PATNA, March 13 -- While the ongoing appointment of assistant professors since 2020 is yet to be completed and is saddled with hundreds of court cases, the move for fresh appointments in the state universities with new rules involving a written test has triggered a debate.

The new draft 'statute for the appointment of assistant professors, prepared during the tenure of former governor Arif Mohammad Khan, has been circulated by the chancellor's secretariat among the vice-chancellors for their opinion, while new Bihar Governor Lt Gen (Rtd) Sayed Ata Hasnain, who was also the chancellor of Central University of Kashmir, is set to be sworn in on Saturday. He reached Patna on Thursday. Khan was shifted suddenly.

The draft statute has propose...