A week after its controversial move triggered a political storm across Punjab and Chandigarh, the Centre on Thursday night finally rolled back the restructuring of the Panjab University (PU), fully rescinding the October 30 notification that had drastically altered the university’s Senate and Syndicate.

The Union Ministry of Education, in its fourth notification on the issue since October 30, issued late on November 7 — a copy of which is with The Tribune —said: “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (2) and (3), of section 72 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), the Central Government hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education, number S.O. 5023 (E), date

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