Chapter XI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS.

Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, every salaried officer and teacher of the University shall be appointed under a written contract. The contract shall be lodged with the Registrar of the University and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the Officer or teacher concerned.

Every Officer and employee of the University shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section any person who is appointed by the University for a specified period, or for a specified work of the University or who receives any remuneration by way of compensatory allowance or fee for any work done from the University Fund shall be deemed to be an officer or employee of the University while he is performing, and in relation to all metters relatable to the performance of, the duties and functions connected with such appointment or work.

Any dispute arising out of a contract between the University and any officer or teacher of the University shall, on the request of the officer or teacher concerned, be referred to a Tribunal of Arbitration consisting of one member appointed by the Syndicate, one member nominated by the officer or teacher concerned and an umpire appointed by the Chancellor. The decision of the Tribunal shall be final and no suit shall lie in any Civil Court in respect of the matter decided by the Tribunal. Every such request shall be deemed to be submission to arbitration upon the terms of this section within the meaning of the Indian Arbitration Act, 1940 and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.

The University shall make such provisions for the benifit of its officers, teachers and other servants in such matters as insurance, pension, provident fund or other benifits as it may deem fit, in such manner and subject to such conditions as maybe prescribed by the Statutes.

(1) Where the University has established a provident fund for the benefit of its officers, teachers and other servants under section 47, such fund shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, be deposited in the State Government treasury in accordance with such directions as the State Government may, from time to time by an order in writing give, and thereupon,— (i) the subscriber to the fund shall be entitled to interest on the balance in his provident fund account at the same rate at which the State Government Servant is for the time being entitled to on the balance in his provident fund account, and (ii) the rules for the time being in force relating to the limits of withdrawals from the provident fund as applicable to such Government servant shall, so far as may be, apply to the subscriber. (2) Nothing in this section shall apply to a provident fund established by the University to which the Employees' Provident Funds Act, 1952 applies.

Every election to any authority of the University made under this Act shall be made according to the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote by ballot in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes.

(1) Any member of any authority or body of the University may resign his office by letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor through the Registrar and the resignation shall take effect on its acceptance by the Vice-Chancellor or on the expiry of thirty days from the date of receipt of the letter by the Vice-Chancellor whichever event occurs earlier. (2) Any member of any authority or body of the University shall cease to be a member on this being convicted by a court of law of an offence, which in the opinion of the Syndicate, involves moral turpitude.

When any vacancy occurs in the office of a member (other than an ex-officio member) of any authority or other body of the University before the expiry of the term of office of such member, the vacancy shall be filled up, as soon as conveniently may be, by the election, nomination, appointment or co-option, as the case may be, of a member who shall hold office so long only as the member in whose place he has been elected, nominated, appointed or co-opted would have held it, if the vacancy had not occurred: Provided that, if the vacancy be of an elected member of the Senate and occurs

No act or proceedings of any authority or other body of the University shall be invalidated merely by reason of any vacancy in its membership.

If any question arises regarding the interpretation of any provision of this Act, or of any Statute, Ordinance, or rule or as to whether a person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be or ceases to be, a member of any authority or other body of the University, the matter may on petition by any person or body directly affected or suo motu be referred by the Vice-Chancellor to the Chancellor and shall be so referred to the Chancellor if the members of the Senate so require. The Chancellor shall, after taking such advice as he deems necessary, decide the question and his decision shall be final.

All acts and orders in good faith done and passed by the University or any of its authorities, bodies or officers shall be final and no suit shall be instituted against or damage claimed from the University or its authorities, bodies or officers for anything purporting to be done in pursuance of this Act and the Statutes, Ordinance, and Rules, thereunder.