Vice-Chancellor

(1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed solely on academic considerations. He shall be a distinguished educationist having commitment to the values for which the University stands and abilities to provide leadership to the University by his academic worth, administrative competence and moral stature. (1A) The State Government shall constitute a Selection Committee consisting of one nominee of the Chancellor and two nominees of the Executive Council which shall prepare a panel of atleast three names, in alphabetical order, from which the Chancellor, shall appoint the Vice-Chancellor, on the advice of the State Government, The terms and conditions of service of the Vice- Chancellor, shall be determined by the Chancellor on the advice of the State Government. (1B) The Chancellor may, on the advice of the State Government, cause an inquiry to be held in accordance with the Principles of natural justice, and remove the Vice-Chancellor from office, if he is found on such inquiry, to be a person patently unfit to be continued in such office. (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a period of three years which may be renewed for not more than one term; Provided that he shall cease to hold the office on attaining the age of 68 years irrespective of the fact that his term has not expired; Provided further that a person, holding the office of the Vice-Chancellor, who was appointed or is deemed to have been appointed before the first day of November, 1980, shall continue to be governed by the law in force at the time of his appointment. (3) If the Vice-Chancellor is unable to perform his duties owing to his temporary incapacity on account of illness or any other reason or the office of the Vice-Chancellor falls vacant due to death or otherwise, the Pro Vice-Chancellor shall perform the duties of the Vice-Chancellor until the existing Vice-Chancellor is able to resume his office or until a regular Vice-Chancellor is appointed, as the case may be. In the absence of both Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor, the Chancellor shall make such arrangements for the duties of the Vice-Chancellor to be performed by some authority until Vice-Chancellor or Pro-Vice-Chancellor joins. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of the University and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and give effect to the decisions of all the authorities of the University. (5) The Vice-Chancellor may, if he is of the opinion that immediate action is necessary on any matter, exercise any power conferred on any authority of the University by or under this Act, except in the matter involving creation or abolition of the Faculty, Department, or Post, the matter involving appointment or removal of an employee: Provided that the Vice-Chancellor before exercising powers under this section shall record in writing the reasons, why the matter cannot wait till the meeting of the authority concerned. Provided further that if the authority concerned is of the opinion that such action ought not to have been taken, the decision of the authority thereon shall be final. Provided further that a person in the service of the University who is aggrieved by the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor under this sub-section shall have the right to refer such action to the Executive Council within one month from the date on which decision on such action is communicated to him.