The Department of Education of Education Ministry, through a later night order, has reversed the order by Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Delhi University Yogesh Tyagi to remove the Pro-VC P.C. Joshi and stating that the latter will "act as a vice-chancellor and all the orders to be issued under the statutes with the approval of Vice-Chancellor should be issued with the approval of Pro-Vice-Chancellor P.C. Joshi".
The ministry in its order also said that since Yogesh Tyagi is absent on medical grounds, orders issued by him are not "officially valid and should not be acted upon by the university functionary".
"In future, if the Vice-Chancellor wants to join the office, proper medical fitness certificate issued by the competent authority," the letter signed by deputy secretary Birendra Kumar Singh at the union education ministry stated.
Central government overturns Delhi University's pro-VC P.C. Joshi's removal: Key points
- The government order also mandated that the DU VC Yogesh Tyagi has to produce a fitness certificate from the centre he is being treated in if he wishes to rejoin the varsity in the future.
- P.C. Joshi was removed from his position on Thursday, just a day after he cleared the appointment of a new registrar even as Tyagi had appointed another person for the job.
- Geeta Bhatt has replaced Joshi. She is a member of the right-wing teachers' group National Teachers' Democratic Front (NDTF).
- Geeta Bhatt is also a leading member of the Group of Intellectuals and Academics (GIA), which said Delhi riots were a conspiracy of "Jihadis" and "Urban Naxals".
- Moments later of her appointment, Bhatt took out an order cancelling the appointment order by Joshi terming him "without any jurisdiction and lawful authority".
