 the central sanskrit university bill, 2018 byshri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp—————— arrangement of clauses—————— clauses1  short title and commencement 2  definitions3  establishment of university 4  objects of university 5  powers of university 6  jurisdiction7 university open to all classes, castes and creed8  visitor 9 officers of university10  chancellor11  vice-chancellor12  pro-vice-chancellor13  deans of schools 14  registrar 15  finance officer 16  controller of examinations 17  librarian 18  other officers 19  authorities of university20  court21  executive council 22  academic council 23  board of studies and academic boards 24  finance committee 25  other authorities of university (ii) clauses26  power to make statutes27  power to make ordinances 28  regulations29  annual  report 30  annual   accounts 31  returns and information32  conditions of service of employees33  right to appeal 34  filling of casual vacancies 35  special mode of appointment 36  committee 37  honorary degree 38  convocations 39  alumni association 40  student's council 41  delegation of powers 42  protection of action taken in good faith43  power to remove difficulties44  statutes, ordinances and regulations to be published in the official gazette andto be laid before parliament45  transitional provisions bill no 46  of 2018 the central sanskrit university bill, 2018 byshri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billto establish and incorporate a central sanskrit university at mahoba in the state of uttar pradesh to promote sanskrit language, literature, research in old sanskrit manuscripts and its use in different subjects like computer, science, mathematics and social sciences with inter-disciplinary approach and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto be it enacted by parliament in the sixty- ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the central sanskrit university act, 2018short title and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "academic council" means the academic council of the university;5(b) "academic staff'" means such categories of staff as are designated asacademic staff by the ordinances;(c), "board of studies" means the board of studies of a department of theuniversity;10(d) "chancellor", "vice-chancellor", and "pro-vice-chancellor" mean,respectively, the chancellor, vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the university;(e) "college" means a college maintained by the university; (f) "court" means the court of the university;(g) "department" means a department of studies and includes a centre ofstudies;15(h) "distance education system" means the system of imparting educationthrough any means of communication, such as broadcasting, telecasting,webcasting, correspondence courses, seminars, contact programmes or the combination of any two or more such means;(i) "employee" means any person appointed by the university and includesteachers and other staff of the university;20(j) "executive council" means the executive council of the university;(k) "faculty" means a faculty of the university; (1) "finance committee" means finance committee of the university; (m) "institution" means an academic institution, not being a college,maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of, the university;25(n) "regulations" means the regulations made by any authority of theuniversity under  this act for the time being in force;(o) "statutes" and "ordinances" mean, respectively, the statutes and theordinances of the university, for the time being in force;30(p) "teachers of the university" mean professors, associate professors,assistant professors and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the university; and(q) "university" means the central sanskrit university as incorporated underthis act35establishment of university 3 (1) there shall be established, in the state of uttar pradesh a central sanskrit university(2) the headquarter of the university shall be at mahoba in the state of uttar pradesh40(3) the first chancellor, the first vice-chancellor and the first members of the court, the executive council and the academic council, and all persons who may hereafter become such officers or members, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the university(4) the university shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued by the said nameobjects of university4 the objects of the university shall be to promote sanskrit language, literature, research in old sanskrit manuscripts and its use in different subjects like computer, science, mathematics and social sciences with inter-disciplinary approach5 (1) the university shall have the following powers, namely:—powers of university5(i) to provide for instructions in sanskrit language and literature as theuniversity may, from time to time, determine and to make provisions for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge for furtherance of the objects of the university;10(ii) to grant, subject to such conditions as the university may determine,diplomas or certificates to, and confer degrees or other academic distinctions on the basis of examinations, evaluation or any other method of testing, on persons, and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause in the manner prescribed by the statutes;(iii) to organise conferences, seminars on sanskrit language and literature;15(iv) to organise and to undertake extra-mural studies, training and extensionservices;(v) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner prescribedby the  statutes;20(vi) to provide facilities through the distance education system as it maydetermine;25(vii) to institute principalships, professorships, associate professorships,assistant professorships and other teaching or academic positions, required by the university and to appoint persons to such principalships, professorships, associate professorships, assistant professorships or other teaching or academic positions;(viii) to recognise an institution of higher learning for such purposes as theuniversity may determine and to withdraw such recognition in the manner prescribed by the statutes;30(ix) to appoint persons working in any other university or educationalinstitution, including those located outside the country, as teachers of the university for a specified