Chapter II THE UNIVERSITY

1. (1) The Chancellor and first Vice-Chancellor of the University and the first member of the Board and of the Academic Council of the University and all persons who may hereafter become such officers or members are, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the University.
2. (2) The University shall have perpetual succession, and common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
3. (3) The headquarters of the University shall be located at Raipur.

The University shall, among others, have the following purposes :-

1. (a) making provision for the education in agriculture and other allied sciences;
2. (b) furthering the prosecution of research, particularly, in agriculture and other allied sciences;
3. (c) undertaking field extension programmes; and
4. (d) such other purposes related to the aforesaid with the object of improving the level of living of rural people as the State Government may, by notification, direct.

The University shall have the following powers, namely :-

1. (1) to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immovable property vesting in, or acquired by, it for the purposes of the University excepting Government land and its institutions;
2. (2) to cultivate and promote the study of, and to provide for instruction, teaching and training in:-
   • (a) agriculture, animal husbandry, agricultural engineering and technology, rural industry and business, and other allied sciences; and
   • (b) such other branches of learning as the University may deem fit;
3. (3) to make provision for research and for the advance and dissemination of knowledge in agriculture and allied sciences and to institute and manage Agricultural Extension Service including rural youth programmes;
4. (4) to institute degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions;
5. (5) to maintain colleges, schools of studies and hostels in the manner prescribed in the Statutes;
6. (6) to institute teaching, research and extension posts required by the University and appoint persons to such posts;
7. (7) to determine qualifications for and to recognise teachers as qualified to give instructions in a college or to carry out research and extension work in agriculture and allied sciences;
8. (8) to provide such lectures and instructions for such diplomas to field workers and other persons, not being enrolled students of the University as University may determine;
9. (9) to set up laboratories, libraries, agricultural research stations, museums, agricultural farms, including breeding farms, poultry farms, fish farms and the like, agricultural engineering workshops, and such other equipments as the University may consider it necessary to organise, in field of agriculture and allied sciences;
10. (10) to hold examinations, and to grant diplomas and confer degree and other academic distinctions on persons, who have pursued a course of study under the University;
11. (11) to confer degrees and/or other academic distinctions on persons who have carried on independent research under conditions prescribed in the Statutes;
12. (12) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions on approved persons, in the manner and under conditions prescribed in the Statutes;
13. (13) to hold and manage trusts and endowments and to institute, and award fellowships (including travelling fellowships), scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, medals and other rewards in accordance with conditions prescribed in the Statutes;
14. (14) to arrange for inspection of colleges and other branches of the University and to take measures to ensure that proper standards of instruction, teaching or training, research and extension are maintained;
15. (15) to fix, demand and receive payment of such fees and other charges as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
16. (16) to supervise and control the residence, conduct and discipline of students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health, development and general welfare;
17. (17) to create administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts and to make appointments thereto, with the prior approval of the State Government;
18. (18) to institute and manage:-
    • (a) Information Bureau;
    • (b) Printing and Publication Department;
    • (c) Employment Bureau;
    • (d) Any other institution authorised by the State Government;
19. (19) to make provisions:-
    • (a) for extra-mural teaching and research;
    • (b) for physical and military training;
    • (c) for sports and athletic activities;
    • (d) any other activity as may be decided by the State Government;
20. (20) to co-operate with other universities and authorities in such manner, to such extent and for such purposes as the University may determine;
21. (21) to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University.

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the powers conferred on the University by or under this Act, shall extend to the areas comprised within the limits of Revenue districts of Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Balaghat, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Surguja and Bastar (Jagdalpur).
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no college or educational institution situated within the aforesaid limits imparting instructions in agriculture and other allied sciences for bachelors degree and/or above, shall be associated in any way with or be admitted to any privilege of any other University incorporated by law in India and any such privilege granted by any such other University to any educational institution within those limits prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be withdrawn on the commencement of this Act, and such institutions shall stand affiliated to the University till the date they are transferred to the University, under section 5.
3. (3) The research and extension work undertaken, or conducted by or on behalf of the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya in the field of agriculture and allied sciences within the aforesaid limits shall be co-ordinated with and integrated into the activities of the University.
   • (a) with effect from such date or dates as the State Government may, by notification, specify and different dates may be specified for co-ordination and integration,; and
   • (b) in such manner and to such extent as may be determined by the State Government in consultation with the Board.

