Equal opportunity for all

No person shall be excluded from holding any office in the University or from the membership of any of the Authorities of the University or from admission to any degree, diploma, or other distinction or course of study, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth, or any of them, and the University shall not adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be admitted thereto as a teacher or student or to hold any office therein or to qualify for any degree, diploma, or other distinction or to enjoy or exercise any of the privileges of the University:

Provided that the University may reserve seats in the University or University / Constituent College for Women or for members of socially and educationally backward classes, or allot seats on such regional basis of the University area concerned, as may be declared by the University;