A Patna High Court division bench comprising Chief Justice J. N. Bhatt and Justice Shailesh Kumar Sinha, while hearing on a PIL filed by a social group on Wednesday, ordered the Bihar government to hold students union elections that have not been held for almost 20 years within a reasonable timeframe.
The government must ensure the students union elections are held within a reasonable timeframe under the guidelines earlier provided by the Supreme Court of India, the High Court said.
While accepting the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations last September, only students with a total class attendance of 60% or above would be eligible to contest in the union elections, the Supreme Court had stated.
On Tuesday, the new Vice Chancellor of Patna University, Dr. Y. C. Simadri, had also said that one of his chief priorities was to hold the Patna University students' union election at the earliest.
"Bihar has produced many leaders who started their political career at the university level but then moved on to the much wider state and national arena. Bringing back the students' union would raise political awareness among today's youths".
(Source-Patnadaily,24/11/06)