period;(x) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to makeappointments thereto;35(xi) to co-operate or collaborate or associate with any other university orauthority or institution of higher learning, including those located outside the country, in such manner and for such purposes as the university may determine;40(xii) to collaborate with any other college or university, research institution,industry association, professional or any other organisation, in india or outside india to conceptualise, design and develop specific programmes as part of education and research, training programmes and exchange programmes for students, academic staff and others;(xii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medalsand prizes;(xiii) to establish and maintain colleges and institutions;45(xiv) to make provision for research and advisory services and for thatpurpose to enter into such arrangements with other institutions, industrial or other organisations, as the university may deem necessary;(xv) to organise and conduct refresher courses, workshops, seminars andother programmes for teachers, evaluators and other academic staff;(xvi) to appoint on contract or otherwise visiting professors, emeritusprofessors, consultants, scholars and such other persons who may contribute to the advancement of the objects of the university;5(xvii) to confer autonomous status on a college or an institution or adepartment, as the case may be, in accordance with the statutes;(xviii) to determine standards of admission to the university, which mayinclude  examination, evaluation or any other method of testing;10(xix) to demand and receive payment of fees and other charges; (xx) to establish and maintain a health care centre for the benefit of thestudents and employees;(xxi) to make arrangements for promoting the health and general welfare ofthe employees;15(xxii) to supervise the residences of the students of the university and tomake arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare;(xxiii) to lay down conditions of service of all categories of employees,including their code of conduct;20(xxiv) to regulate and enforce discipline among the students and theemployees, and to take such disciplinary measures in this regard as may be deemed by the university to be necessary;25(xxv) to receive benefactions, donations and gifts and to acquire, hold andmanage, and to dispose of, without the previous approval of the central government, any property, movable or immovable, including trust and endowment properties for the purposes of the university;(xxvi) to borrow, without the approval of the central government, on thesecurity of the property of the university, money for the purposes of the university;30(xxvii) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidentalor conducive to the attainment of all or any of its objects(2) in exercising its powers referred to in sub-section (1), it shall be the endeavour of the university to maintain an all-india character and high standards of teaching and research, and the university shall, among other measures which may be necessary for the said purpose and take, in particular, the following measures, namely:—35(i) admission of students and recruitment of faculty shall be made on all-india basis;(ii) admissions of students shall be made on merit, either through entrancetests conducted by the university or in combination with other universities, or on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examinations;40(iii) encourage inter-university mobility of faculty;(iv) introduce semester system, continuous evaluation and choice basedcredit system and enter into agreements with other universities and academic institutions for credit transfer and joint degree programmes;(v) introduce innovative courses and programmes of studies with provisionfor periodic review and restructuring;45(vi) ensure active participation of students in all academic activities of theuniversity, including evaluation of teachers;(vii) obtain mandatory accreditation from national assessment and accreditation council  or any other statutory accrediting agency; and(viii) introduce e-governance with an effective management information system5jurisdiction6 the jurisdiction of the university shall extend to the whole of india 7 the university shall be open to all persons irrespective of caste, creed, race orclassuniversity open to all classes, castes and creeds visitor8 (1) the president of india shall be the visitor of the university(2) the visitor shall have such other powers as may be prescribed by the statutes109 the following shall be the officers of the university:—officers of university(1) the chancellor; (2) the vice-chancellor; (3) the pro-vice-chancellor; (4) the deans of faculties;15(5) the registrar; (6) the finance officer; (7) the controller of examinations; (8) the librarian; and (9) such other officers as may be declared by the statutes to be officers ofthe university20chancellor10  (1) the chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor in such manner as may beprescribed by the statutes25(2) the chancellor shall, by virtue of his office, be the head of the university and shall, if present, preside at the convocations of the university held for conferring degrees and meetings of the courtvice- chancellor11 (1) the vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor in such manner as may be prescribed by the statutes(2) the vice-chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of the university and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the university and give effect to the decisions of all the authorities of the university30(3) the vice-chancellor shall exercise such other powers and perform such otherduties as may be prescribed by the statutes or the ordinancespro-vice- chancellor3512 the pro-vice-chancellor shall be appointed in such manner and on such termsand conditions of service, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutesdeans of schools13 every dean of school shall be appointed in such manner and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutesregistrar14 (1) the registrar shall be appointed in such manner and on such terms andconditions of service as may be prescribed by the statutes40(2) the registrar shall have the power to enter into agreements, sign documentsand authenticate records on behalf of the