Chapter I ESTABLISHMENT, CONSTITUTION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE

The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish the Governing Council which shall be an apex body to control and monitor the matters pertaining to diploma level technical education.

(1) The Governing Council shall consist of Chairman and the following members, namely:— 1. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Technical Education Department or nominee of the Government : Chairman; 2. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Finance Department : Member ex officio; 3. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Education Department : Member ex officio; 4. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Industries Department : Member ex officio; 5. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Information Technology Department : Member ex officio; 6. Vice-Chancellor, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar : Member ex officio; 7. Vice-Chancellor, Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal : Member ex officio; 8. Chairman All India Council of Technical Education or his nominee : Member ex officio; 9. Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department (Building and Roads), Haryana : Member ex officio; 10. Managing Director, Haryana Vidyut Parsaran Nigam Limited : Member ex officio; 11. Nominee of Progress Harmony and Development Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PHDCCI) : Member; 12. Nominee of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) : Member; 13. Nominee of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) : Member; 14. Nominee of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) : Member; 15. Secretary : Member-Secretary ex officio; 16. Director, Technical Education Department, Haryana : Member. (2) In addition to the members under sub-section(1), two members shall be nominated by the Chairman from amongst social activists, educationists and industrialists. (3) The names of the persons other than the ex officio members who have been nominated from time to time as members of the Governing Council shall be published by the Government in the Official Gazette. (4) The term of the nominated members of the Governing Council shall be for a period of three years unless terminated earlier by the Government. (5) The Governing Council shall meet not less than once every year, and a period of not more than 12 months shall intervene between two successive meetings. (6) The nominated members shall receive such allowances as may be determined by the Government, for meeting the personal expenditure in attending the meetings or in performing any other functions as members.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the powers and duties of the Governing Council shall be as follows, namely:— (a) to act on the matters referred by the Board and to approve the regulations, recommendations and decisions of the Board for implementation; (b) to prepare perspective development plan in consultation with the industry; (c) to approve procedures and regulations for appointment of officers of Group A and B of the Board, their qualifications, terms and conditions of service including conduct, discipline and duties, mode of recruitment, pay scales except for the Secretary; (d) to appoint officers of Group A and B of the Board as per the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 26; (e) to recommend to the Government for carrying test audit of accounts of the Board regularly or at such intervals as the Governing Council may deem fit; (f) to decide accreditation and gradation policy of the polytechnic or institution; (g) to approve the budget recommended by the Board; (h) to give directions to the Board in respect of implementation of various policy decisions taken by the Government from time to time; (i) to recommend to the Government to conduct an inquiry in respect of any matter concerning the proper conduct, working and finances of the institution under the Board.

The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Board for the purposes of this Act.

The Board established under section 6 shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall have the powers to contract, acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to do all things necessary for the purpose of this Act and may sue and be sued, by its corporate name.

(1) The Board shall consist of a Chairman and the following members, namely:— 1. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Technical Education Department : Chairman 2. Director, Technical Education Department, Haryana : Member ex officio 3. Director, Secondary Education Department, Haryana : Member ex officio 4. Director, Industrial Training Department, Haryana : Member ex officio 5. Director, Young Men Christians Association (YMCA) College of Engineering : Member ex officio 6. Nominee of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) : Member 7. Nominee of Progress Harmony and Development Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PHDCIT) : Member 8. Regional Officer, North West Region, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) : Member ex officio 9. One senior most Principal of Government Polytechnic to be nominated by Director, Technical Education Department, Haryana : Member 10. One Principal of Women Polytechnic to be nominated by Director, Technical Education Department, Haryana : Member 11. One Principal of Unaided Polytechnic to be nominated by Director, Technical Education Department, Haryana amongst the Principals of top three well performing unaided affiliated Polytechnic(s) : Member 12. One Teacher of polytechnics amongst the best teacher awardees to be nominated by Director, Technical Education Department, Haryana : Member 13. Secretary : Member-Secretary (2) The names of persons (not being ex officio members) who have been nominated from time to time as members of the Board, shall be published by the Board in the Official Gazette.

(1) The Board shall have a Secretary who shall be appointed by the Government. (2) The Secretary shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of the publication of his name in the Official Gazette. (3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall affect the power of the Government to transfer, in the exigencies of public service, the Secretary to any other post under the Government during such term; and if the Secretary is superannuated in the service of the Government, he shall seize to be Secretary, unless his services are extended or he is re-employed in the services of the Government or he is not transferred to some other post. (4) The Government may from time to time, extend the term of office of the Secretary. However, the aggregate period of the term shall not exceed six years. (5) The Secretary shall be an employee of the Government. The service conditions shall be notified by the Government. (6) Where a temporary vacancy of the Secretary occurs by reason of leave, illness or other cause, the Government may appoint other person to be the Secretary. (7) The Secretary shall, subject to the control of the Chairman, be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board, and all other officers and servants, for the time being serving under the Board shall be subordinate to him. (8) The Secretary shall be entitled to be present at the meetings of the Board. (9) The Secretary shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be made by regulations.

(1) The members of the Board, other than the ex officio members, shall hold office for a term of three years from the date on which their names are published in the Official Gazette. (2) The term of office of outgoing member shall extend to, and expire with, the day immediately preceding the date on which the name of his successor is published in the Official Gazette. (3) The members shall be entitled to such compensatory allowances as may be determined by regulations.

A person shall be disqualified for being appointed or nominated as, or for continuing as, the Chairman or a member of the Board or any Committee appointed under this Act— (a) if he directly or indirectly, has any share or interest in any work done by order of, or in any contract entered into on behalf of the Board; (b) if he is a person against whom an order of removal from office has been made under section 14: Provided that a person against whom such order is made, shall not be deemed to have been disqualified under this clause, if five years, or such lesser period as the Government may specify, has elapsed from the date of his removal from office.

All casual vacancies of the members of the Governing Council or Board or any Committee constituted by the Board shall be filled as soon as may be, by nomination or appointment, as the case may be; and the person nominated or appointed in a casual vacancy shall hold office so long only as the member in whose place he is nominated or appointed would have held it, if the vacancy had not occurred.