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THE
(Pb. Act IX of 2004)
C O N T E N T S
Sections
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Incorporation.
4. Powers of the University.
5. Jurisdiction of the University.
6. University to be open to all classes, creeds, etc.
7. Teaching in the University.
8. Officers of the University.
9. Chancellor.
10. Revisional powers of the Chancellor.
11. Visitation.
12. Pro-Chancellor.
13. Vice-Chancellor.
14. Powers and duties of the Vice-Chancellor.
15. Registrar.
16. Treasurer.
17. Controller of Examinations.
18. Resident Auditor.
19. Other officers.
20. Authorities of the University.
21. The Syndicate.
22. Powers and duties of the Syndicate.
23. Academic Council.
24. Powers and duties of the Academic Council.
25. Constitution, functions and powers of other Authorities.
26. Appointment of Committees by Authorities.
27. Statutes.
28. Regulations.
29. Rules.
30. Affiliation of educational institutions.
31. Extension of affiliation.
32. Inspection and reports.
33. Disaffiliation.
34. University Fund.
35. Audit and accounts.
36. Recovery of University dues.
37.
38. Functions
of
39. Committee of Control
40. Retirement from service.
41. Pension, insurance, gratuity, provident fund and benevolent fund.
42.
43. Appeal and Review.
44. Commencement of term of office of members of Authorities.
45. Filling of casual vacancies in Authorities.
46. Filling of vacancies in authorities in
certain circumstances.
47. Disputes and membership of Authority.
48. Tripartite mobility.
49. Proceedings of Authorities not invalidated by vacancies.
50. Indemnity.
51. Savings.
52. First Statutes.
53. Transitory Provisions.
54. Removal of difficulties.
Schedule
[1]THE
(Pb. Act IX of 2004)
[
An Act to
provide for the establishment of the
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to establish the
It
is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may
be called the University of Gujrat Act 2004.
(2) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In this Act,
unless the subject or context otherwise requires, the following expressions
shall have the meanings hereby respectively
assigned to them, that is to say –
(a) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council
of the University;
(b) “Academic Department”
means a teaching, research and technological development department maintained
and administered by the University;
(c) “Affiliated college” means an educational
institution affiliated to the University but not maintained or administered by
it;
(d) “Authority” means any of the Authorities of
the University specified in section 20 of the Act;
(e) “Chairperson” means head of an Academic
Department;
(f) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the
University;
(g) “Collector” means the Collector appointed by
the Government under section 8 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of
1967);
(h) “College”
means a constituent college or an affiliated college;
(i) “Constituent college” means a college
maintained and administered by the University;
(j) “Dean” means the Chairperson of the Board of
Faculty;
(k) “Director”
means the Director of an Institute;
(l) “Faculty” means a faculty of the University;
(m) “Government” means the Government of the
(n) “Institute”
means a teaching unit of the University;
(o) “Officer”
means an officer of the University specified in section 8 of the Act;
(p) “prescribed”
means prescribed by Statutes, Regulations or Rules;
(q) “Principal”
means the head of a college;
(r) “Pro-Chancellor”
means the Pro-Chancellor of the University;
(s) “Professor
Emeritus” means a retired Professor working in an honorary capacity;
(t) “Statutes”, “Regulations” and “Rules” mean
respectively the Statutes, the Regulations and the Rules made or deemed to have
been
made under this Act;
(u) “Syndicate” means the Syndicate of the
University;
(v) “Teachers” mean
Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Research
Staff, having prescribed qualifications,
engaged whole time by the University
for teaching certificate, diploma, degree or postgraduate classes and engaged
in research
and development of technologies and such other persons as may be
declared as teachers by the Regulations;
(w) “Teaching
Unit” means a constituent or affiliated college, institute, department or such
other unit where instruction for research
is being undertaken;
(x) “University” means
the
(y) “Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of
the University.
3. Incorporation.–
(1) The Government College, Gujrat, the Government Degree College for
Women, Railway Road, Gujrat, the Fatima Jinnah College for
Women, Gujrat and
the Government College for Women, Marghzar Colony, Gujrat shall be
reconstituted as the University of
Gujrat at Gujrat in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The University may open and administer new campuses and institutes.
(3) The University shall consist of the Chancellor, the Pro Chancellor,
the Vice-Chancellor, members of the Syndicate and the Academic
Council,
officers, teachers and Authorities.
(5) The University shall be competent to acquire and hold property,
both movable and immovable, and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer
any
property vested in it or enter into contract for purposes of this Act.
