Chapter XII TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

69.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Saurashtra University Act, 1965 or in the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations, Rules and Orders made thereunder, the Colleges, Departments and the Centres specified in Schedule-II, shall, from the date of the commencement of this Act, cease to be the Colleges, Departments or, as the case may be, Centres of the Saurashtra University, and shall be transferred to and vest in the University.
2. (2) The control and management of the Colleges, Departments and Centres referred to in sub-section
3. (1) shall, with effect on and from the date of the commencement of this Act, stand transferred to the University and all properties and assets (whether movable or immovable) and liabilities of the Saurashtra University in relation thereto shall stand transferred to and vest in or devolve upon the University.
4. (3) Where before the date of the commencement of this Act, the Saurashtra University has made any contract in relation to the said Colleges, Departments or Centres, such contracts shall be deemed to have been made by the University and any reference therein to the Saurashtra University shall be construed as reference to the University.
5. (4) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act, the Saurashtra University is a party to any legal proceedings with respect to any property and assets transferred to the University under this section or with respect to any of the rights, liabilities, or obligations of the Saurashtra University which have become the rights, liabilities and obligations of the University, the University shall be deemed to be substituted for the Saurashtra University as a party to those proceedings and the proceedings shall continue accordingly.

70.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 69 the existing staff serving at the headquarters of the Saurashtra University at Bhavnagar and that serving in the Colleges, Departments and Centres, transferred to the University under section 69 shall be taken over and employed by the University on the same terms and conditions of service as may be applicable to them immediately before the date of such taking over, with effect from such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, specify and every person so taken over and employed shall be subject to the provisions of this Act, Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made thereunder: Provided that the terms and conditions of service applicable immediately before the date of such taking over to any person so taken over, shall not be varied to his disadvantages except with the previous approval of the State Government.

71. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made thereunder, any student of a college situated within the University area and affiliated to or established or maintained by the Saurashtra University who immediately before the date of commencement of this Act was studying or was eligible for any examination of the Saurashtra University shall be permitted to complete his course in preparation therefor and the University shall provide for such period 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 Saurashtra University.

72. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10 the first Vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the State Government as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act for a period not exceeding three years and on such terms and conditions as the State Government thinks fit.

73. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 the first Registrar shall be appointed by the State Government as soon practicable after the passing of this Act for a period not exceeding three years and on such conditions as the State Government thinks fit.

74.

1. (1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Channcellor,-
   • (a) to give recognition to institutions, if any, as far as possible consistently with the provisions of section 37; and
   • (b) to make arrangements for constitution the Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council and other authorities of the University, within six months after the date of his appointment or such longer period not exceeding one year as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
2. (2) The first Vice-Chancellor shall, with the assistance of the Advisory Committee consisting of not more than fifteen members nominated by the State Government,-
   • (a) subject to the provisions of this Act and the apporval of the Chancellor,-

First appointment of the officers and teachers of the University 75.

1. (1) At any time after the passing of this Act, until such time as the authorities of the University shall commence to exercise their functions,
   • (a) any officer of the University may be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor with the previous sanction of the Chancellor,
   • (b) teachers of the University may be appointed by the Chancellor after considering the recommendations of an Advisory Committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the Director of Education and such other person or persons, if any, as the Chancellor thinks fit to associate with them.
2. (2) Any appointment made under sub-section
3. (1) shall be for such period not exceeding three years and on such conditions as the appointing authority thinks fit:

Extraordinary powers of the first Vice-Chancellor 76. The Vice-Chancellor appointed under section 72 shall have powers until the Executive Council commences to exercise its fucntions:,

1. (a) with the previous approval of the Chancellor to make additional Statutes to provide for any matter not provided for by the first Statutes,
2. (b) to constitute provisional authorities and bodies and on their recommendations to make rules providing for the conduct of the work of the University,
3. (c) subject to the control of the State Government to make such finacial arrangements as may be necessary to enable this Act or any part thereof to be brought into force,
4. (d) with the sanction of the Chancellor, to make for a period not exceeding three years, such appointments as may be necessary to enable this Act or any part thereof to be brought into force,
5. (e) to appoint any committee as he may think fit, to discharge such of his functions as he may direct, and
6. (f) generally to exercise all or any of the powers conferred on the Executive Council by or under the provisions of this Act.

77. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Saurashtra University Act, 1965, if any person who is a member of any of the authorities of the Saurashtra University immediately before the date of the commencement of this Act is chosen as a member of any of the authorities of the University established under this Act, then, such person's seat in the concerned authority of the Saurashtra University shall become vacant, unless he has previously resigned such seat: Provided that if such person is so chosen by nomination such person shall be entitled to exercise option, within a period of fifteen days of his being so chosen, whether he desires to retain his seat in the concerned authority of the Saurashtra University or to accept the seat in the authority of the University to which he is nominated.

78. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, by order not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, remove the difficulty:

Amendment of Guj. 39 of 1965 79. The Saurashtra University Act, 1965 shall stand amended in the manner and to the extent specified in Schedule III.