Chapter II THE UNIVERSITIES

Establishment and Incorporation of the Universities.—(1) There shall be constituted in, and for the State of Karnataka a University by the name of the University of Agricultural Sciences, which shall consist of a Chancellor, a Pro-Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, a Dean, a Board of Regents and an Academic Council. (1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), on and from the date of the commencement of the Amendment Act,—

1. (a) the University established under sub-section (1), shall cease to have territorial jurisdiction over the area comprising the districts of Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Raichur and Uttara Kannada, and shall be called as the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore with headquarters at Bangalore; and
2. (b) there shall be established a university of agricultural sciences called as the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad having territorial jurisdiction over the area comprising the Districts of Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Raichur and Uttara Kannada with headquarters at Dharwad, which shall consist of Chancellor, a Pro-Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, a Dean, a Board of Regents and an Academic Council.

1. (2) The University shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
2. (3) The University shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immovable property which may have become vested in or been acquired by it for the purposes of the University and to borrow moneys from the Central Government, the State Government or from any body corporate approved by the State Government, and to contract and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
3. (4) In all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleadings shall be signed and verified by the Registrar and all processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to, and served on, the Registrar.
4. (5) [Omitted]

Objects of the University.- The University shall be deemed to be established and incorporated for the following purposes, namely:-

1. (a) making provision for imparting education in different branches of study particularly agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and animal science, fisheries, agricultural engineering, home economics and other allied sciences;
2. (b) furthering the advancement of learning and research, particularly in agricultural and other allied sciences;
3. (c) undertaking the extension of such sciences to the rural people of the State; and
4. (d) such other purposes as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify.

Admission to the University.—(1) The University shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, be open to all persons: Provided that nothing in this section shall require the University to admit to any course of study students larger in number than, or with academic or other qualifications lower than, those prescribed.

1. (2) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (1), the State Government may direct that the University shall reserve in colleges seats for women, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, agriculturists or the children of agriculturists who possess the minimum qualifications prescribed in this behalf and who pass such practical tests in agriculture as the State Government may by order specify, children and wards of freedom fighters, defence personnel and ex-servicemen and such socially and educationally backward classes of citizens as may be declared by the State Government in this behalf, and where such direction has been given, the University shall make the reservation accordingly. Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section
2. (1) “agriculturist” means a person who, as owner or tenant holds land and whose main source of income is from personal cultivation of the land and includes any person whose principal means of livelihood is from manual labour on agricultural lands;
3. (2) “Freedom fighter” means a person of the category declared by the State Government from time to time as such.

Powers of the University.—The University shall have the following powers, namely:—

1. (1) to provide for instruction in agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and animal science, dairying, fisheries, agricultural engineering, home economics and other allied sciences and in such other branches of learning as the University may deem fit;
2. (2) to make provision for research and the dissemination of the findings of research and technical information through an extension education programme;
3. (3) to institute degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions;
4. (4) to institute courses of study and to hold examinations for and to confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions on persons who have,—
   • (a) pursued a course of study as prescribed; or
   • (b) carried out research in the University or in an institution recognised in this behalf by the University, as may be prescribed;
5. (5) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions as may be prescribed;
6. (6) to provide lectures and instruction for field workers, village leaders and others persons not enrolled as regular students of the University and to grant certificates to them as may be prescribed;
7. (7) to co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine;
8. (8) to establish and maintain colleges relating to agriculture, fisheries dairying, veterinary and allied sciences and hostels therefor;
9. (9) to maintain laboratories, libraries, research stations and institutes, and museums for teaching, research and extension education;
10. (10) to institute teaching, research and extension education posts required by the University and to appoint persons to such posts;
11. (11) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to appoint persons to such posts;
12. (12) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes in accordance with the Statutes;
13. (13) to institute and maintain residential accommodation for students of the University;
14. (14) to fix, demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be prescribed;
15. (15) to supervise and control the residence, conduct and discipline of the students of the University, and to make arrangements for promoting their health and welfare;
16. (16) to do all such acts and things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University.

Affiliation or admission to privileges etc.—No educational institution situate within the State of Karnataka imparting education of the type specified in section 4 or for the purposes specified therein shall be associated in any way with or be admitted to any privileges of and affiliated to any other University outside the State of Karnataka and any such affiliation granted by any such other University to any such institution within the State of Karnataka prior to the commencement of the University of Agricultural Sciences (Amendment) Act, 1985 shall be deemed to be withdrawn from the date of such commencement.

Transfer of certain colleges and institutions to the University.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Karnataka University Act, 1949, and the Mysore University Act, 1956, or the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and orders made thereunder the College of Agriculture, Dharwar, the College of Agriculture, Hebbal, and the Mysore Veterinary College, Hebbal, shall, as from such date as the State Government may by notification in the official Gazette specify (hereinafter in this section referred to as the appointed day), be disaffiliated from the Karnataka University or the University of Mysore, as the case may be, and shall be maintained by the University as constituent colleges.

1. (2) The control and management of the colleges specified in sub-section (1), shall, as from the appointed day, stand transferred to the University and all the properties and assets, and liabilities and obligations, of the State Government in relation thereto shall stand transferred to, vest in, or devolve upon, the University.
2. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the Statutes and Regulations made thereunder, any student of a college specified in sub-section (1), who was studying for any examination of the Karnataka University or the University of Mysore shall be permitted to complete his course in preparation therefor, and the University shall make arrangements for holding for such students, examinations, for such period as may be prescribed, in accordance with the curricula of studies of the Karnataka University or the University of Mysore, as the case may be.
3. (4) The control and management of such research and educational institutions of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Animal Husbandry and the Department of Fisheries of the State Government shall, as from such date as the State Government may by order specify, be transferred to the University, and thereupon all the properties and assets, and liabilities and obligations, of the State Government in relation to such institutions shall stand transferred to, vest in, or devolve upon, the University.
4. (5) Every person employed in any of the colleges specified in sub-section
5. (1) or in any of the institutions referred to in sub-section
6. (4) immediately before the appointed day or the date specified in the order under sub-section (4), as the case may be, shall, as from the appointed day or the specified date, become an employee of the University on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the State Government in consultation with the Board: Provided that no such person who is allotted or deemed to be allotted to serve in connection with the affairs of the State of Karnataka under section 115 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, shall be transferred to the University except with the consent of such person.

Transfer of certain colleges and institutions to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act on and from the date of the commencement of the Amendment Act,—

1. (a) all colleges, attached hostels, other buildings together with the articles of furniture, libraries, books, laboratories, stores, instruments, apparatus, appliances and equipment and all other property both moveable and immoveable and research and other institutions owned and managed by the University referred to in sub-section

1. (1) of section 3, prior to the commencement of the Amendment Act, situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad shall along with all the properties, assets, liabilities and obligations stand transferred to and vest in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad: Provided that the State Government may grant to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad such additional development grant as it may deem fit for developing a campus at Dharwad. (b)
   • (i) any student who was studying for any examination of the University referred to in sub-section
2. (1) of section 3, prior to the commencement of the Amendment Act, in the colleges transferred to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, shall be permitted to complete his course in the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, which shall make arrangements for holding for such students examinations for such period as may be prescribed in accordance with the curricula of that University;
   • (ii) if the University referred to in sub-section
3. (1) of section 3, has prior to the commencement of the Amendment Act held any examination the result of which have not been declared though the course requirements are conferred or issued or the results of any such examination have not been declared though the course requirements are completed then the University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore may declare the results and confer the degree.
   • (c) every teacher and other employee of the University referred to in sub-section
4. (1) of section 3 and serving in or attached to any of the institutions situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, before the date of commencement of the Amendment Act, shall as from such date stand transferred to the appropriate cadre or category of posts in the University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad: Provided that any teacher or other employee so transferred may within ninety days or within such further period not exceeding six months as the State Government may by order direct, from the date of commencement of Amendment Act apply to the State Government for transfer to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and the decision of the State Government thereon shall be final;
   • (d) any teacher or other employee of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore who desires to get transferred to the University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad may within ninety days or within such further period not exceeding six months as the State Government may by order direct, from the date of commencement of the Amendment Act, apply to the State Government for transfer to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and decision of the State Government thereon shall be final;
   • (e) the State Government may in consultation with the Vice-Chancellors of the University of Agricultural Sciences. Bangalore and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, determine the excess teaching and other employees, if any, in these Universities and transfer the staff so in excess to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore or the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, as the case may be, after following such principles and procedure as it may consider appropriate.

Inspection and control.—(1) The Chancellor shall, if so requested by the State Government and may, suo-moto cause an inspection to be made by such person or persons as he may direct, of the University, its buildings, laboratories, libraries, museums, hostels, workshops and equipment and any institution maintained, administered, recognised or approved by the University and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or done by the University, and to cause an inspection or an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any matter connected with the University.

1. (2) The person or persons directed to make an inspection or inquiry under sub-section
2. (1) shall have access for that purpose to the concerned institutions and premises and to such accounts or other records as may be necessary.
3. (3) The said person or persons shall submit a report of the result of the inspection or inquiry to the Chancellor and shall forward a copy thereof to the State Government.
4. (4) The State Government may address the Vice-Chancellor with reference to any matter referred to in the report indicating its observations and the Vice-Chancellor shall communicate them to the Board for taking necessary action.
5. (5) The Board shall communicate to the State Government through the Vice-Chancellor such action, if any, as it has taken or proposes to take.
6. (6) Where the Board does not within a reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of the State Government, or fails to take any action the State Government may, require the Vice-Chancellor or issue such directions as are necessary and the Board shall be bound to comply with the same.
7. (7) The Board shall furnish returns, statements, accounts or other particulars relating to the administration of the University as the State Government may, from time to time, require.
8. (8) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sub-sections, the State Government, may, by order published in the Official Gazette, annul any proceedings of the University which, in its opinion is not in conformity with this Act and the Statutes: Provided that before making any such order the State Government shall call upon the University to show cause why such an order should not be made and if any cause is shown within a reasonable time, shall consider the same.
9. (9) Every order passed under sub-section
10. (8) shall, as soon as may be, be laid before both Houses of the State Legislature.