 the central institute of english and foreign languages university bill, 2006 a billto establish and incorporate a teaching university for promotion and development of english and other foreign languages and their literature, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental theretoact 1 of 1350 fasliwhereas it is expedient to establish and incorporate a teaching university at hyderabad, to dissolve the "central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad", a society registered under the hyderabad societies registration act, 1350 (fasli) and to transfer to and vest in the said university all properties and rights of the said society;be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1  (1) this act may be called the central institute of english and foreign languages university act, 2006(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a)  "academic council" means the academic council of the university;(b)  "academic staff" means such categories of staff as are designated as academicstaff by the ordinances;(c)  "board of studies" means the board of studies of the university;(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 of studies;(h) "distance education system" means   the system of imparting education through any means of communication, such as broadcasting, telecasting, 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 includes teachers and other staff of the university;(j) "executive council" means the executive council of the university; (k) "hall" means a unit of residence or of corporate life for the students of the university, or of a college or an institution, maintained by the university;(l) "institution" means an academic institution, not being a college, maintained by the university;(m) "principal" means the head of a college or an institution and includes where there is no principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as principal, and, in the absence of the principal or the acting principal, a vice-principal duly appointed as such;(n) "recognised institution" means an institution of higher  learning recognised by the university;(o) "recognised teachers" means persons working in any recognised institution and recognised  by the  university for the purpose of imparting instruction or conducting research or both;(p) "school" means a school of studies of the university; (q) "statutes", "ordinances" and "regulations" mean, respectively, the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the university for the time being in force;(r) "teachers of the university" means professors, readers, lecturers and  such other persons as may be appointed for imparting  instruction or  conducting  research in  the  university  or in any college or institution  maintained  by  the  university and are designated  as teachers by the ordinances;act 1 of 1350 fasli 3 of 1956(s) "university" means the central institute of english, hyderabad society founded by  the central government at hyderabad in 1958 as a society registered under the hyderabad society registration act, 1350 (fasli) which was renamed as central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad society in 1972 and declared in 1973 as an institution deemed to be a university under section 3 of the university grants commission act, 1956; and which is incorporated as a university under this act3 (1) there shall be established, in the state of andhra pradesh, a university by the name of "the central institute of english and foreign languages university"establishment of the university(2) the headquarters of the university shall be at hyderabad, campuses at lucknow and shillong; and  it may establish campuses at such other places as it may deem fit(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, shall constitute the university(4) the university shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name4  on and from the commencement of this act,—   (i) the society known as the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad society, shall be dissolved, and all properties, movable or immovable, and all rights, powers and privileges of the said society shall be transferred to and vest in the university and shall be applied to the objects and purposes for which the university is established;(ii) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the said society shall be transferred to the university and shall thereafter be discharged and satisfied by it;(iii) all references in any enactment to the said society shall be construed as references to the university;dissolutionof thecentral institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad society and transfer of all the properties and effect of establishment of the university(iv) any will, deed or other document, whether made or executed before or after the commencement of this act, which contains any bequest, gift or trust in favour of the said society shall be construed as if the university was therein named instead of the society;(v) subject to the provisions of this act, every person employed immediately before the commencement of this act in the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad, shall hold such employment in the university by the same tenure and on the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension and gratuity as he would have held under the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad,  if this act had not been passedobjects of the university5  the objects of the university shall be to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional, research and extension facilities in the teaching of english and foreign languages and literature in india; to train language teachers in methods and approaches appropriate to the indian context; to provide expertise in language and teacher education to foreign professionals; to evolve indigenous ways of testing of languages proficiency; to make provisions for innovative teaching-learning materials in both print and electronic media; to take appropriate measures for inter-disciplinary studies and research in literary and cultural studies; and to develop critical intercultural understanding of the civilizations 6 the university shall have the following powers, namely: —powers of the university(i) to provide for instructions in the relevant branches of learning and to make provision for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge for furtherance of its objects;(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;(iii) to  organise and to undertake extramural studies, training  and extension services;(iv) to  confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the  manner prescribed by the statutes;(v) to  provide facilities through the distance education  system  to such persons as it may determine;(vi) to  institute   principalships,  professorships,   readerships, lecturerships and   other  teaching  or  academic  positions,    required  by  the university  and  to appoint   persons  to  such  principalships, professorships,  readerships,  lecturerships or   other  teaching  or academic positions;(vii) to recognise an institution of higher learning for such purposes as the university may determine and to withdraw such recognition;(viii) to  appoint  persons  working  in  any  other   university   or organisation as teachers of the university for a specified period;(ix) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto;(x) to  co-operate  or  collaborate  or  associate  with  any  other university  or authority  or institution of higher learning  in  such manner and for such purposes as the university may determine;(xi) to establish, with the prior approval of the central government, such campuses, centres and specialised laboratories or other units for research and instruction, within or outside india, as are, in the opinion of the university necessary for the furtherance of its objects;(xii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes;(xiii) to establish and maintain colleges, institutions and halls; (xiv) to make provision for research and advisory services and for that purpose 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 and  other programmes  for teachers, evaluators  and  other  academic staff;(xvi) to recognise, guide,  supervise  and control halls not maintained by the university and other accommodation for students, and to withdraw any such recognition;(xvii) to  appoint  on contract or  otherwise  visiting  professors, emeritus professors, consultants, scholars and such other persons who may contribute to the advancement of the objects of the university;(xviii) to confer autonomous status on a college or an institution or a department, as the case may be, in accordance with the statutes;(xix) to determine standards of admission to the university, which may include examination, evaluation or any other method of testing;(xx) to demand and receive payment of fees and other charges; (xxi) to supervise the residences of the students of the  university and  to  make arrangements  for promoting their  health  and  general welfare;(xxii) to  lay  down  conditions of service  of  all  categories  of employees, including their code of conduct;(xxiii) to regulate and enforce discipline among the students and  the employees, and  to take such disciplinary measures in this regard  as may be deemed by the university to be necessary;(xxiv) to  make  arrangements  for promoting the  health  and  general welfare of the employees;(xxv) to  receive benefactions, donations and gifts and to  acquire, hold and manage,  and  to dispose  of, with 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, with the approval of the central government, on the security  of the property of the university, money for the purposes of the university;(xxvii) to  do all such other acts and things as may  be  necessary, incidental  or conducive  to  the attainment of all  or  any  of  its objectsjurisdiction7  the jurisdiction of the university shall extend to the whole of indiauniversity open to all classes, castes and creeds8  the university shall be open to persons of either sex and of whatever caste, creed, race or class, and it shall not be lawful for the university to adopt or impose on any person, any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be appointed as a teacher of the university or to hold any other office therein or be admitted as a student in the university or to graduate thereat or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof:provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the university from making special provisions for the employment or admission of women, physically handicapped or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribesthe visitor9  (1) the president of india shall be the visitor of the university(2) the visitor may, from time to time, appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of the university, including colleges and institutions maintained by it, and to submit a report thereon; and upon receipt of that report, the visitor may, after obtaining the views of the executive council thereon through the vice-chancellor, take such action and issue such directions as he considers necessary in respect of any of the matters dealt with in the report and the university shall be bound to comply with such directions(3) the visitor