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Published : 03 Aug 2017, 11:42 AM
The order by the appeals bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was delivered on Thursday, after a hearing on a petition filed by 15 registered graduates.
The court also ordered that a previous High Court rule on the matter be settled by four weeks.
The rule had questioned the convening of a Senate meeting for finalising VC recommendations without nominating or electing representatives from registered graduates.
According to the 1973 Dhaka University Order, the Senate will vote to form a panel of nominees and forward it to the president.
President Md Abdul Hamid, also the university's chancellor, will then appoint one of them as the next vice-chancellor.
The university’s senate has representatives from several stakeholders, including students, teachers and 25 registered graduate members.
Fifteen registered graduates moved the court when the senate convened a meeting for Jul 29.
On Jul 24, the High Court froze the meeting and issued a rule asking why the meeting should not be declared ultra vires, or beyond the authority of the senate.
The VC, the two pro-VCs, registrar and the education secretary were ordered to come up with explanations.
The university authorities moved the chamber judge against the order, which was then stayed and forwarded to the Appellate Division for a hearing on Jul 30.
On Jul 29, the senate meeting was held with just half of its 105 members.
As they attended the meeting a brawl broke out between pro-Awami League teachers and left-leaning students outside.
The senate finalised the list of VC nominees without voting amid a boycott by pro-BNP teachers and protests by a faction of pro-AL teachers and student.
The senate nominations included current VC AAMS Arefin Siddique, Science Faculty Dean Mohammed Abdul Aziz and Treasurer Kamal Uddin.
Aziz is also the convener of Blue Panel, a grouping of pro-Awami League teachers.
The senate members present in the meeting proposed no other panel.
VC Siddique’s term ends on Aug 24, but the Appellate Division said on Thursday that he can continue to hold office until the High Court’s rule is settled.
