New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court asked a committee headed by a retired judge to suggest a list of names for the post of regular vice chancellors in two government universities in Kerala, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar criticised the apex court over its intervention.“Kannur University verdict honours the right of the Chancellor to select the V-Cs. But after some time, the very same provisions are being ignored by the Supreme Court and its judges. Search committees should be appointed by the Chancellor. In the Kannur University judgment, they (the court) accepted this fact. But, later on, the judges say “no, the search committee will be appointed by us. You have to follow this (the court’s decision)””, said Arlekar on Sunday (December 14), reported The Hindu.Arlekar made the remarks while conferring the Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Award 2025 to former Chief Justice of India (CJI) and former Kerala governor P. Sathasivam in Thiruvananthapuram.“Taking (away) the tasks of every institution and doing them themselves (by the courts) is not correct,” added Arlekar.He said that such actions amount to judicial overreach, reported The Hindu.Earlier on December 11, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan had asked a committee headed by Justice (retired) Sudhanshu Dhulia to suggest a list of names for vice chancellors in the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, and the University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology in Kerala.A prolonged deadlock between the Kerala government the state’s governor had earlier led to the apex court constituting the search committee headed by Justice Dhulia to shortlist names for VC appointments.After noting that the two authorities have not been able to form a consensus and there is no possibility of it in the future as well, the top court had ordered that the Justice Dhulia Committee will now recommend one name each.