university and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the statutesfinance officer15 the finance officer shall be appointed in such manner and shall exercise suchpowers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutescontroller of examinations16 the controller of examinations shall be appointed in such manner and shallexercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutes5librarian17 the librarian shall be appointed in such manner and on such terms andconditions of service, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutesother officers18 the manner of appointment and powers and duties of other officers of theuniversity shall be prescribed by the statutes19 the following shall be the authorities of the university:—10authorities of university15(1) the court; (2) the executive council; (3) the academic council; (4) the board of studies and academic boards; (5) the finance committee; and (6) such other authorities as may be declared by the statutes to be theauthorities of the universitycourt20 (1) the constitution of the court and the term of office of its members shall beprescribed by the statutes20(2) subject to the provisions of this act, the court shall have the following powersand  sanctions, namely:—(a) to review, from time to time, the broad policies and programmes of theuniversity and to suggest measures for the improvement and development of the university; and(b) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes2521 (1) the executive council shall be the principal executive body of the universityexecutive council(2) the constitution of the executive council, the term of office of its membersand its powers and functions shall be prescribed by the statutes:provided that the executive council shall have adequate number of members fromamong the women:30provided further that such number of members as may be prescribed by the statutesshall be from among the elected members of the courtacademic council3522 (1) the academic council shall be the principal academic body of theuniversity and shall, subject to the provisions of this act, the statutes and the ordinances, coordinate and exercise general supervision over the academic policies of the university(2) the constitution of the academic council, the term of office of its membersand its powers and functions shall be prescribed by the statutes:provided that the academic council shall have such number of members as maybe prescribed by the statutes shall be from among the elected members of the court4023 the constitution, powers and functions of the board of studies shall be prescribed by the statutesboard of studies and the academic boards finance committee24 the constitution, powers and functions of the finance committee shall be prescribed by the statutes25 the constitution, powers and functions of other authorities, as may be declaredby the statutes to be the authorities of the university, shall be prescribed by the statutesother authorities of the university526 subject to the provisions of this act, the statutes may provide for all or any ofthe following matters, namely:—power to make statutes(a) the constitution, powers and functions of authorities and other bodiesof  the university, as may be constituted, from time to time;10(b) the appointment and continuance in office of the members of the saidauthorities and bodies, the filling up of vacancies of members, and all other mattersrelating to those authorities and other bodies for which it may be necessary ordesirable to provide;(c) the withdrawal of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academicdistinctions; and15(d) all other matters which by this act are to be or may be provided for bythe  statutes27 (1) subject to the provisions of this act and the statutes, the ordinances mayprovide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—power to make ordinances(a) the admission of students to the university and their enrolment as such;20(b) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees, diplomas andcertificates of the university;(c) the establishment of centres of studies, boards of studies and othercommittees; and(d) all other matters which by this act or the statutes, are to be or may be,provided for by the ordinances25(2) the first ordinances shall be made by the vice-chancellor with the previousapproval of the central government and the ordinances so made may be amended, repealed or added to at any time by the executive council in the manner prescribed by the statutesregulations3028 the authorities of the university may make regulations, consistent with thisact, the statutes and the ordinances for the conduct of their own business and that of the committees, if any, appointed by them and not provided for by this act, the statutesor the ordinances, in the manner prescribed by the statutesannual report3529 (1) the annual report of the university shall be prepared under the directionof the executive council, which shall include, among other matters, the steps taken by the university towards the fulfillment of its objects and shall be submitted to the court on or before such date as may be prescribed by the central government and the court shall consider the report in its annual meeting(2) the court shall submit the annual report to the visitor along with its comments,if any40(3) a copy of the annual report, as prepared under sub-section (1), shall also besubmitted to the central government, and that government which shall, as soon as may be after it is submitted, cause the same to be laid before both houses of parliamentannual account4530 (1) the annual accounts and balance sheet of the university shall be preparedunder the directions of the executive council and shall, once at least every year and at intervals of not more than fifteen months, be audited by the comptroller and auditor-general of india or by such persons as he may authorise on his behalf(2) a copy of the annual accounts together with the audit report thereon shall besubmitted to the court and the visitor along with the observations of the executive council5(3) a copy of the annual accounts together with the audit report as submitted tothe visitor, shall also be submitted to the central government, which shall, as soon as may be, cause the same to be laid before both houses of parliamentreturns and information31 the university shall furnish