Calcutta, May 20 :    Calcutta, May 20:  Ashok Nath Basu is set to become vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University (JU) for the second consecutive four-year term. Basu, head of the department of physics, took over as vice-chancellor on June 29, 1998, replacing Subodh Som. Officials said on Monday that the university court had sent a panel of three names - Ashok Nath Basu, Manoj Mitra, dean of faculty of engineering and technology, JU, and Ajit Banik, chairman of West Bengal College Service Commission - to Governor Viren J. Shah, chancellor of the university, for approval. Higher education minister Satya Sadhan Chakraborty said Shah was likely to take up the matter 'after his return from Darjeeling' later this month. That Basu may be retained as vice-chancellor became evident after he polled the highest number of votes when varsity court members met on May 14. According to sources, 56 of the 68 court members were present for the secret ballot to choose three candidates from Basu, Banik, Mitra and Nitrindranath Som, former dean of the engineering faculty. 'The election was unavoidable, as only three names could be sent to the chancellor,' said registrar Rajat Banerjee. Tarun Naskar, secretary of the JU Teachers' Association, said Basu polled 22 votes, Banik 12, Mitra 12 and Som only seven. Naskar alleged that some court members had tried to pressure Som to withdraw from the fray before the election process started on May 14. Naskar said he will write to the chancellor about the 'gross irregularities' in the election to the vice-chancellor's post.