Does the dignity of the university exist yielding to the mobocracy?

The law is enacted to regulate the behaviors of diverse actors in society. Those who violate and break the law and order are punished and fined in order to maintain equality and peace. No one is above the law, and it is equally applicable to all irrespective of different roles and positions in the institutions. The law and order are dismantled when the leadership compromises with the obstinacy of the mob discriminating against the insiders. Mid-West University, founded in 2010, is one of Nepal's newest universities.Furthermore, regardless of ideological differences, the university leadership is expected to be a steward of the academic environment and autonomy.Notwithstanding the imagination, the opinion article attempts to portrait a gap between an ideal and practice based on a case at the School of Law at Mid-West University of Surkhet. There is naturally a harmonization between the ends and means to achieve the vision of advancement. If a holy end is accompanied by an unholy means, the dilemma will recur on the path to development. Thus, the unholy means cannot substantiate the holy ends in getting legitimacy and validity.

As the Executive Council of the University had conferred the responsibility of a Program Director on Upendra Bahadur BK on 10 Chaitra 2077 B.S., The director created an enabling environment in terms of maintaining transparency and honesty in the entrance examination of the BALLB five year program continuously based on the verdict of Surkhet High Court. It is better to mention that the result of the entrance examination of 2077 B.S. was quashed by the High Court ordering for re-entrance examination through maintenance of rules and regulations after hearing a writ petition filed by the students on 6 Baishak 2078 B.S.