Repeal of Gujarat Agricultural University Act, 1969

(1) With effect on and from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint (hereinafter referred to in this section as “the appointed day”), the Gujarat Agricultural University Act, 1969 shall stand repealed and the following consequences shall ensue, that is to say-- (a) the Gujarat Agricultural University established and constituted for the State of Gujarat and functioning immediately before the appointed day shall, alongwith all its authorities, stand dissolved (hereinafter referred to as “the dissolved University”) and all its officers specified in or declared under section 9 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to have vacated their office; (b) all land and all stores, articles and goods belonging to the dissolved University and situate in a University area shall pass to the University constituted for that area under this Act (hereinafter referred to as “new University”): Provided that where the State Government is of the opinion that any goods or class of goods should be distributed otherwise than according to the situation of the goods, the State Government may issue such directions as it thinks fit for a just and equitable distribution of the goods and the goods shall pass to the new Universities accordingly; Explanation.- For the purposes of clause (b), “land” includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in or over such property ; (c) the constituent college specified in column 1 of Schedule II shall cease to be the constituent college of the dissolved University and shall become constituent college of the University mentioned against it in column 2 of the said Schedule; (d) the unexpended balance in the general fund and the foundation fund, whether deposited in a bank or invested in securities belonging to the dissolved University immediately before the appointed day, shall, subject to all charges and liabilities affecting the same, vest in the new Universities in such proportion and in such manner as the State Government may direct; (e) the liability of the dissolved University in respect of the provident fund account of an officer or employee of that University in service on the appointed day shall, as from that day, be the liability of the new University to which the officer or employee is allotted; (f) all debts and obligations incurred and all contracts made by or on behalf of the dissolved University before the