(6) All properties owned or possessed and all rights and all interests
held or enjoyed by, and all liabilities subsisting against the
Government
College, Gujrat, Government Degree College for Women, Railway Road, Gujrat and
Fatima Jinnah College for Women, Gujrat
shall stand transferred to the
University:
Provided
that the surplus land available with the Pak Swedish Institute of Technology Gujrat
shall be acquired for the
(7) All employees, regular or on contract basis,
serving in the Government College, Gujrat, the Government Degree College for
Women,
Railway Road, Gujrat, the Fatima Jinnah College for Women, Gujrat and
the Government College for Women, Marghzar Colony, Gujrat
immediately before
coming into force of this Act shall stand transferred to the University, except
such employees who are working
in the said institute and colleges on deputation
with or without deputation allowance; provided that they shall remain on
deputation
with or without deputation allowance, as the case may be, and shall
be liable to be transferred to their parent department at any
time.
4. Powers of the University.– The University shall have the powers to –
(i) provide for instruction in such branches of
learning as it may deem fit, and to make provisions for teaching, training,
research,
demonstration and development of technologies in the fields of Arts,
Sciences and applied disciplines at the undergraduate, graduate
and
post-graduate levels and for the advancements and dissemination of knowledge in
such manner and by such means as the University
may determine;
(ii) frame and prescribe courses of studies to
be taught by it, and the institutes, affiliated and constituent colleges;
(iii) prescribe criteria
of admission, migration and examination of students and to admit and examine
students;
(iv) establish sub Campuses of the University;
(v) hold examinations and to award and confer
degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on persons who
have, under
the prescribed conditions, been admitted to and have passed its
examinations;
(vi) accept the examinations passed and periods of
study spent by the students of the University at other universities and places
of
learning, as equivalent to such examination and period of study in the
University as the University may determine, and to withdraw
such acceptances at
any time;
(vii) confer degrees on persons who have
carried on independent research under prescribed conditions;
(viii) confer, in the prescribed manner,
honorary degrees or other academic distinctions on such persons as the
Chancellor may approve on the
recommendation of the Syndicate;
(ix) collaborate with
other universities, research and educational institutions and commercial or
industrial organizations, in the public or private
sectors or other public
authorities in such manner and for such purposes as it may determine;
(x) make provision for teaching, research,
consultancy and advisory services and with these objects to enter into such
arrangements with
other institutions or organizations or with public bodies as
the University may consider desirable;
(xi) recognize as teachers such persons as it
may deem fit;
(xii) institute such offices whether academic
or not as may be required by the University, and to appoint persons to and to
remove them from such
offices, and to prescribe their conditions of service;
(xiii) create posts in connection with teaching, research,
development of technology, administration, and for any other purpose related
thereto and to select, appoint and promote academic and administrative staff;
(xiv) institute and award fellowships, scholarships, medals,
bursaries and prizes in the prescribed manner;
(xv) institute
Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and
Lectureships and any other post and to appoint persons thereto;
(xvi) establish
institutes, colleges, departments, faculties, centres
of advanced studies, laboratories workshops, hospitals, farms, institutions,
museums and other centres of learning for the
development of teaching, research and technological development and make such
arrangements for their maintenance,
management and administration, as it may
determine;
(xvii) establish, control and maintain
University halls of residence for students and approve any place as hostel or
lodging for students;
(xviii) supervise and
control the discipline of students of the University and promote co-curricular and
recreational activities of such students
and make arrangements for promoting
their health and general welfare;
(xix) take disciplinary action against, and impose penalty on,
students in the prescribed manner;
(xx) charge and receive such fees and other payments as it may
determine;
(xxi) enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts;
(xxii) receive and manage property (acquired or
transferred), grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other
contributions,
made to the University, and to invest any fund representing such
property, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments
or
contributions, and to convert one kind of property into another in such manner
as it may deem fit;
(xxiii) provide for the printing, recording, broadcasting, publication and
distribution of teaching material, research reports, papers and
other works
which may be issued by the University;
(xxiv) affiliate or disaffiliate colleges and other educational
institutions in the prescribed manner;
(xxv) admit colleges and other educational institutions to its
privileges or withdraw such privileges from them in the prescribed manner;
(xxvi) inspect colleges, affiliated or seeking affiliation;
(xxvii) affiliate or
associate itself with Examination Bodies and other institutions within
(xxviii) provide
for teaching specified courses of training for persons not being the students
of the University and grant certificates and
diplomas to such persons; and
(xxix) do such other acts or things, whether or not incidental to
the powers aforesaid, as may be necessary to further the objectives of the
University as a place of education, learning, research and technical
development.
