Protection of action taken in good faith

No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against any officer or employee of the University for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, the statutes or ordinances. The following shall be the departments of studies assigned to various faculties :- I. Faculty of Humanities and Arts :- (1) English and Foreign Languages (2) Hindi (3) (Omitted) (4) Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit (5) Punjabi (6) (Omitted) (7) French and German (8) Journalism and Mass Communication (27) If at any time, the Executive Council finds, that a college/institution is not complying with the requirements of the Act, Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations of the University or any instructions issued by it or on its behalf, the Executive Council will have the authority to impose any one or more of the following penalties:- i) students of the college concerned shall not be accepted for the University examinations; ii) the college staff shall be debarred from University work such as appointment as examiner, superintendent of examination centers etc; iii) The Principal or the teacher concerned shall be debarred from seeking election or nomination to a University body or his name shall be removed from the list of members of the University bodies: iv) The approval granted to the governing body of the college, be withdrawn in part or in whole. v) Financial penalty as may be deemed appropriate by the Academic Council may be recommended keeping in view the circumstances of each case. vi) Reduce seats for the next academic session by not exceeding twice the number of irregular admissions made or in case of availability of less than required teaching faculty proportionately. vii) The affiliation associate status granted to a college or an institution by the University may be withdrawn in part or in whole or modified. Provided that whenever any penalty under clause (v) and/ or (vii) above is imposed the same shall be communicated to the Central Regulatory Body / Authority for such further action as may be decided at that/their level.