Principal’s re-appointment invalid, DU tells St Stephen’s, UGC
Daniel Moore
Updated on January 27, 2026
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The re-arrangement of John Varghese as the Head of St Stephen’s School doesn’t satisfy varsity rules or UGC standards and is in this manner invalid, the Delhi College has said.
The varsity’s Joint Enlistment center, in a letter to the St Stephen’s overseeing board Executive P.C. Singh, said that standards were abused, making the re-arrangement of Varghese imperfect and invalid, and the College is bound not to perceive Varghese as the Head.
A duplicate of the letter was likewise shipped off the Secretary of the College Awards Commission (UGC).
St Stephen’s was expected to comply with the principles set by the UGC regarding this situation, the Joint Enlistment center composed.
The Delhi College had before let the school know that keeping Varghese as the Vital after his term finished was invalid.
It had noticed that Varghese took over as Chief on Walk 1, 2016 and the choice of the school’s incomparable board to re-choose him for one more term was contrary to the varsity’s principles.
As indicated by the principles, the term of the Head of St. Stephen’s or other constituent universities is five years and a subsequent term is just conceivable by following the important determination process.
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In a letter, DU’s Associate Enlistment center had said that the varsity’s laws have no arrangement of expanding the residency of an Essential by another term, however they accommodate a further term through the properly spread out enrollment process, according to the UGC standards. Notwithstanding, the school’s incomparable chamber straightforwardly disregarded this.