5. Jurisdiction of the University.– The University shall have jurisdiction
within the limits of the Province of the
6. University to be open to all classes, creeds, etc.– The
University shall be open to all persons irrespective of their religion, race,
creed, class or colour and no person shall be denied
the privileges of the University on any such ground.
7. Teaching in the University.– (1) All recognized teaching in various
courses in the University and affiliated colleges shall be conducted in the
prescribed manner,
and it may include lectures, tutorials, discussions,
seminars, demonstrations as well as practical work in laboratories and
workshops
and other methods of instruction.
(2) The teaching in any prescribed course in the
University or affiliated colleges shall be organized by such Authority as may
be prescribed.
(3) The courses and the curricula for teaching in the University and
affiliated colleges shall be such as may be prescribed.
(4) A discipline to be called Islamic and Pakistan Studies shall be
offered, as a compulsory subject at the Bachelor’s level, in the
University and
affiliated colleges; provided that non Muslim students may opt for Ethics and
Pakistan Studies.
(5) The degree, diploma or certificate at the University shall only be
granted to a student after fulfilling the prescribed requirements
for the said
degree, diploma or certificate.
(6) A continuous evaluation shall be built into
the system of studies.
8. Officers
of the University.– The following shall be the officers of the University:-
(i) the Chancellor;
(ii) the Pro-Chancellor;
(iii) the Vice-Chancellor;
(iv) the Deans;
(v) the Associate Deans;
(vi) the Directors of Institutes;
(vii) the Principals of constituent colleges;
(viii) the Chairmen of Academic Departments;
(ix) the Registrar;
(x) the Treasurer;
(xi) the Controller of Examinations;
(xii) the Librarian; and
(xiii) such other persons as may be prescribed to be officers.
9. Chancellor.–
(1) The Governor of the
(2) The
Chancellor or his nominee shall preside at the convocation of the University.
(3) If the Chancellor is
satisfied that the proceedings of any Authority or the orders of any officer
are not in accordance with the
provisions of this Act, the Statutes, the
Regulations or the Rules, he may, after calling upon such Authority or officer
to show
cause why such proceedings or orders should not be annulled, by order
in writing, annul such proceedings or orders.
(4) Every proposal to
confer an honorary degree shall be subject to confirmation by the Chancellor.
(5) The Chancellor shall
have the power to assent to such Statutes as are required to be submitted to
him by the University or withhold
assent or refer them back to the University
for reconsideration.
(6) The Chancellor may
remove any person from the membership of any Authority if such person –
(i) has become of unsound
mind; or
(ii) has become subject to any incapacity which
prevents him from functioning as member of such Authority; or
(iii) has been convicted by a court of law of an
offence involving moral turpitude; or
(iv) does not attend three consecutive meetings
of the Authority, without intimation to the Vice-Chancellor; or
(v) remains absent from the country for more
than six months without intimation to the Vice-Chancellor:
Provided that no order under this sub-section
shall be passed unless the person to be affected thereby is afforded an
opportunity
of being heard.
(7) In the performance of
his functions under the Act, the Chancellor shall act and be bound in the same
manner as the Governor of a
Province acts and is bound under Article 105 of the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
10. Revisional powers of the
Chancellor.– The Chancellor may, of his own motion or otherwise,
call for and examine the record of any proceedings in which an order has been
passed by any authority for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the
correctness, legality or propriety of any finding or order
and may pass such
order as he may deem fit.
11. Visitation.–
(1)
The Chancellor may cause an inspection or inquiry to be made in respect of any
matter directly or indirectly connected with
the affairs of the University and
shall, from time to time, appoint one or more persons to conduct inspection of
–
(i) the University, its
buildings, laboratories, libraries, museums, workshops and equipment;
(ii) any institution, college or hostel maintained, recognized or
licensed by the University;
(iii) the teaching and other work conducted by the University; and
(iv) the conduct of examinations held by the University.
(2) The Chancellor shall
in every such case give notice to the Syndicate of his intention to cause an
inspection or inquiry to be made,
and the Syndicate shall be entitled to be
represented thereat.
(3) After the inspection or inquiry is completed,
the Chancellor shall cause his views as a result thereof to be communicated to
the
Syndicate, and after ascertaining the views of the Syndicate, the
Chancellor may advise the Syndicate to refrain from taking an
action or to take
such action, and within such time, as he may specify in this behalf.
