In a special session on November 18, the Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopted the 10 bills that were withheld by the governor.
Most of these bills were pending with the governor’s office for more than two years.
It includes provision which is dealing with the appointment of CM as chancellor of state universities in the place of governor.
The Bills only seek to take away the power of the Governor with regard to appointment of Vice-Chancellors (V-Cs) and give it to the State government.
In this regard, the expression “Governor” is substituted by the term, “government.”
Through a new section, the Bills state that V-Cs can be removed only by the order of the government, apart from laying down the procedure for V-Cs’ removal.
In addition, there is one Bill concerning the Chennai University which has also been drafted on similar lines.
However, the Siddha Medical University Bill that has sought to replace the Governor with the Chief Minister as Chancellor.
These Bills are reserved for the assent of President.
At present, the Chief Minister is the Chancellor only of the Music and Fine Arts University.
It was established through an Act of Legislature in November 2013.