shall have the right to cause an inspection, to be made by such person or persons as he may direct, of the university, its buildings, libraries, laboratories and equipment and   of any college   or institution   maintained by the university; and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or done by the university and to cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of   any matter connected with   the administration   or   finances   of   the university, colleges   or institutions(4) the visitor shall, in every matter referred to in sub-section (3), give notice to the university of his intention to cause an inspection or inquiry to be made, and the university shall have the right to make such representations to the visitor, as it may consider necessary(5) after considering the representations, if any, made by the university, the visitor may cause to be made such inspection or inquiry as is referred to in sub-section (3)(6) where any inspection or inquiry has been caused to be made by the visitor, the university shall be entitled to appoint a representative, who shall have the right to be present and be heard at such inspection or inquiry(7) the visitor may address the vice-chancellor with reference to the result of such inspection or inquiry together with such views and advice with regard to the action to be taken thereon, as the visitor may be pleased to offer, and on receipt of address   made  by  the visitor,   the vice-chancellor shall communicate, to the executive council, the views of  the visitor  with such advice as the visitor may offer  upon  the action to be taken thereon(8) the executive council shall communicate through the vice-chancellor to the visitor such action, if any, as it proposes to take or has been taken upon the result of such inspection or inquiry(9) where the executive council does not, within a reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of the visitor, the visitor   may, after considering   any explanation furnished   or representation made by the executive council, issue such directions as he may think fit and the executive council shall comply with such directions(10) without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, the visitor may, by order in writing, annul any proceeding of the university which is not in conformity with the act, the statutes or the ordinances:provided that before making any such order, he shall call upon the registrar to show cause why such an order should not be made, and, if any cause is shown within a reasonable time, he shall consider the same(11) the visitor shall have such other powers as may be prescribed by the statutesthe chief rector10 the governor of the state of andhra pradesh shall be the chief rector of the university11 the following shall be the officers of the university,—officers of the university(1) the chancellor; (2) the vice-chancellor; (3) the pro-vice-chancellor;(4) the deans of schools; (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 of the universitythe chancellor12 (1) the chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor in such manner as may be prescribed by the statutes(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 courtthe vice- chancellor13 (1) the vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor in such manner and on such terms and conditions of service 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 university(3) the vice-chancellor may, if he is of opinion that immediate action is necessary on any matter, exercise any power conferred on any authority of the university by or under this act and shall report to such authority at its next meeting the action taken by him on such matter:provided that  if  the authority concerned is of  opinion  that  such action  ought  not to have been taken, it may refer the matter to  the visitor whose decision thereon shall be final:provided further that any person in the service of the university who is aggrieved by the action taken by the vice-chancellor under this sub-section shall have the right to represent against such action to the executive council within three months from the date on which decision on such action is communicated to him and thereupon the executive council may confirm, modify or reverse the action taken by the vice-chancellor(4) the vice-chancellor, if he is of the opinion that any decision of any authority of the university is beyond the powers of the authority conferred by the provisions of this act, the statutes or the ordinances or that any decision taken is not in the interest of the university, may ask the authority concerned to review its decision within sixty days of such decision and if the authority refuses to review the decision either in whole or in part or no decision is taken by it within the said period of sixty days, the  matter  shall  be referred to the visitor whose decision thereon shall be final(5) the vice-chancellor shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the statutes or the ordinancesthe pro- vice- chancellor14  the pro-vice-chancellor shall be appointed in such manner and on such terms and conditions of service, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutesthe deans of schools15 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 statutesthe registrar16 (1) the registrar shall be appointed in such manner and on such terms and conditions of service as may be prescribed by the statutes(2) the registrar shall have the power to enter into agreements, sign documents and authenticate records on behalf of the university and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the statutesthe finance officer17 the finance officer shall be appointed in such manner and on such terms and conditions of service, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutes18 the controller of examinations shall be appointed in such manner and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutesthe controller of examinations the librarian19 the librarian shall be appointed in such manner and on such terms and conditions of service, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the statutesother officers20 the manner of appointment and powers and duties of other officers of the university shall be prescribed by the statutes21 the following shall be the authorities of the university:—(1) the court;authorities of the university(2) the executive council; (3) the academic council; (4) the schools of studies;            (5) the finance committee;  and(6)  such  other authorities as may be declared by the statutes to  be the authorities of the universitythe court  22 (1) the constitution of the court and the  term  of office of its members shall be prescribed by the statutes(2)  subject  to the provisions of this act, the court shall have  the following powers and functions, namely:—(a) to review, from time to time, the broad policies and programmes of the university  and  to  suggest measures  for  the  improvement  and development of the university;(b)  to  consider  and pass resolutions on the annual report  and  the annual accounts  of  the  university and the  audit  report  on  such accounts;(c)  to  advise  the  visitor in respect of any matter  which  may  be referred to it for advice;  and(d)  to  perform  such  other functions as may be  prescribed  by  the statutes23 (1) the executive council shall be the principal executive body of the universitythe executive council(2) the constitution of the executive council, the term of office of its members and its powers and functions shall be prescribed by the statutesthe academic council24 (1) the academic council shall be the principal academic body of the university 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 members and its powers and functions shall be prescribed by the statutesthe schools of studies25   the constitution, powers and functions of the schools of studies shall be prescribed by the statutesthe finance committee26 the constitution, powers and functions of the finance committee shall be prescribed by the statutesother authorities27  the constitution, powers and functions of other authorities, as may be declared by the statutes to be the authorities of the university, shall be prescribed by the statutespowers to make statutes28   subject to the provisions of this act, the statutes may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—(a)  the  constitution, powers and functions of authorities and  other bodies of the university, as may be constituted from time to time;(b)  the  appointment and continuance in office of the members of  the said authorities and bodies, the filling up of vacancies of  members, and  all other matters relating to those authorities and other  bodies for which it may be necessary or desirable to provide;(c)  the  appointment,  powers  and  duties of  the  officers  of  the university and their emoluments;(d) the appointment of teachers, academic staff and other employees of the university, their emoluments and conditions of service;(e) the recognition of persons as recognized teachers; (f)  the appointment of teachers, academic staff working in any  other university or  organisation for a specific period for  undertaking  a joint project;(g)  the  conditions  of  service of  employees  including  provisions for pension, insurance  and provident fund, the manner of termination  of service  and  disciplinary action  relating   to  employees  of   the university;(h) the principles governing the seniority of service of the employees of the university;(i)  the  procedure  for  arbitration  in  cases  of  dispute  between employees or students and the university;(j)  the procedure for appeal to the executive council by any employee or  student against  the action of any officer or  authority  of  the university;(k) the conferment of autonomous status on a college or an institution or adepartment;(l) the establishment and abolition of schools, departments, centres, halls,colleges and institutions;(m) the grant and withdrawal of recognition to institutions; (n) the conferment of honorary degrees; (o)  the  withdrawal  of  degrees, diplomas,  certificates  and  other academicdistinctions;(p)  the  management of colleges and institutions established  by  the university; (q)  the delegation of powers vested in the authorities or officers of the university;(r) the maintenance of discipline among the employees and students; (s)  all other matters which by this act are to be or may be  provided for by thestatutes29  (1) the first statutes are those set out in the schedulestatutes how to be made(2) the executive  council  may,  from time to  time,  make  new  or additional statutes or may amend or repeal the statutes referred to in sub-section (1):provided  that  the executive council shall not make, amend or  repeal any  statutes affecting  the status, powers or  constitution  of  any authority  of  the university until such authority has been  given  an opportunity  of  expressing  an  opinion in writing  on  the proposed changes,  and  any  opinion so expressed shall be  considered  by  the executive council(3)  every new statute or addition to the statutes or any amendment or repeal  of  a statute shall require the assent of the visitor who  may assent  thereto  or withhold assent or remit to the executive  council for re-consideration(4)  