(4) Where the Syndicate
fails to carry out the advice of the Chancellor given under sub-section (3),
the Chancellor may, after considering
the explanation or representation, if
any, made by the Syndicate, issue such directions as he may deem fit, and the
Vice-Chancellor
shall comply with such directions.
12. Pro-Chancellor.– (1) The Minister for Education, Government of the
(2) He
shall perform such duties and functions and exercise such powers as may be
assigned and delegated to him by the Chancellor.
13. Vice-Chancellor.– (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor on such
terms and conditions as the Chancellor may determine, and shall
hold office
during the pleasure of the Chancellor for a term not exceeding four years.
(2) At any time when the office of Vice-Chancellor becomes vacant, or
he is absent or is unable to perform the functions of the office
due to illness
or some other cause, the Chancellor shall make such arrangements for the
performance of the duties of the Vice-Chancellor
as he may deem fit.
14. Powers and duties of the Vice-Chancellor.– (1)
The Vice-Chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of
the University and shall ensure that the provisions
of this Act, the Statutes,
the Regulations and the Rules are faithfully observed in order to promote the
general efficiency and
good order of the University and shall have all powers
necessary for this purpose, including administrative control over all officers,
teachers, students and employees of the University.
(2) The Vice-Chancellor
shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, preside at convocation of the
University and shall, if present, preside
at the meetings of the Authorities or
other bodies of the University, colleges and institutes of which the
Vice-Chancellor may
or may not be the head.
(3) The
Vice-Chancellor may take such actions in an emergency as may be considered
necessary by him and report thereafter as soon as
possible, the action so taken
to the officer, Authority or other body which in the ordinary course would have
taken that action.
(4) The
Vice-Chancellor shall also have the powers to –
(i) create and fill temporary posts for a period not exceeding
six months;
(ii) sanction all
expenditures provided for in the approved budget and to re-appropriate funds
within the same major head of expenditure;
(iii) sanction and re-appropriation of an amount
not exceeding one lac and fifty thousand rupees for
an unforeseen item not provided for in the budget and report it to the
Syndicate at its next meeting;
(iv) appoint paper
setters and examiners for all examinations of the University after receiving
panels of names from the relevant authorities;
(v) make such
arrangements for the scrutiny of papers, marks and results as he may consider
necessary;
(vi) direct teachers, officers and other
employees of the University to take up such assignments in connection with
teaching, research,
examination, administration and such other activities in
the University as Vice-Chancellor may consider necessary for the purpose
of the
University;
(vii) delegate, subject
to such conditions if any, as may be prescribed, any of his powers under this
Act to an officer of the University;
(viii) exercise general control and
supervision over the system of examinations in the University;
(ix) appoint visiting
Professors in various disciplines for a period not more than one academic year
on the terms and conditions as prescribed;
and
(x) exercise and
perform such other powers and functions as may be prescribed.
15. Registrar.– (1) The Registrar shall be a whole time officer of the University and
shall be appointed by the Chancellor on the recommendations
of the Government
which shall consider for this purpose a panel of three persons recommended by a
Search Committee appointed by
the Syndicate and headed by the Vice-Chancellor
on such terms and conditions as it may determine.
(2) Under
the general supervision of the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar shall –
(i) be the
custodian of the Common Seal and the academic records of the University;
(ii) maintain a register
of Registered Graduates in the prescribed manner;
(iii) conduct elections of
members to the various authorities in the prescribed manner;
(iv) be the Secretary of the Syndicate, the
Academic Council, the Advanced Studies and Research Board, the Selection Board
and such other
Committees as may be prescribed; and
(v) perform such other
duties as may be specified by the Vice-Chancellor and other authorities from
time to time.
16. Treasurer.– The Treasurer shall be a whole time officer of the University appointed
by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the Government
on such terms and
conditions as the Chancellor may determine. The Treasurer shall –
(i) manage the
property, the finances and the investments of the University;
(ii) prepare the annual and
revised budget estimates of the University and present them to the Finance and
Planning Committee and the Syndicate;
(iii) ensure that the funds
of the University are expended on the purposes for which they are provided;
(iv) perform such other duties as may be
prescribed; and
(v) be the Secretary of the Finance and
Planning Committee.