to the central government such returns or otherinformation with respect to its property or activities as the central government may, from time to time, require10condition of service of employees32 (1) every employee of the university shall be appointed under a writtencontract, which shall be lodged with the university and a copy of which shall be furnished to the employee concerned15(2) any dispute arising out of the contract between the university and anyemployee shall, at the request of the employee, be referred to a tribunal of arbitration consisting of one member appointed by the executive council, one member nominated by the employee concerned and an umpire appointed by the visitorright to appeal2033 every employee or student of the university or of a college or institutionmaintained by the university shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this act, have a right to appeal within such time as may be prescribed by the statutes, to the executive council against the decision of any officer or authority of the university or of the principal or the management of any college or an institution, as the case may be, and thereupon the executive council may confirm, modify or reverse the decision appealed against25filling of casual vacancies34 all casual vacancies among the members (other than ex officio members) ofany authority or other body of the university shall be filled, as soon as may be, by the person or body who appoints, elects or co-opts the member whose place has become vacant and the person appointed, elected or co-opted to a casual vacancy shall be a member of such authority or body for the residue of the term for which the person whose place he fills would have been a member30special mode of appointment35 the executive council may appoint a person of high academic distinction andprofessional attainments to accept a post of professor or associate professor or any other equivalent academic post in the university on such terms and conditions as itdeems fit:provided that the executive council may also create supernumerary posts for aspecified period for appointment of such persons35committee36 (1) an authority of the university may appoint as many standing or specialcommittees as it may deem fit, and may appoint to such committees persons who are not members of such authority(2) a committee appointed under clause (1) may deal with any subject delegatedto it subject to subsequent confirmation by the authority appointing it40honorary degrees37 the executive council may, on the recommendation of the academic counciland by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, make proposals to the visitor for the conferment of honorary degrees:provided that in case of emergency, the executive council may, on its own motion,make such proposals45convocations38 convocations of the university for the conferring of degrees shall be held insuch manner as may be prescribed by the ordinances39 there shall be an alumni association for the universityalumni associationstudent's council40  there shall be constituted in the university, a student's council for every academic year, consisting of—5(i) the dean of students welfare who shall be chairperson of the studentcouncil;(ii) twenty-five students to be nominated by the academic council on thebasis of merit in studies, sports and extra-curricular activities; and(iii) twenty-five elected representatives of students in the manner prescribedby the ordinances10delegation ofpowers41 subject to the provisions of the act and the statutes, any officer or authorityof the university may delegate his or its powers to any other officer or authority or person under his or its respective control and subject to the condition that overall responsibility for the exercise of the powers so delegated shall continue to vest in the officer or authority delegating such powers15protection of action taken in good faith42 no suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any officer or other employeeof the university for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of any of the provisions of this act, the statutes or the ordinancespower to remove difficulties2043 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, thecentral government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three years from the commencement of this act2530(2) every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be afterit is made, before each house of parliament while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the order or both houses agree that the order should not be made, the order shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be;so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that order44 (1) every statute, ordinance or regulation made under this act shall bepublished in the official gazette35statutes, ordinances and regulations to be published in the official gazette and to be laid before parliament4045(2) every statute, ordinance or regulation made under this act shall be laid, assoon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the statute, ordinance or regulation or both houses agree that the statute, ordinance or regulation should not be made, the statute, ordinance or regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that statute, ordinance or regulation(3) the power to make statutes, ordinances or regulations shall include the power to give retrospective effect, from a date not earlier than the date of commencement of this act, to the statutes, ordinances or regulations or any of them but no retrospective effect shall be given to any statute, ordinance or regulation so as to prejudicially affect the interests of any person to whom such statute, ordinance or regulation may be applicable 45 notwithstanding anything contained in this act and the statutes,—transitional provisions5(a) the first chancellor and first vice-chancellor shall be appointed by thevisitor in such manner and on such conditions as may be deemed fit and each of the said officer shall hold office for such term, not exceeding five years as may be specified by the visitor;(b) the first registrar and the first finance officer shall be appointed by thevisitor and each of the said officers shall hold office for a term of three years;10(c) the first court and the first executive council shall consist of not morethan thirty one