a  new  statute or a statute amending or  repealing  an  existing statute  shall have no validity unless it has been assented to by  the visitor(5)  notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the visitor may make new or additional statutes or amend or repeal the statutes  referred  to in subsection (1), during the period of  three years immediately after the commencement of this act:provided  that  the visitor may, on the expiry of the said  period  of three  years, make, within one year from the date of such expiry, such detailed  statutes  as  he may consider necessary  and  such  detailed statutes shall be laid before both houses of parliament(6)  notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the  visitor may  direct  the university to make  provisions  in  the statutes  in  respect  of  any  matter specified by  him  and  if  the executive  council is unable to implement such direction within sixty days  of its receipt, the visitor may, after considering the  reasons, if  any,  communicated by the executive council for its  inability  to comply with such direction, make or amend the statutes suitablypower to make ordinances30  (1) subject to the provisions of  this act and the statutes, the ordinances may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the admission of students to the university and their enrolment as such; (b) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees, diplomas and certificatesof the university;(c) the medium of instruction and examination;(d)  the  award of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other  academic distinctions, qualifications  for the same and the means to be  taken relating to the granting and obtaining of the same;(e)  the fees to be charged for courses of study in the university and for  admission to  the  examinations, degrees  and  diplomas  of  the university;(f) the   conditions  for   award  of   fellowships,   scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes;(g) the  conduct  of examinations, including the term of  office  and manner  of appointment and the duties of examining bodies,  examiners and moderators;(h) the conditions of residence of the students of the university; (i) the  special  arrangements,  if any, which may be  made  for  the residence, discipline  and  teaching  of   women  students  and   the prescribing of special courses of studies for them;(j) the  manner  of  co-operation   and  collaboration  with   other universities, institutions and other agencies including learned bodies or associations;(k) the creation, composition and functions of any other body which is considered necessary  for  improving  the   academic  life  of   the university;(l) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; (m)  the  setting  up of a machinery for redressal  of  grievances  of employees;and(n)  all other matters which by this act or the statutes, are to be or may be, provided for by the ordinances (2) the first ordinances shall be made by the vice-chancellor with the previous approval 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 statutes:provided that till such time as the first ordinances are not so made by the vice-chancellor, in respect of the matters that are to be provided for by the ordinances under this act and statutes, the relevant provisions of the rules and the bye-laws of the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad in force immediately before the commencement of this act shall be applicable in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act and the statutesregulations31  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 statutes or the ordinances, in the manner prescribed by the statutesannual report32 (1) the annual report of the university shall be prepared under the directions ofthe executive council, which shall include, among other matters, the steps taken by the university towards the fulfilment of its objects and shall be submitted to the court on or after such date as may be prescribed by the statutes 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, ifany(3) a copy of the annual report, as prepared under sub-section  (1), shall also besubmitted to the central government, which shall, as soon as may be, cause the same to be laid before both houses of parliamentannual accounts33 (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 atintervals of not more than fifteen months, be audited   by the comptroller and auditor- general of india or by such persons as he may authorise in this behalf(2) a copy of the annual accounts together with the audit report thereon shall be submitted to the court and the visitor along with the observations of the executive council(3) any observations made by the visitor on the annual accounts shall be brought to the notice of the court and the observations of the court, if any, shall, after being considered by the executive council, be submitted to the visitor(4) a copy of the annual accounts together with the audit report as submitted to the 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 parliament(5) the audited annual accounts after having been laid before both houses of parliament shall be published in the gazette of indiareturns and information34 the university shall furnish to the central government such returns or other information with respect to its property or activities as the central government may, from time to time, requireconditions of service of employees35  (1) every employee of the university shall be appointed under a written contract, which shall be lodged with the university and a copy of which shall be furnished to the employee concerned(2) any dispute arising out of the contract between the university and any employee 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 visitor(3) the decision of the tribunal shall be final, and no suit shall lie in any civil court in respect of the matters decided by the tribunal26 of 1996(4) every request made by the employee under sub-section (2), shall be deemed to be a submission to arbitration upon the terms of this section within the meaning of the arbitration and conciliation act, 1996(5) the procedure for regulating the work of the tribunal shall be prescribed by the statutesprocedure of appeal and arbitration in disciplinary cases against students36  (1) any student or candidate for an examination whose name has been removed from the rolls of the university by the orders or resolution of the vice-chancellor, discipline committee or examination committee, as the case  may  be, and who  has  been  debarred from appearing  at  the  examinations of the university for more  than  one year,  may,  within ten days of the date of receipt of such orders  or copy  of  such resolution by him, appeal to the executive council  and the  executive council may confirm, modify or reverse the decision  of the vice-chancellor or the committee, as the case may be(2) any dispute arising out of any disciplinary action taken by the university against a student shall, at the request of such student, be referred   to a tribunal of   arbitration and the provisions of sub-sections  (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 35 shall, as far as may be, apply to a reference made under this sub-sectionright to appeal37  every employee or student of the university or a college or an institution maintained 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 of any college or an institution, as the case may be, and thereupon the executive council may confirm, modify or  reverse  the decision appealed againstprovident and pension funds38  (1) the university shall constitute for the benefit of its employees such providentor pension fund or provide such insurance schemes as it may deem fit in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the statutes19 of 1925(2) where such provident fund or pension fund has been so constituted, the centralgovernment may declare that the provisions of the provident funds act, 1925, shall apply to such fund,  as if it were a government provident fund39   if any question arises as to whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body of the university, the matter shall be referred to the visitor whose decision thereon shall be finaldisputes as to constitution of university authorities and bodies filling of casual vacancies40   all casual  vacancies  among  the members (other than ex officio members) of anyauthority 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 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 member41 no act or proceedings of any authority or other body of the university shall beinvalid merely by reason of the existence of a vacancy or vacancies among its membersproceedings of university authorities or bodies not invalidated by vacanciesprotection of action taken in good faith42 no suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any officer or other employee ofthe 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 ordinances1 of 1872mode of proof of university record43 notwithstanding anything contained in the indian evidence act, 1872 or in anyother law for the time being in force, a copy of any receipt, application, notice, order, proceeding or resolution of any authority or other body of the university, or any other document in possession of the university, or any entry in any register duly maintained by the university, if certified by the registrar, shall be received as prima facie evidence of suchreceipt, application, notice, order, proceeding, resolution or document or the existence of entry in the register and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters and transactions therein where the original thereof would, if produced, have been admissible in evidencepower to remove difficulties44  (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, notinconsistent 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 act(2) every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon 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 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 order45 (1) every statute, ordinance or regulation made under this act shall be published in the official gazette (2) every statute, ordinance or regulation made under this act shall be laid, as soon 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 statutes, ordinances and regulations to be published in the official gazette and to be laid before parliamentsessions, 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 applicable46   notwithstanding anything contained in this act and the statutes,—transitional provisions(a) the  first chancellor and the first vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the central government in such  manner  and on such conditions as may be deemed fit and each  of the  said officers shall hold office for such term, not exceeding  five years, as may be specified by the central government;(b) the  first  registrar  and the first  finance  officer  shall  be appointed  by  the central government and each of the said officers  shall  hold office for a term of three years;(c) the first court and the first executive council shall consist  of not  more  than thirty members and eleven members,  respectively,  who shall  be nominated by the central government and shall hold office for a term