17. Controller of Examinations.– The
Controller of Examinations shall be a whole time officer of the University and
shall be appointed by the Chancellor on the recommendations
of the Government
which shall consider for this purpose a panel of three persons recommended by a
Search Committee appointed by
the Syndicate and headed by the Vice-Chancellor
on such terms and conditions as may be determined by it. The Controller of
Examinations
shall be responsible for all matters connected with the conduct of
examinations and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed.
18. Resident
Auditor.– The Resident Auditor shall be taken from the Audit Department of the
Government on deputation on such terms and conditions as the
Syndicate may
determine.
19. Other officers.– Subject to the provisions of this Act, the terms and conditions of
service and powers and duties of other officers of the University
shall be such
as may be prescribed.
(i) the Syndicate;
(ii) the Academic Council;
(iii) the Board of Faculties;
(iv) the Selection Board;
(v) the Advanced Studies and Research Board;
(vi) the Finance and Planning Committee;
(vii) the Affiliation Committee;
(viii) the Discipline Committee; and
(ix) such other Authorities as may be prescribed by Statutes and
Regulations.
21. The Syndicate.– (1) The Syndicate shall consist of –
(i) the Vice-Chancellor
who shall be its Chairperson;
(ii) three members of the Provincial Assembly of the
(iii) the Secretary to Government of the
(iv) the Secretary to Government of the
(v) the Secretary to
Government of the
(vi) the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission or his
nominee not below the rank of a whole time member of the Commission;
(vii) one Vice-Chancellor of any public University of the
(viii) three Deans of the faculty to be nominated by the
Chancellor;
(ix) five persons of eminence to be nominated by the Chancellor;
(x) Chairman Board of Intermediate &
Secondary Education,
(xi) two Principals of constituent colleges to be nominated by
the Government;
(xii) two Principals of
affiliated colleges to be nominated by the Government; and
(xiii) the Executive District Officer (Education), Gujrat.
(2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Syndicate.
(3) Members of the Syndicate, other than ex-officio members, shall hold
office for three years.
(4) The number of members to constitute the quorum for a meeting of the
Syndicate shall be eight.
22. Powers and duties of the Syndicate.– (1) The Syndicate shall be the executive
body of the University and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and
Statutes, take
effective measures to raise the standard of teaching, research,
technological development, publication and other academic pursuits
and exercise
general supervision over the affairs and management of the property of the
University.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers and
subject to the provisions of this Act, the Syndicate shall have the
powers to –
(i) hold, control and
administer the property and funds of the University;
(ii) govern and regulate, with due regard to the advice of the Finance
and Planning Committee in this behalf, the finances, accounts and
investments
of the University and for that purpose, to appoint such agents as it may deem
fit;
(iii) consider and approve the annual report,
the annual and revised budget estimates and to re-appropriate funds from one
major head of expenditure
to another;
(iv) transfer and accept transfer of movable
or immovable property on behalf of the University;
(v) enter into, vary, carry out or cancel
contracts on behalf of the University;
(vi) cause proper books of account to be kept
for all sums of money received and expended by the University and for the
assets and liabilities
of the University;
(vii) invest any money belonging to the University including any
unapplied income in any of the securities described in section 20 of the
Trusts
Act, 1882 (II of 1882), or in the purchase of immovable property or in such other
manner, as it may determine, with the
like power of varying such investments;
(viii) receive and manage any property transferred, and grants, bequests,
trusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other contributions made,
to the
University;
(ix) determine the form, custody and
regulation of the use of the Common Seal of the University;
(x) provide buildings, libraries, premises, furniture, apparatus,
equipment and other means required for carrying out the work of the
University;
(xi) establish and maintain halls of residence
and hostels or approve or license hostels or lodgings for the residence of
students;
(xii) affiliate or disaffiliate Colleges and
Institutes;
(xiii) admit educational institutions to the
privileges of the University and withdraw such privileges;
(xiv) arrange for the inspection of the
Academic Departments;
(xv) institute Professorships, Associate
Professorships, Assistant Professorships, Lectureships and other posts and to
suspend or abolish such
posts;
(xvi) create, suspend or abolish such
administrative, technical, research, extension or other posts as may be
necessary;
(xvii) appoint University
teachers and other officers on the recommendation of the Selection Board for
teaching and other posts in BS-17 or equivalent
and above;
(xviii) confer with prior approval of the
Chancellor, honorary degrees in accordance with the conditions prescribed;
(xix) prescribe the duties of the officers,
teachers and other employees of the University and of those working in the
University on deputation
or on contract;
(xx) appoint members to the various
Authorities, Committees and Bodies in a prescribed manner;
(xxi) remove any person from the membership of
any authority if such person has accepted any assignment which involves his
absence from the
University for a continuous period of six months or more;
(xxii) regulate, determine and administer, all other matters concerning
the University and to this end exercise all necessary powers not
specifically
mentioned in this Act and the Statutes but not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act;
(xxiii) appoint Professors Emeritus on such terms
and conditions as may be prescribed;
(xxiv) suspend, punish and remove from service
in the prescribed manner officers, teachers and employees whom it is empowered
to appoint;
(xxv) consider and approve regulations
recommended by the Academic Council;
(xxvi) approve Statutes and recommend those
drafts of the Statutes, for approval of the Chancellor, which pertain to terms
and conditions of service
of the University employees;
(xxvii) delegate any of its powers to an
Authority or officer or a committee or sub-committee; and
(xxviii) perform such other functions as may be
assigned to it by this Act and the Statutes.
