AKU V-C gets guv’s show-cause for ‘absence’
Governor’s show-cause to AKU VC for unauthorised absence
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Patna — Bihar Lok Bhavan has served show-cause to Aryabhatt Knowledge University (AKU) VC Sharad Kumar Yadav for "unauthorised absence from the headquarters",
The Governor, who is the Chancellor of state universities, had restrained the VC from leaving headquarters without prior approval of the Chancellor last month and later also restrained him from taking any policy or financial decisions.
However, when the Lok Bhaod
Prof Sharad Kumar Yadav van approached the VC on Monday for a meeting, the latter called up to inform that he had to leave Patna as his mother had to be hospitalised in an emergency.
In the show-cause, the VC has
been asked "why appropriate
GLUT SHULL BOL UL fie SPOAUGUAL ULES WLU SEC AIA against him in this matter approval from the Chancellor. regarding unauthorised absence Today morning, you were from the university headquarinformed through Whatsapp ters in defiance of the earlier message and called to meet the instructions of the GovernorChancellor at10.15am. You then cum-Chancellor". responded on call, saying that "Tthas come to the notice that you had to move yesterday due you have been unauthorizedly to admission of your mother in absent from the university heademergency. You had not quarters for almost last ten days. informed anyone about this. You have neither sought The Chancellor has directed approval from the Chancellor you to submit a show cause as to nor sent any communication to — why appropriate action should the Bihar Lok Bhawan. This is not be initiated against you," clearly violative of the earlier says the October 12 letter from instruction communicated to Dipak Kumar Singh, additional you that you will not leave the — chief secretary to the Governor.
About the Author
Arun Kumar is a veteran journalist and Associate Editor with Hindustan Times, based in Patna. For more than three and a half decades, his reporting has chronicled Bihar's complex political landscape, university and educational reforms, landmark judicial rulings of the Patna High Court, administrative governance, and social shifts across the state. Known for deep investigative reporting and source-grounded accountability journalism, he is a recipient of the prestigious K.C. Kulish Journalism Award and the Keshav Bhatt Journalism Award, and is an LDM Fellow.