Constitution of Search Committee to Recommend a Panel of Three Names to the Chancellor for Appointment of Vice-Chancellor to University of Madras under the Madras University Act
The Higher Education Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O. (1D) No. 183, Higher Education (H1), dated 17th August 2009, constituting a search committee to recommend three candidates to the Chancellor for appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras. The notification concerns university administration and contains no provisions governing land, property ownership, planning or registration.
What the notification does
The Higher Education Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued G.O. (1D) No. 183, Higher Education (H1), dated 17th August 2009, under Section 11(2) of the Madras University Act, 1923. It creates a search committee to recommend a panel of three names to the Chancellor for appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras.
The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, as Notification No. II(2)/HE/410(a)/2009.
Search committee members
G.O. (1D) No. 183 names the following committee members and roles:
- Thiru Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain, Syndicate Member of Anna University, Chennai, is listed as the Chancellor's nominee and chairman.
- Dr. S. Bhaskaran, Member-Secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education, is listed as the Syndicate nominee and a member.
- Dr. A. Ramasamy, Vice-Chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education, is listed as the Senate nominee and a member.
The notification separately confirms that Thiru Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain will chair the search committee.
Committee's assignment
The search committee constituted by G.O. (1D) No. 183 must:
- Identify and recommend a panel of three names.
- Provide the bio-data of the recommended persons.
- Submit the panel to the Chancellor.
- Make the recommendation for the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras.
The notification does not name any person as Vice-Chancellor. It establishes only the committee and its recommendation process.
Who is affected
G.O. (1D) No. 183 directly concerns the Chancellor, the University of Madras, the named committee members, Anna University and the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education. It may also be relevant to persons involved in the selection of the University of Madras Vice-Chancellor.
Property buyers, landowners, developers and registration professionals are not assigned any rights, duties, fees or procedures by this notification. The text contains no change to land classification, ownership, development controls, planning permission or property registration.
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Common questions
Does this Gazette notification affect my land or property in Tamil Nadu?
No land or property provisions appear in the notification. G.O. (1D) No. 183 deals only with forming a committee to recommend candidates for Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras.
Who chairs the University of Madras Vice-Chancellor search committee?
Thiru Mohamed Ebthihar Hussain, Syndicate Member of Anna University, Chennai, is named as chairman of the search committee.
How many names must the search committee recommend?
The committee must recommend a panel of three names, together with their bio-data, to the Chancellor.
Does the notification appoint the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras?
No. G.O. (1D) No. 183 constitutes the search committee and asks it to recommend three names to the Chancellor for the appointment.