of three years;(d) the  first  academic  council  shall consist  of  not  more  than twenty-one members,  who shall be nominated by the central government and  they shall hold office for a term of three years: provided that if any vacancy occurs   in the above offices or authorities, the same shall be filled by appointment or nomination, as the case may be, by the central government, and the person so appointed or nominated shall hold office for so long as the officer or member in whose place he is appointed or nominated would have held office, if such vacancy had not occurred the schedule (see section 29) the statutes of the universitythe chancellor1  (1) the chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor from a panel of not less than three persons recommended by the executive council from amongst persons of eminence in the academic or public life of the country:provided that if the visitor does not approve of any of the persons so recommended, he may call for fresh recommendations from the executive council(2) the chancellor shall hold office for a term of five years and shall not be eligible for re-appointment:provided that notwithstanding the expiry of his term of office, the chancellor shall continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his officethe vice- chancellor2  (1) the vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor from a panel of not less than three persons who shall be recommended by a committee as constituted under clause (2):provided that if the visitor does not approve of any of the persons included in the panel, he may call for an extended or a fresh panel(2) the committee referred to in clause (1) shall consist of three persons, out of whom two shall be nominated by the executive council and one by the visitor and the nominee of the visitor shall be the convener of the committee:provided that none of the members of the committee shall be an employee of the university or a college or an institution maintained by the university or a member of any authority of the university(3) the vice-chancellor shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the university (4) the vice-chancellor shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office, or until he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier, and he shall not be eligible for re-appointment:provided that notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of five years, he shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office:provided further that the visitor may direct any vice-chancellor after his term has expired, to continue in office for such period, not exceeding a total period of one year, as may be specified by him or till his successor is appointed and enters upon his office, whichever is earlier(5) the emoluments and other conditions of service of the vice-chancellor shall be as follows: —(i) the vice-chancellor shall be paid a monthly salary and allowances, other than house rent allowance, at the rates fixed by the central government from time to time and he shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to use a furnished residence throughout his term of office and no charge shall fall on the vice-chancellor in respect of the maintenance of such residence;(ii) the vice-chancellor shall be entitled to such terminal benefits and allowances as may be fixed by the central government from time to time:provided that where an employee of the university, or a college or an institution maintained by, or admitted to the privileges of the university, or of any other university or any college or institution maintained by or admitted to the privileges of such other university, is appointed as the vice-chancellor, he may be allowed to continue to contribute to any provident fund of which he is a member and the university shall contribute to the account of such person in that provident fund at the same rate at which the person had been contributing immediately before his appointment as the vice-chancellor:provided further that where such employee had been member of any pension scheme, the university shall make the necessary contribution to such scheme;(iii) the vice-chancellor shall be entitled to traveling allowance at such rates as may be fixed by the executive council;(iv) the vice-chancellor shall be entitled to leave on full pay at the rate of thirty days in a calendar year and the leave shall be credited to his account in advance in two half-yearly instalments of fifteen days each on the first day of january and july every year:provided that if the vice-chancellor assumes or relinquishes charge of the office of the vice-chancellor during the currency of a half year, the leave shall be credited proportionately at the rate of two and-a-half days for each completed month of service;(v) in addition to the leave referred to in sub-clause (iv), the vice-chancellor shall also be entitled to half-pay leave at the rate of twenty days for each completed year of service, and half-pay leave may also be availed of as commuted leave on full pay on medical certificate:provided that when such commuted leave is availed of, twice the amount of halfpay leave shall be debited against half-pay leave due (6) if the office of the vice-chancellor becomes vacant due to death, resignation or otherwise, or if he is unable to perform his duties due to ill-health or any other cause, the pro-vice-chancellor shall perform the duties of the vice-chancellor:provided that if the pro-vice-chancellor is not available, the senior most professor shall perform the duties of the vice-chancellor until a new vice-chancellor assumes office or until the existing vice-chancellor resumes the duties of his office, as the case may be3 (1) the vice-chancellor shall be the ex officio chairman of the executive council, the academic council and the finance committee and shall, in the absence of the chancellor, preside at the convocations held for conferring degrees and at meetings of the courtpowers and duties of the vice- chancellor(2) the vice-chancellor shall be entitled to be present at, and address, any meeting of any authority or other body of the university, but shall not be entitled to vote thereat unless he is a member of such authority or body(3) it shall be the duty of the vice-chancellor to see that this act, the statutes, the ordinances and the regulations are duly observed and he shall have all the powers necessary to ensure such observance(4) the vice-chancellor shall have all the powers necessary for the proper maintenance of discipline in the university and he may delegate any such powers to such person or persons as he deems fit(5) the vice-chancellor shall have the power to convene or cause to be convened the meetings of the executive council, the academic council and the finance committee4 (1) the pro-vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the executive council on the recommendation of the vice-chancellor:the pro- vice- chancellorprovided that where the recommendation of the vice-chancellor is not accepted by the executive council, the matter shall be referred to the visitor who may either appoint the person recommended by the vice-chancellor or ask the vice-chancellor to recommend another person to the executive council: provided further that the executive council may, on the recommendation of the vice-chancellor, appoint a professor to discharge the duties of a pro-vice-chancellor in addition to his own duties as a professor(2) the term of office of a pro-vice-chancellor shall be such as may be decided by the executive council but it shall not in any case exceed five years or until the expiration of the term of office of the vice-chancellor, whichever is earlier: provided that a pro-vice-chancellor whose term of office has expired shall be eligible for re-appointment: provided further that, in any case, a pro-vice-chancellor shall retire on attaining the age of sixty-five years: provided also that a pro-vice-chancellor shall, while discharging the duties of the vice-chancellor under clause (6) of statute 2, continue in office notwithstanding the expiration of his term of office as pro-vice-chancellor, until the vice-chancellor resumes office or a new vice-chancellor assumes office, as the case may be(3) the emoluments and other terms and conditions of service of a pro-vice-chancellor shall be such as may be prescribed by the ordinances(4) the pro-vice-chancellor shall assist the vice-chancellor in respect of such matters as may be specified by the vice-chancellor in this behalf, from time to time, and shall also exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned or delegated to him by the vice-chancellordeans of schools5 (1) every dean of school shall be appointed by the vice-chancellor from amongst the professors in the school by rotation in the order of seniority for a period of three years: provided that in case there is only one professor or no professor in a school, the dean shall be appointed, for the time being, from amongst the professor, if any, and the readers in the school by rotation in the order of seniority: provided further that a dean on attaining the age of sixty-two years shall cease to hold office as such(2) when the office of the dean is vacant or when the dean is, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by the senior-most professor or reader, as the case may be, in the school(3) the dean shall be the head of the school and shall be responsible for the conduct and maintenance of the standards of teaching and research in the school and shall have such other functions as may be prescribed by the ordinances(4) the dean shall have the right to be present and to speak at any meeting of the boards of studies or committees of the school, as the case may be, but shall not have the right to vote thereat unless he is a member thereofthe registrar6 (1) the registrar shall be appointed by the executive council on the recommendationof a selection committee constituted for the purpose and shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the university(2) he shall be appointed for a term of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment(3) the emoluments and other terms and conditions of service of the registrar shall be such as may be prescribed by the executive council from time to time: provided that the registrar shall retire on attaining the age of sixty-two years: provided further that a registrar shall, notwithstanding his attaining the age of sixtytwo years, continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office or until the expiry of a period of one year, whichever is earlier(4) when the office of the registrar is vacant or when the registrar is, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the vice-chancellor may appoint for the purpose(5) (a) the registrar shall have power to take disciplinary action against such of the employees, excluding teachers and other academic staff, as may be specified in the order of the executive council and to suspend them pending inquiry, to administer warnings to them or to impose on them the penalty of censure or the withholding of increment:provided that no such penalty shall be imposed unless the person has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him(b) an appeal shall lie to the vice-chancellor against any order of the registrar