Mysore/Mysuru: In a big relief for University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath, the High Court on Friday upheld his appointment as the VC, while also quashing a HC Single Judge Bench order cancelling his appointment.
Prof. Lokanath had petitioned the HC challenging the Single Judge Bench order that had quashed his appointment as the VC. A Division Bench of the HC comprising Chief Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar and Justice T.G. Shivashankaregowda, which heard the petition on Friday, quashed the Single Judge Bench order and allowed the continuance of Prof. Lokanath as the UoM VC.
