The stalemate over appointments to the governing bodies of 28 Delhi University colleges funded by the State government is likely to continue, with the Aam Aadmi Party government expected to send a new list of nominations to the university this week after rejecting the names sent by DU earlier this month.
The government had frozen funding for the colleges on August 1 after repeated reminders to the Delhi University to appoint the governing bodies after their last term ended in October 2016.
According to sources, the university sent a new list of nominees for the Delhi Government’s approval on August 14, but instead of a panel of 400 names to pick from, like it did before, the varsity sent a list of names already chosen.
Diverse list
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also Education Minister, has this week asked the Directorate of Education to convey to the university that its list of names would not be accepted, according to two sources. The government has come up with a new list of names, addressing the concern of the university that its first list of nominees were not diverse enough. The new list, as well as a reminder that the funds would remain frozen till the appointments are notified, would be sent by the government soon, a source said.
The 10-member Governing Bodies have five members nominated by the government and five members picked by the government from a panel of names given by the university.