom orders and allowed the convocation to be held with out the Governor’s approval. Bose skipped the occasion.
The Raj Bhavan had then warned that Sau could be probed and that it was looking for authorized opinions to discover whether or not the bills of the ‘unauthorised’ convocation could possibly be deducted from his wage.
“The chancellor has said that public money incurred on this unauthorised convocation will be recovered from the salary of the VC and others responsible. The chancellor is seeking legal opinions on this,” a Raj Bhavan official had then mentioned.
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