Muzaffarpur, Oct. 19: A probe by the vice-chancellor of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University has paved the way for around 2,000 undergraduate students to take examinations after their fate hung in the balance for a few months.

The students had enrolled in 18 colleges under the varsity in courses introduced on the verbal order of former acting vice-chancellor Rajendra Prasad Mishra in February this year. Governor Devanand Konwar, who is also the chancellor of universities, took a serious note of Mishra’s decision as it was taken without his permission. The governor intervened in August and ordered the new vice-chancellor, Bimal Prasad, to stop the courses and conduct an inquiry into the functioning of the former acting VC.

Prasad today told The Telegraph that the students enrolled in the 18 colleges would be shifted to other institutions where the courses were being taught. These students would be granted registration and allowed to fill up forms to sit for examinations from the new colleges. The university has also decided to refund the inflated admission fee charged from the students at the time of enrolment.

Prasad said he has ordered the principals of the 18 colleges concerned to return the money to the students. The university sent a detailed inquiry report to the governor and conveyed the decision to conduct examination of the enrolled students.

The decision of the university is a relief for the 2,000 students, who staged a protest at the varsity’s administrative building to exert pressure for conducting classes in various disciplines. Earlier, the university’s academic council had also objected to Mishra’s move to introduce the new courses under the varsity’s self-help finance scheme.