1. (1) The University shall have exclusive jurisdiction throughout the areas specified in sub-section (1) of Section 6 to provide for instruction, teaching and training in agriculture and allied sciences and notwithstanding anything contained in the law relating to incorporation of any other University in the State, no other University shall be competent to provide for instruction, teaching and training in agriculture and allied sciences in such areas:
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or Statutes and Regulations made thereunder any student of the College of Agriculture Raipur, the College of Dairy Technology Raipur or the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anjora who immediately prior to the 20th day of January 1987 was studying for or was eligible to appear in any examination, as the case may be, in Agriculture and other allied Sciences of the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, shall be permitted to complete the course in preparation therefor, and the University shall provide for such period not exceeding five years and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes for the instruction, teaching, training and examination of such students in accordance with the course of studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya.

It shall not be lawful for the University to impose any test or condition whatsoever relating to religion, caste, sex, place of birth or other opinion in order to entitle any person:-

1. (a) to hold any office in the University ; or
2. (b) to be a member of any authority of the University; or
3. (c) to be appointed or admitted as a teacher; or
4. (d) to be admitted to any degree, diploma or other academic distinctions or course; or
5. (e) to enjoy or exercise any privileges of the University or benefication thereto : Provided that the University may subject to the previous sanction of the State Government, maintain any college or institution exclusively for women, either for education, instruction or residence, or reserve for women or members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or of other classes and communities which are educationally backward, seats for the purposes of admission as students in any college or institution maintained or controlled by the University : Provided further that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the University to admit to any course of study, students larger in number than, or with academic or other qualifications lower than those prescribed in the Statutes : Provided also that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from exempting indigent persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or to any other classes or communities which are socially and educationally backward from attending courses of study or from the fees levied in whole or in part for attending such courses. Explanation.– A person shall, for the purposes of this proviso, be deemed to be an "indigent person" if the annual income of such person or his guardian (where such person is for his livelihood and education dependent upon such guardian) is less than such amount as may be specified by the State Government, by notification, in this behalf.

1. (1) All recognised teaching in connection with the University courses shall be conducted by the teachers of the University in accordance with such scheme as may be framed for each academic year by the Academic Council and shall include lecturing, tutorial classes, laboratory work, field work or other teaching conducted in accordance with the course of study prescribed by the Regulations.
2. (2) The authorities responsible for organising such teaching and the maximum number of students that shall be admitted to a course shall be prescribed by the Statutes.
3. (3) The courses and curricula shall be prescribed by the Regulations.

1. (1) The Chancellor shall have the right to cause an inspection to be made by such person or persons as he may direct, of the University generally and other matters particularly such as its buildings, laboratories, libraries, museums, Agricultural Research Stations and farms, workshops and equipment and of any college or hostel, maintained by the University, of the teaching and other work conducted by the University or any college or institution and of the conduct of examinations held by the University and to cause an inquiry to be made of any matter connected with the University : Provided that the Chancellor shall, in every case, give notice to the University of its intention to cause an inspection or inquiry to be made, and the University shall be entitled to be represented thereat.
2. (2) Such person or persons shall report to the Chancellor the result of such inspection or enquiry, and the Chancellor shall communicate to the Board his views with reference to the results of such inspection or enquiry. The Board shall thereupon take appropriate action as may be directed by the Chancellor.
3. (3) Where the Board does not, within a reasonable time take action to the satisfaction of the Chancellor, the Chancellor after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the Board issue such directions as he may think fit, and Board shall comply therewith.
4. (4) The report of the inspection and the directions issued by the Chancellor as a result of such inspection or inquiry shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly.