called complaint handling mechanism to help in online submission and timely resolution of students complaints by the concerned university the universities reactin response to the controversy periyar university released an official circular wherein vice chancellor r jagannathan said the distance education courses were only being offered with ugc permission jagannathan further added in 2021 ugc permitted the varsity to conduct seven courses online and these were the only courses offered through distance educationlast year based on the research projects syllabus welfare measures infrastructure the university was granted a grade by the national assessment and accreditation council naac read a notification on the university websiteaccording to reports annamalai university has moved the madras high court challenging the ugc public notice dated march 25 and 30 2022 under this the university is restrained from carrying out admissions in odl and online mode according to a media report the writ petition demands the recognition of open and distance learning programmes for the current academic year 202223