imposing any of the penalties specified in sub-clause (a)(c) in a case where the inquiry discloses that a punishment beyond the power of the registrar is called for, the registrar shall, upon the concluding of the inquiry, make a report to the vice-chancellor along with his recommendations: provided that an appeal shall lie to the executive council against an order of the vice-chancellor imposing any penalty(6) the registrar shall be the ex officio secretary of the executive council, the academic council and the college development council, but shall not be deemed to be a member of any of these authorities and he shall be the ex officio member-secretary of the court(7) it shall be the duty of the registrar—(a) to be the custodian of the records, the common seal and such other property of the university as the executive council shall commit to his charge;(b) to issue all notices convening meetings of the court, the executive council, the academic council, the college development council and of any committees appointed by those authorities;(c) to keep the minutes of all the meetings of the court, the executive council, the academic council, the college development council and of any committees appointed by those authorities;(d) to conduct the official correspondence of the court, the executive council, the academic council and the college development council;(e) to supply to the visitor copies of the agenda of the meetings of the authorities of the university as soon as they are issued and the minutes of such meetings;(f) to represent the university in suits or proceedings by or against the university, sign powers of attorney and verify pleadings or depute his representative for the purpose; and(g) to perform such other duties as may be specified in the statutes, the ordinances or the regulations or as may be required from time to time by the executive council or the vice-chancellorthe finance officer7 (1) the finance officer shall be appointed by the executive council on the recommendations of a selection committee constituted for the purpose and he shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the university(2) the finance officer shall be appointed for a term of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment (3) the emoluments and other terms and conditions of service of the finance officer shall be such as may be prescribed by the executive council from time to time: provided that the finance officer shall retire on attaining the age of sixty-two years: provided further that the finance officer shall, notwithstanding his attaining the age of sixty-two years, continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office or until the expiry of a period of one year, whichever is earlier(4) when the office of the finance officer is vacant or when the finance officer is, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the vice-chancellor may appoint for the purpose(5) the finance officer shall be the ex officio secretary of the finance committee, but shall not be deemed to be a member of such committee(6) the finance officer shall—(a) exercise general supervision over the funds of the university and shall advise it as regards its financial policy; and(b) perform such other financial functions as may be assigned to him by the executive council or as may be prescribed by the statutes or the ordinances (7) subject to the control of the executive council, the finance officer shall—(a) hold and manage the property and investments of the university including trust and endowed property;(b) ensure that the limits fixed by the executive council for recurring and nonrecurring expenditure for a year are not exceeded and that all moneys are expended on the purpose for which they are granted or allotted;(c) be responsible for the preparation of annual accounts and the budget of the university and for their presentation to the executive council;(d) keep a constant watch on the state of the cash and bank balances and on the state of investments;(e) watch the progress of the collection of revenue and advise on the methods of collection employed;(f) ensure that the registers of buildings, land, furniture and equipment are maintained up-to-date and that stock-checking is conducted, of equipment and other consumable materials in all offices, departments, university, institutes, centres and specialised laboratories;(g) bring to the notice of the vice-chancellor unauthorised expenditure and other financial irregularities and suggest disciplinary action against persons at fault; and(h) call for from any office, department, centre, laboratory, college or institution maintained by the university any information or returns that he may consider necessary for the performance of his duties (8) any receipt given by the finance officer or the person or persons duly authorised in this behalf by the executive council for any money payable to the university shall be sufficient discharge for payment of such moneythe controller of examinations8 (1) the controller of examinations shall be appointed by the executive council on the recommendations of a selection committee constituted for the purpose and he shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the university (2) the controller of examinations shall be appointed for a term of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment (3) the emoluments and other terms and conditions of service of the controller of examinations shall be such as may be prescribed by the executive council from time to time:  provided that the controller of examinations shall retire on attaining the age of sixtytwo years: provided further that the controller of examinations shall, notwithstanding his attaining the age of sixty-two years, continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office or until the expiry of a period of one year, whichever is earlier (4) when the office of the controller of examinations is vacant or when the controller of examinations is, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the vice- chancellor may appoint for the purpose (5) the controller of examinations shall arrange for and superintend the examinations of the university in the manner prescribed by the ordinancesthe librarian9 (1) the librarian shall be appointed by the executive council on the recommendations of the selection committee constituted for the purpose and he shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the university (2) the librarian shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the executive councilthe court10 (1) an annual meeting of the court shall be held on a date to be fixed by the executive council unless some other date has been fixed by the court in respect of any year (2) at the annual meeting of the court, a report on the working of the university during the previous year, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure, the balance sheet as audited, and the financial estimates for the next year shall be presented (3) a copy of the statement of receipts and expenditure, the balance sheet and the financial estimates referred to in clause (4) shall be sent to every member of the court at least seven days before the date of the annual meeting (4) special meetings of the court may be convened by the executive council or the vice-chancellor or if there is no vice-chancellor, the pro-vice-chancellor or if there is no pro-vice-chancellor, by the registrar (5) eleven members of the court shall form a quorum for a meeting of the courtthe executive council11 seven members of the executive council shall form a quorum for a meeting of the executive council12 (1) the executive council shall have the power of management and administration of the revenues and property of the university and the conduct of all administrative affairs of the university not otherwise provided forpowers and functions of the executive council(2) subject to the provisions of the act, the statutes and the ordinances, the executive council shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following powers, namely:—(i) to create teaching and other academic posts, to determine the number and emoluments of such posts and to define the duties and conditions of service of professors, readers, lecturers and other academic staff: provided that no action shall be taken by the executive council in respect of the number and qualifications of teachers and other academic staff otherwise than after consideration of the recommendations of the academic council; (ii) to appoint such professors, readers, lecturers and other academic staff, as may be necessary, and the directors of university, institutes and heads of independent centres on the recommendation of the selection committee constituted for the purpose and to fill up temporary vacancies therein;(iii) to recognise persons as university recognised teachers in the manner prescribed by the ordinances;(iv) to create administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts (including chairs) and to make appointments thereto in the manner prescribed by the ordinances;(v) to grant leave of absence to any salaried officer of the university other than the vice-chancellor, and to make necessary arrangements for the discharge of the functions of such officer during his absence; (vi) to regulate and enforce discipline among employees in accordance with the statutes and the ordinances;(vii) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all other administrative affairs of the university and for that purpose to appoint such agents as it may think fit;(viii) to fix limits on the total recurring and the total non-recurring expenditure for a year on the recommendation of the finance committee;(ix) to invest any money belonging to the university, including any unapplied income, in such stocks, funds, share or securities, from time to time as it may think fit or in the purchase of immovable property in india, with the like powers of varying such investment from time to time;(x) to transfer or accept transfers of any movable or immovable property on behalf of the university;(xi) to provide buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed for carrying on the work of the university;(xii) to enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the university;(xiii) to entertain, adjudicate upon, and if thought fit, to redress any grievances of the employees and students of the university who may, for any reason, feel aggrieved;(xiv) to appoint examiners and moderators and, if necessary, to remove them, and to fix their fees, emoluments and travelling and other allowances, after consulting the academic council;(xv) to select a common seal for the university and provide for the custody and use of such seal;(xvi) to make such special arrangements as may be necessary for the residence and discipline of women students;(xvii) to institute fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; (xviii) to provide for the appointment of visiting professors, emeritus professors, consultants and scholars and determine the terms and conditions of such appointments; and (xix) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by the act or the statutesthe academic council13  nine members of the academic council shall form a quorum for a meeting of the academic council14 subject to the provisions of