Disputes as to constitution of University authorities and bodies

If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body of the University, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final. Convocation of the University for conferring of degrees and for other purposes shall be held in such manner as may be laid down by the Executive Council, from time to time. Provided that every proposal to confer an honorary degree shall be subject to confirmation of the Chancellor. (25) 1[(i) Each College (except Institutions run as per norms laid down by AICTE) shall have a Managing Committee known as Governing body/ Board of Governors, shall be elected by the General Body or the Collegium other than the members nominated by competent/ex-officio i.e. Principal, as the case may be, consisting of not less than three and not exceeding 21 members. The office bearers shall comprise of the President, Vice- President, Treasurer, General Secretary and Secretary. The first four shall be elected by the General Body or the Collegium of the Society/Trust/ a private limited non profit company registered under section 8 under the new Company Act 2013 or under section 25 as per old Company Act 1956, running the College/Institute. The principal shall be the ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Governing Body. Of the remaining sixteen members 11 shall be elected by the General Body or the Collegium of the Society/Trust/ a private limited non profit company registered under section 8 under the new Company Act 2013 or under section 25 as per old Company Act 1956, one shall be nominated by the University, one by the State Govt., and three shall represent the staff by election. In cases where the Governing Body consists of less than 21 members, the number falling in each of the above categories will be determined on a proportionate basis, the representation of the University and the Govt. remaining invariable. As soon as the Governing Body is constituted, the names of the members will be communicated to the University and the Director of Higher Education Haryana by the secretary. The life of the Governing Body shall be three years and fresh election shall be held after every three years. The election of office bearers and members of EC among the Collegium shall be held under the supervision of an observer to be appointed by the University who shall certify that the election has been held properly and according to rules. In case the elections are not held at the end of the period stipulated above, the University shall be competent to constitute a new Governing Body. The constitution, election and personnel of the Governing Body shall be subject to the approval of the University. The change in the constitution on the above lines shall be a pre-condition for the release of maintenance and other grants. Applications for grants, accompanied with certificates that the salaries of the employees have been paid and all other conditions relating to affiliation and such grants have been complied with shall be routed through the University. If in inquiry, it is found that a recognized non-govt. college is not being properly administered, the Executive Council, may authorizes the Vice-Chancellor to appoint additional representatives or representatives of the University on the managing body of the college for such period as may be prescribed by the Executive Council, If the representative of the University are not invited to a meeting of the Managing Body and or/a meeting of the Governing Body is held without the presence of the University representative, the proceedings of that meeting shall be regarded as invalid. In case, the University representative does not attend a meeting even after having confirmed his presence in writing the proceedings of such meeting shall be valid. 1[ii) The Board of Governors on AICTE approved institutions shall be constituted as under:- (a) The Governing Body shall have at least eleven members including the Chairman and the Member-Secretary. The Registered Society/Trust shall nominate six members including the Chairman and the Member-Secretary, and the remaining five members shall be nominated as indicated below. (b) Chairman to be nominated by the Registered Society/Trust. The Chairman of the Governing Body shall preferably be a technical person either entrepreneur of an industrialist or an educationist of repute who is interested in development of technical education and has demonstrated an interest in promotion of quality education. (c) Two to five Members to be nominated by the registered society/Trust. (d) Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education-Regional Officer (Ex-Officio). (e) An Industrialist/ technologist educationist from the Region to be nominated by the concerned Regional Committee as nominee of the Council, out of the panel approved by the Chairman of the Council. (f) Nominee of the affiliating body/University. (g) Nominee of the State Government-Director of Technical Education (ex-officio). (h) An Industrialist/ technologist/ educationist from the Region nominated by the State Government. (i) Principal/Director of the concerned technical institution (as nominee of the society/ Trust-Member Secretary. (j) Two faculty members to be nominated from amongst the regular staff one at the level of Professor and one at the level of Assistant Professor. (k) The number of members can be increased equally be adding nominees of the registered society and by adding nominees of the registered Society and by adding an equal number of educationists from the Region keeping in view the interest of the Technical Institution. The total number of members of a Governing Body shall, however, not exceed 21. The above constitution is subject to change by AICTE from time to time. (l) There must be at least three meetings of the governing body in a year i.e. one per term. T.A. and D.A. of University representatives shall be paid by the College/Institute concerned. NOTE:- 1[Managing Committee means the Managing Committee of an affiliated College or Colleges and includes a person or body of person for the time being entrusted with the management of the affairs of such Colleges or Colleges.