Civil court stays PU syndicate meeting

Court asked the varsity administration to submit a reply before the court by June 13

LAHORE: A civil court has barred the Punjab University administration from holding its 1,723rd syndicate meeting scheduled for Thursday (today).



The court ordered the stay on the syndicate meeting and asked the varsity administration to submit a reply before the court by June 13. The stay was granted in light of a petition which requested the court to stop the moot as the present vice-chancellor could not call a syndicate meeting under the rules.

The university syndicate has the authority to take administrative decisions which have a long-lasting effect, but a provisional vice-chancellor cannot call such a meeting.



Many faculty and staff members had expressed their dismay when acting vice-chancellor Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir initially called the syndicate meeting.

Dr Zafar, along with the vice-chancellors of three other universities, was appointed on a provisional basis by the LHC in December last year.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 8^th, 2017.