members and eleven members, respectively, who shall be nominated by the central government and shall hold office for a term of three years; and(d) the first academic council shall consist of not more than twenty-onemembers, who shall be nominated by the central government and they shall hold office for a term of three years:15provided that if any vacancy occurs in the above offices or authorities, thesame shall be filled by appointment or nomination, as the case may be in the manner prescribed by the statutes statement of objects and reasons"mùkja ;rleqnzl; fgeknzs'oso nf{kke~a o"kz rn~hkkjra uke hkkjrh ;= larfr means in the north side of sea and south of himalaya there is a sacred land known as "bharat varsh" and their generations are called as "bhartiya" this shaloka is taken from "vishnu puran" which describes physical boundary of india (bharat varsh)the first and authentic description of indian boundaries is available only in old sanskrit literature no one can imagine india without sanskrit but despite of many institutions of sanskrit in country, at present condition of sanskrit language is dismal and not known to be a language of common mansanskrit is not only mother of different indian languages but also of some foreign languages it is important to highlight here that relation between sanskrit language and indian scheduled and non-scheduled languages are symbiotic in nature and as a result, development of sanskrit means development of other languages also sanskrit literature- ved brahman, aranyak, upanishad, paran, bhaishya, etc are source of fundamental and behavioural knowledge of different fields like science and human life so for fast development of india, common people should have basic understanding about sanskritthe great scientists of modern era like schopenhauer, niels bohr, einstein, etc all have studied upanishads utilitarian thoughts for social system like "satyamev jayate(lr;eso t;rs)","vasudhaiv kutumbakam (olqèso dqvqecde)" etc are taken from ancient books and were written in sanskrit onlythese ancients scriptures are source of great knowledge and with following the morals contained therein india can become world leader in near future but for this there should be basic understanding of sanskrit amongst common people this is only possible when there shall be use of sanskrit language in research and development of computer science, traditional science, mathematics and different social sciences and imparting of compulsory education of sanskrit in all level and kind of education institutesto promote teaching of sanskrit and its use into modern science and technology establishment of central sanskrit university is inevitablehence this billnew delhi;kunwar pushpendra singh chandeljanuary 30, 2018 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill seeks to establish a central sanskrit university as a body corporate to at mahoba in the state of uttar pradesh to promote sanskrit language, literature, research in old sanskrit manuscripts and its use in different subjects like computer science, mathematics and social sciences with inter-disciplinary approach after enactment of the bill, the vice chancellor will be appointed, who will prepare the vision document and the draft project report under the guidance of the statutory authorities of the university the actual financial requirements of the university will be worked out on the basis of the draft project report it is expected that the proposed university would require about rupees  one thousand crore during the next plan period the expenditure would be met from the consolidated fund of india through the university grants commission under the budgetary provisions of the ministry of human resource development memorandum regarding delegated legislation1 sub-clause (2) of clause 27 of the bill empowers the vice-chancellor to make the first ordinances of the university with the previous approval of the central government and provides that the ordinances so made may be amended, repealed or added to at any time by the executive council in the manner prescribed by the statutes the matters in respect of which ordinances may be made, or as the case may be, amended, repealed or added to, relate to admission of students, courses of study, medium of instruction and examination, the manner of co-operation and collaboration with other universities, institutions and other agencies, the setting up of a machinery for redressal of grievances of employees and other such matters2 clause 28 of the bill enables the authorities of the university to make regulations, consistent with this act, the statutes and the ordinances for the conduct of their own business and that of the committees, if any, appointed by them and not provided for by this act, the statutes or the ordinances, in the manner prescribed by the statutes3 clause 41 empowers that any officer or authority of the university may delegate his or its powers to any other officer or authority or person under his or its respective control and subject to the condition that overall responsibility for the exercise of the powers so delegated shall continue to vest in the officer or authority delegating such powers4 clause 43 empowers the central government, by order published in the official gazette, to make provisions to remove certain difficulties, which may appear to be necessary or expedient and such an order is not to be made after the expiry of a period of three years from the commencement of the act and such order shall be laid before each house of parliament5 clause 44 provides that every statute, ordinance or regulation made under the act shall be published in the official gazette and they shall be laid before each house of parliament6 the matters for which the statutes, ordinances or regulations may be made pertain to matters of procedure or detail and it is not possible to provide for them in the bill the delegation of legislative powers is, therefore, of normal character———— a billto establish and incorporate a central sanskrit university at mahoba in the state of uttar pradesh to promote sanskrit language, literature, research in old sanskrit manuscripts and its use in different subjects like computer, science , mathematics and social sciences with inter-disciplinary approach and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)mgipmrnd—4056ls(s3)—09-02-2018