23. Academic Council.– (1) The Academic Council shall consist of –
(i) the Vice-Chancellor
who shall be its Chairperson;
(ii) the Deans;
(iii) two Principals of constituent colleges;
(iv) two Principals of affiliated colleges;
(v) the Professors including Professors Emeritus;
(vi) two Associate Professors, two Assistant Professors and two
lecturers to be elected from amongst themselves;
(vii) the Chairpersons of the Academic Departments;
(viii) five persons to be nominated by the Chancellor;
(ix) the Secretary to Government of the
(x) the Executive District Officer (Education), Gujrat;
(xi) two persons from the private sector to be nominated by the
Chancellor;
(xii) two experts in the field of education to be nominated by the
Chancellor;
(xiii) the Registrar (Secretary);
(xiv) the Controller of Examinations; and
(xv) the Librarian.
(2) The members of the Academic Council, other than ex-officio members,
shall hold office for three years, and if the office of any such
member becomes
vacant before the expiry of such term, such vacancy shall be filled in the
prescribed manner.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Academic
Council shall be one-third of the total number of members, a fraction being counted
as
one.
24. Powers and duties of the Academic Council.–
(1) The Academic Council
shall be the academic body of the University and shall, subject to the
provisions of this Act, the Statutes
and the Regulations, have the powers to
lay down proper standards of instruction, research, publication and examination
and to
regulate and promote the academic life of the University and affiliated
colleges.
(2) In particular and
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions and subject to
the provisions of this Act, the
Statutes and the Regulations, the Academic
Council shall have the powers to –
(i) advise the
Syndicate on academic matters;
(ii) regulate teaching, research and
examinations;
(iii) regulate the admission of students to the
courses of studies and examinations of the University and affiliated colleges;
(iv) regulate the award of studentships,
scholarships, medals and prizes;
(v) regulate the conduct and discipline of
students of the University and affiliated colleges;
(vi) propose to the Syndicate schemes for the
constitution and organization of faculties, institutes and other academic
bodies;
(vii) make Regulations on
the recommendations of the Boards of Faculties and the Boards of Studies for
consideration and approval of the Syndicate;
(viii) propose for each academic year, on the recommendations of the
Boards of Studies of the University, Regulations prescribing the courses
of
studies, the syllabi and the outlines of tests for all examinations; provided
that, if the recommendations of a Board of Faculties
or the Board of Studies
are not received by the prescribed date, the Academic Council may, subject to
the approval of the Syndicate, permit such
Regulations to continue for the following years;
(ix) recognize the examinations of other
universities or examining bodies as equivalent to the corresponding
examinations of the University;
(x) appoint members to the Authorities in
accordance with the provisions of this Act; and
(xi) perform such other functions as may be
prescribed by the Statutes.
25. Constitution, functions and powers of other Authorities.– The constitution, functions and powers of
the Authorities for which no specific provision, or insufficient provision, has
been made
in this Act shall be such as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
26. Appointment of Committees by Authorities.– Any Authority may, from time to time,
constitute such standing, special or advisory committees as it may deem fit,
and appoint to
such committees persons who are not its members.
27. Statutes.– (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act,
Statutes may be made to provide for and regulate all or any of the following
matters:-
(i) scales of pay and other terms and conditions of
service of officers, teachers and other employees of the University and the
constitution
of their pension, insurance, gratuity, provident fund and
benevolent fund;
(ii) conduct and discipline of the officers, teachers and other
employees of the University;
(iii) constitution, powers and duties of the Authorities and
conduct of elections to such Authorities and related matters;