KANNUR: After the High Court Division Bench upheld the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of Chief Minister's Private Secretary KK Ragesh, as Associate Professor, Kannur University VC Gopinath Ravindran told the media that further proceedings will be as per the court order.

"Will proceed as per the verdict. Heard that the order of the Single Bench was set aside by the division bench. Let's talk more about this after reading the verdict. The court had asked to check IQAC etc. We have done that and submitted the report. If the appointment is not set aside in the present judgment, we will certainly proceed with it. According to the rank list, she still holds the first rank. The rest can be decided after examining the court verdict.", Gopinath Ravindran said.