Chapter V STATUTES, ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS AND RULES

Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-

(a) the powers, duties and functions that may be exercised and performed by the Vice-Chancellor;

(b) the emoluments and other conditions of service of the Vice-Chancellor;

(c) the manner of appointment and emoluments of the officers, and the powers, duties and functions that may be exercise and performed by the Directors, Regis- trar and other officers;

(d) the constitution of the Board of Management and other authorities of the University, the term of office of the members of such authorities and the powers and functions that may be exercised end performed by such authorities;

(e) the manner of appointment of teachers and other employees of the University, qualifications, code of the conduct and other conditions of service including the manner of termination of service and other disciplinary action;

(f) the acceptance and management of trusts, bequests, donations and endowments;

(g) conferment of honorary degrees;

(h) holding of convocations to confer degrees;

(i) institution and maintenance by the University of departments, centres of research or specialised studies and post-graduate centres;

(j) registration of graduates and maintenance of register of registered graduates;

(k) procedure at meetings of the authorities of the University and for the transaction of their business;

(l) the maximum number of students to be admitted in the study centres;

(m) all other matters which, by or under this Act, are to be, or may be prescribed by the Statutes.

(1) The first Statutes shall be framed by the State Government.

(2) The Board of Management may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the Statutes referred to in sub- section (1) :

Provided that the Board of Management shall not make, amend or repeal any Statute affecting the status, powers or constitution of any authority of the University until such authority has been given a reasonable opportunity to express, within time fixed by the Board of Management, its opinion in writing on the proposed changes and any opinion so expressed has been considered by the Board of Management.

(3) Every new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal thereof shall be presented to the Chancellor, who may assent thereto or withhold assent or remit to the Board of Management, for reconsideration in the light of the observations, if any, made by him.

(4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing the existing Statute shall not be valid unless it has been assented to by the Chancellor.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, the Ordinances may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-

(a) the admission of students, the courses of study and the fees thereof, the qualifications pertaining to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other courses, the conditions for the grant of fellowships, awards and like;

(b) the conduct of examinations, including the terms and conditions for the appointment of examiners, moderators and such other staff and their duties;

(c) laying down the policy and norms regarding,-

(i) fixation of examination fees and emoluments, travelling and other allowances to be paid to the examiners, moderators and such other staff appointed for the examination work;

(ii) payment to teachers, lesson writers, evaluators and other academic staff appointed for organisation and conducting refresher courses, workshop, seminars and other programmes;

(iii) rates of tuition fees and other charges receivable from the students;

(iv) rates of remmuneration to be paid to visiting profeessors, emeritus professors, consultants, follows, scholars, artists, course writers;

(d) the conduct and discipline of the students and the action to be taken against them for breach of discipline or misconduct, including the following, namely :-

(i) use of unfair means at an examination or in relation thereto, by himself or by any other student, or abetment thereof;

(ii) refusal to appear or give evidence in any authorised inquiry by an officer incharge of an examination, or by any officer or authority of the University; or

(iii) disorderly or otherwise objectionable conduct whether within or outside the University ;

(e) the conduct of examinations and other tests, and the manner in which the candidates may be assessed or examined by the examiners ;

(f) the inspection of regional centres, study centres and recognised institutions;

(g) the mode of execution of contracts or agreements for, or on behalf of, the University ;

(h) the rules to be observed and enforced by study centres and recognised institutions regarding transfer of students ;

(i) the holding of convocations, to confer degrees, diplomas, to grant certificates and other academic distinctions, and recognitions to persons who have passed approved course of study in the University or conducted research ;

(j) collaboration with other Universities in the State, other statutory authorities and with departments of the State Government ;

(k) the appointments, for a specified period or periods of teachers and other academic staff working in any other University or organisation for undertaking Joint projects ;

(l) the principles governing the seniority of service of the employees of the University ; (m) the procedure for the settlement of dispute between the University and the students ;

(n) provision for reservation of adequate number of posts of teachers, officers and other employees of the University for the members of the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes ;

(o) manner of withdrawal of recognition ;

(p) generally all matters for which provision is in the opinion of the Board of Management necessary for exercise of the powers conferred or the performance of the duties ;

(q) any other matter which by this Act or the Statutes is to be, or may be, provided for by the Ordinances.

(2) The first Ordinances shall be made by the Vice--Chancellor or in his absence by the Board of Management with the previous approval of the State Government and the Ordinances may be amended, repealed or added to at any time by the Board of Management in such manner as may be prescribed by the. Statutes.

The authorities of the University may, subject to the approval of the Board of Management, make regulations consistent with this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinance for the conduct of their own business and that of the committees, if any, appointed by them and not provided for by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes.

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may be made for all or any of the following matters, namely :-

(a) manner of appointment, emoluments and other conditions of service of the Directors under section 12;

(b) manner of appointment, emolument and other conditions of service of the Registrar under section 13; and

(c) any other matter which is to he or may be prescribed by rules.

(3) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as may be after they are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modification as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following.

(4) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall, thereupon, take effect.