bill no  70 of 2012 the central universities (amendment) bill, 2012by prof (dr) ranjan prasad yadav, mpa billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 this act may be called the central universities (amendment) act, 2012short title amendment of section 325 of 20092 in the central universities act, 2009, in section 3, after sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— statement of objects and reasonsthe central universities act, 2009 was enacted by parliament to establish and incorporate universities for teaching and research in various states and to provide for matters connected  therewith or incidental thereto the aforesaid act provides, inter alia, for the establishment of a central university in the state of bihar by the name of central university of biharthe democratically elected government of the state of bihar has expressed its desire that the location of the newly proposed university should be in the district of motihari motihari is one of the most prominent cities of northern bihar it is the district headquarter of east champaran district and is well connected by almost all means of transport the establishment of a central university in motihari will go a long way in boosting educational infrastructure in the northern part of bihar the central government is proposing to establish the new university at gaya which is already well developed from both educational and other infrastructural point of view moreover, it should be the prerogative of the elected government of a state to choose the site of universities to be established in that state as the state government is in a better position to know the wishes and aspirations of their people the imposition of the decision of the central government over the opinion of the state governments also goes against the ethos of federalism the site of new central universities should be selected only with the concurrence of the respective state governmentshence this billnew delhi;ranjan prasad yadavmay 18, 2012 annexure extract from the central universities act, 2009 (25 of 2009)   3 (1)    establishment of universities(2)    (3)    (4)    (5) the headquarters of each of the universities, referred to in sub-section (4), shall be such as may be specified by the central government by notification in the official gazette(6)        lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the central universities act, 2009————(prof (dr) ranjan prasad yadav, mp)gmgipmrnd—1503ls(s-4)—13-07-2012