Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee Committee

Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee Committee.—

1. (1) The State Government shall for the purpose of regulating the admission and fixation of fee in Private professional educational institutions constitute a Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee Committee consisting of the following members: -
   • (a) An eminent educationist or A retired Government Officer who has served not below the rank of Principal Secretary to the State Government. Chairperson
   • (b) An expert of repute from the field of Medical Education. Member
   • (c) An expert of repute from the field of Professional Education (other than the Medical Education). Member
   • (d) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary, Health Department, Government of Bihar. Ex-officio Member
   • (e) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Bihar. Ex-officio Member
   • (f) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar. Ex-officio Member
   • (g) A renowned Chartered Accountant nominated by the Health Department, Govt. of Bihar. Member
   • (h) An independent person of repute nominated/ co-opted by the Health Department, Government of Bihar. Member
     • (i) An officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of Bihar. Member Secretary
2. (2) The Chairperson and the Members (other than the ex-officio Members) shall be appointed by the State government on the recommendation of the Selection Committee to be constituted by the State government.
3. (3) The term of the Chairperson and Members other than the ex-officio Members shall initially be for three years extendable up to two more years or till the attainment of 75 years of age, whichever is earlier. The renumeration and other conditions for the chairperson and the members of the Committee shall be such as prescribed by the rules made under section 11 of this Act.
4. (4) No act or proceedings of the committee shall be deemed to be invalid by reason merely of any vacancy or any defect in the constitution of the committee.
5. (5) No person who is associated with a private aided or unaided educational institution shall be eligible for being a member of the committee.
6. (6) The chairperson shall preside over the meeting of the Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee Committee and the committee may adopt its own procedure,by regulations as it may deem fit.
7. (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the “Admission

Monitoring Committee”and the "Educational Fee fixation committee"

functioning on ad-hoc basis before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to operate till the Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee