Statutes and their subject matters.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: - (a) conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions; (b) establishment and maintenance of the sub-campuses university departments, institutions, conducted colleges, institutions of higher learning, research or specialised studies and hostels; (c) constitution, powers, duties and functions of authorities of the university not laid down under any of the provisions of this Act; (d) abolition of university departments or institutions and conducted colleges; (e) rules of procedure for conduct of business at the meetings of authorities of the university; (f) appropriation of funds of the university for furtherance of the objects of the university; (g) norms for grant of autonomy to university departments or institutions, affiliated/constituent colleges and recognised institutions, subject to the approval of the State Government; (h) acceptance and management of trusts, bequests, donations, endowments and grants from individuals or organisations; (i) disciplinary action against defaulting teachers, officers and other employees of the university, affiliated/constituent colleges and recognised institutions other than the colleges or institutions managed and maintained by the State Government or the Central Government or local authorities; (j) conditions of residence, conduct and discipline of the students of the university, colleges and recognised institutions, and the action to be taken against them for breach of discipline or misconduct, including the following: - (a) use of unfair means in an examination, or abetment thereof; (b) refusal to appear or give evidence in any authorised inquiry by an officer in-charge of an evaluation and examination, or by any officer or authority of the university; or (c) disorderly or otherwise objectionable conduct, whether within or outside the university; (k) conditions and procedure for grant of approval to the appointments of the teachers in the colleges and recognised institutions and suspension or withdrawal thereof; (l) inspection of colleges, recognised institutions, halls and hostels; (m) procedure to be followed while granting permission for transfer of management; (n) norms and procedure to be followed while nominating members on authorities, boards and committees by the Vice-Chancellor under this Act; (o) norms of grant and withdrawal of affiliation to colleges and institutions; (p) transferring, in public interest, of the management of a college or institution by the university and the conditions for such transferring, subject to the approval of the State Government; (q) qualifications, recruitment, code of conduct, terms of office, duties and conditions of service including periodic training and advance training, field exposure, deputation, assessment of teachers, officers and other employees of the university and affiliated/constituent colleges except those colleges or institutions which are maintained by the State Government or the Central Government or the local authority, retirement benefits and the manner of termination of their services as approved by the State Government, provided it shall not be in contravention of State Government policies in this regard; (r) any matter which is to be prescribed by Statutes or which is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.