new delhi the supreme court on tuesday upheld a calcutta high court verdict setting aside the reappointment of sonali chakravarti banerjee as vicechancellor of the calcutta universitya bench of justices dy chandrachud and hima kohli said the impugned high court order is correct in law and facts and does not require interferenceit said the state cannot have done away with the clause requiring approval of the the west bengal governor who is the chancellor of the universityon september 13 the calcutta high court set aside the reappointment of banerjee as vicechancellor of the calcutta university holding that the west bengal government has no authority to do so as per provisions of the varsitys actpassing the verdict on a pil by an alumnus of the university challenging the reappointment of banerjee the high court had held that the government order dated august 27 2021 issued by a special secretary cannot be sustainedit had ordered that the state had no authority to appoint or reappoint the vicechancellor either under section 8 of the calcutta university act or by taking recourse to the residuary section 60 of the actoral prayers for a stay of operation of the order by lawyers representing the state government and banerjee were rejectedbanerjee was appointed as vicechancellor of calcutta university on august 28 2017 for four years and her term expired on august 27 2021her tenure was extended by three months by the chancellor with a rider that the selection process would commence and the vicechancellor would be appointed by following the due processthereafter a notification dated august 27 2021 was issued under the signature of the special secretary of the west bengal governments higher education department whereby banerjee was reappointed as vicechancellor of calcutta university with effect from august 28 2021 for four years