Hyderabad Central University Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile today proceeded on leave, saying he was "advised to be little away<br/>from campus" to break the current "impasse".<br/><br/>The HCU said on its website that the Vice-Chancellor will be on leave, adding that in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, Vipin Srivastava, the senior most Professor, shall perform the duties of the Vice-Chancellor with immediate effect. However, it did not mention the period of leave.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, a section of the university administration opposed the decision to appoint Srivastava as officiating Vice<br/>-Chancellor and expressed "shock" over the move. It also expressed disappointment over Podile not being dismissed.