PESHAWAR: A contempt of court plea has been filed in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) against the non–appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) in public-sector universities despite a court order.
In the contempt petition, the KP chief secretary, the Higher Education Commission secretary, the provincial government, the law secretary and the Establishment Division have been made as respondents.
The petition has been filed by professors of four universities including Prof Aurangzeb.
In the plea, it was taken the plea that on August 22, the PHC issued a detailed verdict on the VCs’ appointment, nullifying the previous process regarding the appointment.
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It said that the high court had already forwarded recommendations received from the search academic committee to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, asking the appointment of the VCs under section 12 Universities act 2012. However, it has been more than a month the court order was not complied with.
The petitioners highlighted that ignoring court orders in such a manner was tantamount to committing contempt of the court.
They underscored that 25 public sector universities in the province were functioning without VCs which has pushed the institutionas into administrative quagmire.
It was pleaded that a contempt of court proceedings should be initiated against the respondents for failing to implement the court order.