The computer-based UGC-NET is held twice a year and decides admissions to PhD programmes, assistant professor jobs and junior research fellowships in colleges and universities.
A day earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had slammed the government over the alleged irregularities, saying repeated "scams" showed that it had failed to protect the interests of students.
Senior counsel N L Rajah submitted that 16 major universities in the state are functioning without V-Cs, and that the panel for appointing them was yet to be formed
