Prez returns file on sacking of Visva Bharati VC to HRD Min

President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday returned the file of the HRD ministry recommending sacking of Visva Bharati vice-chancellor Sushanta Duttagupta and asked it to seek a legal opinion before any decision can be taken.

The file relating to the VC of the prestigious central university was sent back to the HRD Ministry, asking them to attach a legal opinion from the Law ministry before the President could take a decision, official sources said.

The ministry had sent Duttagupta’s file to the President recently after it allegedly found him guilty of financial and administrative wrongdoings. The HRD ministry will now send the file to the Law ministry for its opinion from any of the law officers of the government, ministry officials said.