the act, the statutes and the ordinances, the academic council shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following powers, namely:—powers and functions of the academic council (a) to exercise general supervision over the academic policies of the university and to give directions regarding methods of instruction, co-ordination of teaching among the colleges and the institutions, evaluation of research and improvement of academic standards;(b) to bring about and promote inter-school co-ordination and to establish or appoint such committees or boards as may be deemed necessary for the purpose;(c) to consider matters of general academic interest either on its own initiative, or on a reference by a school or the executive council, and to take appropriate action thereon; and(d) to frame such regulations and rules consistent with the statutes and the ordinances regarding the academic functioning of the university, discipline, residence, admissions, award of fellowships and studentships, fees, concessions, corporate life and attendance15 (1) the university shall have such schools of studies as may be specified in the statutesschools of studies and departments (2) every school shall have a school board and the members of the first school board shall be nominated by the executive council for a period of three years (3) the composition, powers and functions of a school board shall be prescribed by the ordinances (4) the conduct of the meetings of a school board and the quorum required for such meetings shall be prescribed by the ordinances (5) (a) every school shall consist of such departments as may be assigned to it by the ordinances: provided that the executive council may, on the recommendation of the academic council, establish centres of studies to which may be assigned such teachers of the university as the executive council may consider necessary(b) each department shall consist of the following members, namely:—(i) teachers of the department; (ii) persons conducting research in the department; (iii) dean of the school; (iv) honorary professors, if any, attached to the department; and (v) such other persons as may be members of the department in accordance withthe provisions of the ordinances16 (1) each department shall have a board of studiesboards of studies (2) the constitution of the board of studies and the term of office of its members shall be prescribed by the ordinances (3) subject to the overall control and supervision of the academic council, the functions of a board of studies shall be to approve subjects for research for various degrees and other requirements of research degrees and to recommend to the concerned school board in the manner prescribed by the ordinances —(a) courses of studies and appointment of examiners for courses, but excluding research degrees;(b) appointment of supervisors for research; and (c) measures for the improvement of the standard of teaching and research: provided that the above functions of a board of studies shall, during the period of three years immediately after the commencement of the act, be performed by the department17 (1) the finance committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-the finance committee(i) the vice-chancellor; (ii) the pro-vice-chancellor; (iii) three persons to be nominated by the executive council, out of whom at least one shall be a member of the executive council; and(iv) three persons to be nominated by the visitor(2) five members of the finance committee shall form a quorum for a meeting of the finance committee(3) all the members of the finance committee, other than the ex officio members, shall hold office for a term of three years(4) a member of the finance committee shall have the right to record a minute of dissent if he does not agree with any decision of the finance committee(5) the finance committee shall meet at least thrice every year to examine the accounts and to scrutinise proposals for expenditure(6) all proposals relating to creation of posts, and those items which have not been included in the budget, shall be examined by the finance committee before they are considered by the executive council(7) the annual accounts and the financial estimates of the university prepared by the finance officer shall be laid before the finance committee for consideration and comments and thereafter submitted to the executive council for approval(8) the finance committee shall recommend limits for the total recurring expenditure and the total non-recurring expenditure for the year, based on the income and resources of the university (which, in the case of productive works, may include the proceeds of loans)selection committees18 (1) there shall be selection committees for making recommendations to the executive council for appointment to the posts of professor, reader, lecturer, registrar, finance officer, librarian and principals of colleges and institutions maintained by the university (2) the selection committee for appointment to the posts specified in column 1 of the table below shall consist of the vice-chancellor, a nominee of the visitor and the persons specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the said table:| 1                                         | 2   ||-------------------------------------------|-----|| professor                                 | (   || i                                         |     || ) the dean of the school                 |     || (                                         |     || ii                                        |     || ) the head of the department             |     || (                                         |     || iii                                       |     || ) three persons not in the service of the |     || university, nominated by the executive    |     || council, out of a panel of names          |     || recommended by the academic council       |     |2for their special knowledge of, or interest in, the subject with which the professor will be concernedreader/lecturer (i) the head of the department(ii) one professor nominated by the vice-chancellor(iii) two persons not in the service of theuniversity, nominated by the executive council, out of a panel of names recommended by the academic council for their special knowledge of, or interest in, the subject with which the reader/lecturer will be concernedregistrar/ (i) two members of the executive councilfinance officer/nominated by itcontroller of examinations(ii) one person not in the service of theuniversity nominated by the executive councillibrarian(i) two persons not in the service of theuniversity who have special knowledge of the subject of the library science/ library administration nominated by the executive council(ii) one person not in the service of theuniversity nominated by the executive councilprincipal of college or institutionthree persons not in the service of themaintained by the universityuniversity of whom two shall be nominated by the executive counciland one by the academic council for their special knowledge of, or interest in, a subject in which instruction is being provided by the college orinstitutionnote 1 where the appointment is being made for an inter-disciplinary project, the head of the project shall be deemed to be the head of the department concerned note 2 the professor to be nominated by the vice-chancellor shall be a professor concerned with the speciality for which the selection is being made and the vice- chancellor shall consult the head of the department and the dean of school before nominating the professor (3) the vice-chancellor, or in his absence the pro-vice-chancellor, shall convene and preside at the meeting of the selection committee: provided that the meeting of the selection committee shall be fixed after prior consultation with, and subject to the convenience of visitor's nominee and the experts nominated by the executive council : provided further that the proceedings of the selection committee shall not be valid unless, —(a) where the number of visitor's nominee and the persons nominated by the executive council is four in all, at least three of them attend the meeting; and(b) where the number of visitor's nominee and the persons nominated by the executive council is three in all, at least two of them attend the meeting (4) the procedure to be followed by the selection committee shall be laid down in the ordinances (5) if the executive council is unable to accept the recommendations made by the selection committee, it shall record its reasons and submit the case to the visitor for final orders (6) appointments to temporary posts shall be made in the manner indicated below— (i) if the temporary vacancy is for duration longer than one academic session, it shall be filled on the advice of the selection committee in accordance with the procedure indicated in the foregoing clauses: provided that if the vice-chancellor is satisfied that in the interests of work it is necessary to fill the vacancy, the appointment may be made on a purely temporary basis on the advice of a local selection committee referred to in sub-clause (ii) for a period not exceeding six months (ii) if the temporary vacancy is for a period less than a year, an appointment to such vacancy shall be made on the recommendation of a local selection committee consisting of the dean of the school concerned, the head of the department and a nominee of the vice-chancellor: provided that if the same person holds the offices of the dean and the head of the department, the selection committee may contain two nominees of the vice- chancellor: provided further that in the case of sudden casual vacancies of teaching posts caused by death or any other reason, the dean may, in consultation with the head of the department concerned, make a temporary appointment for a month and report to the vice-chancellor and the registrar about such appointment (iii) no teacher appointed temporarily shall, if he is not recommended by a regular selection committee for appointment under the statutes, be continued in service on such temporary employment, unless he is subsequently selected by a local selection committee or a regular selection committee, for a temporary or permanent appointment, as the case may bespecial mode of appointment19 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in statute 18, the executive council may invite a person of high academic distinction and professional attainments to accept a post of professor or any other equivalent academic post in the university on such terms and conditions as it deems fit and on the person agreeing to do so appoint him to the post (2) the executive council may appoint a teacher or any other academic staff workingin any other university or organisation for undertaking a joint project in accordance with the manner laid down in the ordinancesappointment for a fixed tenure20 the executive council may appoint a person selected in accordance with theprocedure laid down in statute 18 for a fixed tenure on such terms and conditions as it deems fitr e c o g n i s e d teachers21 (1) the qualifications of recognised teachers shall be such as may be prescribedby the ordinances(2) all applications for the recognition of teachers shall be made in such manner as may be laid down by the ordinances(3) no teacher shall be recognized as