Mahatma Gandhi Central University of Bihar, Motihari, can finally hope to set up its own campus.

The state government will issue the notification for transfer of over 100 acres of land to the university, which became functional last year.

"I am going to give permission to the proposal for transferring the land to the university very soon," state revenue and land reforms minister Madan Mohan Jha said on Friday. "The notification will be issued within a week."

The East Champaran district administration had earlier sent a proposal to the department for transferring 102 acres of government land and 34 acres of private land to the university. The file has now been put up for the minister's approval after which a notification would be issued.

A senior East Champaran district official said it would take around a month after the notification to complete the land-transfer formalities. "We too are waiting for the notification for starting the transfer process," said the official.

The varsity administration is also trying hard to get some additional space in some government building to accommodate students who will be admitted to the second batch of the university.

"I recently met state education minister Ashok Choudhary to plead our case for additional space and he was very supportive," said university vice-chancellor (VC) Arvind Agrawal. "He assured us of providing space as early as possible."

Sources in the education department said after the meeting, the department had expedited the process for identifying space.

"The related file has been processed and after approval of the department secretary it will be sent for the minister's approval," an education official said. The process, the official added, was likely to be over within a fortnight.

The varsity at present is running from a temporary accommodation provided by the state government on the premises of the Zila School in Motihari town.

"We were looking for either 35,000sqft of open land or 25,000sqft of a building in Motihari town or at place which is within 10km of its radius on rent but so far no proper proposal has come," said the VC who had earlier maintained that in case the varsity didn't get space, it might not conduct the admission for the second batch.

Agrawal is now hopeful of conducting the admission test for the second batch and start the session from mid-August.

The admission process is likely to start in June.