Powers and duties of Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan Act, 1985

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(1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Principal Executive and Academic Officer of the University and ex-officio Chairman of the Board and the Academic Council. He shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, preside at the convocation of the University and confer degrees on the persons entitled to receive them.
(2) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise control over the affairs of the University and shall be responsible for the maintenance of the discipline and order in the University.
(3) The Vice-Chancellor shall convene a meeting of the Board of Management and the Academic Council, unless he temporarily delegates the power to some other officer of the University.
(4) The Vice-Chancellor shall ensure the faithful observance of the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Regulations and he shall exercise such powers as may be necessary in that behalf.
(5) The Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible for the presentation of the annual financial estimates and the annual accounts and balance-sheet to the Board.
(6) The Vice-Chancellor may take any action in any emergency which in his opinion calls for immediate action and he shall in such a case and as soon as may be thereafter, report his action to the authority which would ordinarily have dealt with the matter; and if the authority disagrees with the action of the Vice-Chancellor the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision shall be final: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to empower the Vice-Chancellor to incur any expenditure not duly authorised and provided for in the budget.
(7) Subject to the provisions of the preceding sub-section, the Vice-Chancellor shall give effect to the orders of the Board regarding the appointment, suspension and dismissal of officers, teachers and other employees of the University.
(8) Where any action taken by the Vice-Chancellor under sub-section
(6) affects any person in the service of the University to his disadvantage, such action shall not be taken unless the person concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard and the person against whom any action is proposed to be taken may prefer an appeal to the Board within thirty days of the date on which the action proposed to be taken is communicated to him.
(9) The Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible for the proper administration of the University and for a close co-ordination and integration of teaching, research and extension education.
(10) The Vice-Chancellor may appoint temporarily under intimation to the Board, a suitable person for a period not exceeding six months in a vacancy of an officer, teacher or any other employee in the University.
(11) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers, as may be prescribed, for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
(12) The Vice-Chancellor shall, at the close of each academic year, in the manner prescribed in the Statutes, assess and evaluate the teaching, extension and research work done by the members of the faculty. On such assessment or evaluation, if the Vice-Chancellor is of the opinion that the work and conduct of any member of the faculty is not satisfactory, he shall in the manner laid down in the Statutes, initiate or cause to be initiated action against such member.

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