a teacher except on the recommendation of a selection committee constituted for the purpose in the manner laid down in the ordinances(4) the period of recognition of a teacher shall be determined by the ordinances made in that behalf(5) the academic council may, by a special resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, withdraw recognition from a teacher:provided that no such resolution shall be passed until notice in writing has been given to the person concerned calling upon him to show cause, within such time as may be specified in the notice, why such resolution should not be passed and until his objections, if any, and any evidence he may produce in support of them have been considered by the academic councilcommittees22 (1) any authority of the university may appoint as many standing or special committees as it may deem fit, and may appoint to such committees persons who are not members of such authority(2) any committee appointed under clause (1) may deal with any subject delegated to it subject to subsequent confirmation by the authority appointing it23 (1) all the teachers and other academic staff of the university shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be governed by the terms and conditions of service and code of conduct as are specified in the statutes, the ordinances and the regulations| terms            | and   ||------------------|-------|| conditions of    |       || service          | and   || code of conduct  |       || of the teachers, |       || etc             |       |(2) the emoluments of members of the academic staff shall be such as may be prescribed by the ordinances(3) every teacher and other member of the academic staff of the university shall be appointed on a written contract, the form of which shall be prescribed by the ordinances(4) a copy of every contract referred to in clause (3) shall be deposited with the registrar24 (1) all the employees of the university, other than the teachers and other academic staff, shall, in the absence of any contract to the contrary, be governed by the terms and conditions of service and code of conduct as are specified in the statutes, the ordinances and the regulationsterms and conditions of service and code of conduct of other employees(2) the manner of appointment and emoluments of employees, other than the teachers and other academic staff, shall be such as may be prescribed by the ordinancesseniority list25 (1) whenever, in accordance with the statutes, any person is to hold an office or be a member of an authority of the university by rotation according to seniority, such seniority shall be determined according to the length of continuous service of such person in his grade and in accordance with such other principles as the executive council may, from time to time, prescribe(2) it shall be the duty of the registrar to prepare and maintain in respect of each class of persons to whom the provisions of these statutes apply, a complete and up-to-date seniority list in accordance with the provisions of clause (1)(3) if two or more persons have equal length of continuous service in a particular grade or the relative seniority of any person or persons is otherwise in doubt, the registrar may, on his own motion and shall, at the request of any such person, submit the matter to the executive council whose decision thereon shall be final| removal         ||-----------------|| employees of    || the university |26 (1) where there is an allegation of misconduct against a teacher, a member of the academic staff or other employee of the university, the vice-chancellor, in the case of the teacher or a member of the academic staff, and the authority competent to appoint (hereinafter referred to as the appointing authority) in the case of other employee may, by order in writing, place such teacher, member of the academic staff or other employee, as the case may be, under suspension and shall forthwith report to the executive council the circumstances in which the order was made: provided that the executive council may, if it is of the opinion, that the circumstances of the case do not warrant the suspension of the teacher or a member of the academic staff, revoke such order (2) notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of the contract of appointment or of any other terms and conditions of service of the employees, the executive council in respect of teachers and other academic staff, and the appointing authority in respect of other employees, shall have the power to remove a teacher or a member of the academic staff or other employee, as the case may be, on grounds of misconduct (3) save as aforesaid, the executive council, or as the case may be, the appointing authority, shall not be entitled to remove any teacher, member of the academic staff or other employee except for a good cause and after giving three months' notice or on payment of three months' salary in lieu thereof (4) no teacher, member of the academic staff or other employee shall be removed under clause (2) or clause (3) unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him (5) the removal of a teacher, member of the academic staff or other employee shall take effect from the date on which the order of removal is made: provided that where the teacher, member of the academic staff or other employee is under suspension at the time of his removal, such removal shall take effect from the date on which he was placed under suspension (6) notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this statute, a teacher, member of the academic staff or other employee may resign —(a) if he is a permanent employee, only after giving three months' notice in writing to the executive council or the appointing authority, as the case may be, or by paying three months' salary in lieu thereof;(b) if he is not a permanent employee, only after giving one month's notice in writing to the executive council or, as the case may be, the appointing authority or by paying one month's salary in lieu thereof:provided that such resignation shall take effect only on the date on which the resignation is accepted by the executive council or the appointing authority as the case may behonorary degrees27 (1) 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 proposals (2) the executive council may, by a resolution passed by a majority of not less thantwo-thirds of the members present and voting, withdraw, with the previous sanction of the visitor, any honorary degree conferred by the universitywithdrawal of degrees, etc28 the executive council may, by a special resolution passed by a majority of notless than two-thirds of the members present and voting, withdraw a degree or academic distinction conferred on, or any certificate or diploma granted to, any person by the university for good and sufficient cause:provided that no such resolution shall be passed until a notice in writing has beengiven to that person calling upon him to show cause within such time as may be specified in the notice why such a resolution should not be passed and until his objections, if any, and any evidence he may produce in support of them, have been considered by the executive council29 (1) all powers relating to the maintenance of discipline and disciplinary action in relation to the students of the university shall vest in the vice-chancellormaintenance of discipline amongst students of the university(2) there shall be a proctor of the university to assist the vice-chancellor in the exercise of the powers referred to in clause (1), who shall be appointed by the executive council from amongst the professors and readers in the manner prescribed by the ordinances(3) the vice-chancellor may delegate all or any of the powers referred to in clause (1), as he deems proper, to the proctor and to such other officers as he may specify in this behalf(4) without prejudice to the generality of his powers relating to the maintenance of discipline and taking such action, as may seem to him appropriate for the maintenance of discipline, the vice-chancellor may, in exercise of such powers, by order, direct that any student or students be expelled or rusticated, for a specified period, or be not admitted to a course or courses of study in a college, institution or department or a school of the university for a stated period, or be punished with fine for an amount to be specified in the order, or be debarred from taking an examination or examinations conducted by the university, college, institution or department or a school for one or more years, or that the results of the student or students concerned in the examination or examinations in which he or they have appeared be cancelled(5) the principals of college, institutions, deans of schools of studies and heads of teaching departments in the university shall have the authority to exercise all such disciplinary powers over the students in their respective colleges, institutions, schools and teaching departments in the university, as may be necessary for the proper conduct of such colleges, institutions, schools and teaching departments(6) without prejudice to the powers of the vice-chancellor and the principal and other persons specified in clause (5), detailed rules of discipline and proper conduct shall be made by the university(7) the principals of college, institutions, deans of schools of studies and heads of teaching departments in the university may also make such supplementary rules as they deem necessary for the purposes stated therein(8) at the time of admission, every student shall be required to sign a declaration to the effect that he submits himself to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the vice-chancellor and other authorities of the universityconvocations30 convocations of the university for the conferring of degrees or for other purposes shall be held in such manner as may be prescribed by the ordinancesacting chairman of meetings31 where no provision is made for a president or chairman to preside over a meeting of any authority of the university or any committee of such authority or when the president or chairman so provided for is absent, the members present shall elect one from among themselves to preside at such meetingresignation32 any member, other than an ex officio member, of the court, the executive council, the academic council or any other authority of the university or any committee of such authority may resign by letter addressed to the registrar and the resignation shall take effect as soon as such letter is received by the registrardisqualification33 (1) a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of any of the authorities of the university—(i) if he is of unsound mind; (ii) if he is an undischarged insolvent; (iii) if he has been convicted by a court of law of an offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than six months (2) if any question arises as to whether a person is or had been subjected to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause (1), the question shall be referred to the visitor and his decision shall be final and no suit or other proceeding shall lie in any civil court against such decision34 notwithstanding anything contained in the statutes, a person who is not ordinarily resident in india shall not be eligible to be an officer of the university or a member of any authority of the universityresidence condition for membership and officemembership of authorities by virtue of membership of other bodies35 notwithstanding anything contained in the statutes, a person who holds any post in the university or is a member of any authority or body of the university in his capacity as a member of a particular authority or body or as the holder of a particular appointment shall hold such office or membership only for so long as he continues to be a member of that particular authority or body or the holder of that particular appointment, as the case may be36 (1) there shall be an alumni association for the universityalumni association (2) the subscription for membership of the alumni association shall be prescribed by the ordinances (3) no member of the alumni association shall be entitled to vote or stand for election unless he has been a member of the association for at least one year prior to the date of election and is a degree holder of the university of at least five years standing: provided that the condition relating to the completion of one year's membership shall not apply in the case of the first electionstudents council37 (1) there shall be constituted in the university, a students' council for every academic year, consisting of –(i) the dean of students' welfare who shall be the chairman of the students'council;(ii) all students who have won prizes in the previous academic year in the field of studies, fine arts, sports and extension work;(iii) twenty students to be nominated by the academic council on the basis of merit in studies, sports, activities and all round development of personality: provided that any student of the university shall have the right to bring up any matter concerning the university before the students' council if so permitted by the chairman, and he shall have the right to participate in the discussions at any meeting when the matter is taken up for consideration (2) the functions of the students' council shall be to make suggestions to the appropriate authorities of the university in regard to the programmes of studies, students' welfare and other matters of importance, in regard to the working of the university in general and such suggestions shall be made on the basis of consensus of opinion (3) the students' council shall meet at least once in an academic year preferably in the beginning of that yearordinances how made38 (1) the first ordinances made under sub-section (2) of section 30 may be amended,repealed or added to at any time by the executive council in the manner specified in the following sub-sections(2) no ordinance in respect of the matters enumerated in sub-section (1) of section 30shall be made by the executive council unless a draft of such ordinance has been proposed by the academic council(3) the executive council shall not have power to amend any draft of any ordinance proposed by the academic council under clause (2), but may reject the proposal or return the draft to the academic council for re-consideration, either in whole or in part, together with any amendment which the executive council may suggest(4) where the executive council has rejected or returned the draft of an ordinance proposed by the academic council, the academic council may consider the question afresh and in case the original draft is reaffirmed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting and more than half the total number of members of the academic council, the draft may be sent back to the executive council which shall either adopt it or refer it to the visitor whose decision shall be final(5) every ordinance made by the executive council shall come into effect immediately(6) every ordinance made by the executive council shall be submitted to the visitor within two weeks from the date of its adoption(7) the visitor shall have the power to direct the university to suspend the operation of any ordinance(8) the visitor shall inform the executive council about his suspending the ordinance referred to in clause (7) and may, after receiving the comments of the university, either withdraw the order suspending the ordinance or disallow the ordinance, and his decision shall be finalregulations39 (1) the authorities of the university may make regulations consistent with the act, the statutes and the ordinances for the following matters, namely:-(i) laying down the procedure to be observed at their meetings and the number of members required to form a quorum;(ii) providing for all matters which are required by the act, the statutes or the ordinance to be prescribed by regulations;(iii) providing for all other matters solely concerning such authorities or committees appointed by them and not provided for by the act, the statutes or the ordinances (2) every authority of the university shall make regulations providing for the giving of notice to the members of such authority of the dates of meeting and of the business to be considered at meetings and for the keeping of a record of the proceedings of meetings (3) the executive council may direct the amendment in such manner as it may specify of any regulation made under the statutes or the annulment of any such regulationdelegation of powers 40  subject to the provisions of the act and the statutes, 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 powers statement of objects and reasonsthe central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad, a society registered under the hyderabad societies registration act, 1350 (fasli) is a premier institution of the country for the study of english and major foreign languages in july, 1973, it was declared as an institution deemed to be a university under section 3 of the university grants commission act, 19562 with the advent of globalization and opening of world economics, the mobility of people of all walks of life, across international boundaries, has phenomenally increased during the recent years resulting into added pressure on the institutions offering foreign language courses world over the responsibilities of the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad have also increased manifold on this count and it would require greater autonomy for discharging its added responsibilities at the same time it needs to be more accountable and transparent in its functioning both these requirements may be met by conferring on it the status of a full-fledged central university3 it is proposed in this bill to establish and incorporate the central institute of english and foreign languages university at hyderabad as a central university and dissolve the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad society, hyderabad4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesarjun singhnew delhi;the 21st february, 2006 financial  memorandumclause 3(l) of the bill provides for establishment of a university in the state of andhra pradesh as a body corporate by the name of the central institute of english and foreign languages university the financial requirement of the university is estimated at rs475 crore (non-recurring) and rs1100 crore per annum (recurring) the expenditure would be met from the consolidated fund of india through the budgetary provision under the department of secondary and higher education, ministry of human resource development memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 29 of the bill provides that the first statutes are those set out in the schedule to the bill it also empowers the executive council of the university to make new or additional statutes or to amend or repeal the statutes of the university subject to the assent of the visitor sub-clause (5) of the aforesaid clause empowers the visitor also to make new or additional statutes or amend or repeal the statutes of the university during the period of three years immediately after the commencement of the act sub-clause (6) further empowers the visitor to direct the university to make provisions in the statutes in respect of any matter specified by him and if the executive council is unable to implement such directions within sixty days of its receipt, the visitor may, after considering the reasons, if any, communicated by the executive council for its inability to comply with such direction, make or amend the statutes suitably the matters in respect of which the executive council and the visitor may make, amend or repeal statutes include the constitution, powers and functions of the authorities and other bodies of the university, the appointment of officers and teachers of the university, the conditions of service of employees of the university and other such matters2 sub-clause (2) of clause 30 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 matters3 clause 31 of the bill enables the authorities of the university to make regulations, consistent with the act, the statutes and the ordinances, for the conduct of their own business and that of the committees appointed by them and also for such matters as may be prescribed by the statutes or ordinances4 clause 44 empowers the central government, by order, 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 that such order shall be laid before each house of parliament5 clause 45 provides that every statute, ordinance or regulation shall be published in the official gazette and every order, statute, ordinance or regulation made under the act 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 a normal character———— a billto establish and incorporate a teaching university for promotion and development of english and other foreign languages and their literature, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri arjun singh, minister of human resource development)mgipmrnd—30rs—07042006on the 20th march, 2006 bill no xxvi of 2006 the central institute of english and foreign languages university bill, 2006———— arrangement of clauses———— clauses1short title and commencement2definitions3establishment of the university4dissolution of the central institute of english and foreign languages hyderabadsociety and transfer of all the property to the university and effect of establishment of the university5objects of the university6powers of the university7jurisdiction8university open to all classes, castes and creeds9visitor10chief rector11officers of the university12chancellor13vice-chancellor14pro-vice-chancellor15deans of schools16registrar17finance officer18controller of examinations19librarian20other officers21authorities of the university22court23executive council24academic council25schools of studies26finance committee27other authorities28powers to make statutes29statutes, how to be made30power to make ordinances clauses31regulations32annual report33annual accounts34returns and information35conditions of service of employees36procedure of appeal and arbitration in disciplinary cases against students37right to appeal38provident and pension funds39disputes as to constitution of authorities and bodies40filling of casual vacancies41proceedings of authorities or bodies not invalidated by vacancies42protection of action taken in good faith43mode of proof of university record44power to remove difficulties45statutes, ordinances and regulations to be published in the official gazette and to be laid before parliament46transitional provisionsthe schedule