Chapter I Chapter I

Preliminary (1) This Act may be called the Calicut University Act, 1975. (2) Section 64 shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette,appoint, and the other provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 9" day of September, 1974.

(1) “Academic Council” means the Academic Council of the University; (2) “affiliated college” means a college affiliated to the University in accordance with the provisionsof this Act and the Statutes and in which instruction is provided in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations; (3) “annual meeting” means one of the ordinary meeting of the Senate held every year under sub-section (1 )of section 20 and declared by the Statutes to be the annual meeting of the Senate Act 15 (4) “Appellate Tribunal’means the Appellate Tribunal constituted under sub-section(1)of section ’ (5) “Board of Studies” means a Board of Studies of the University; (6) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the University; (7) “college” means an institution maintained by, or affiliated to, the University, in which instruction is provided in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations; (8) “department” means a department designated as such by the Ordinance or Regulations with reference to a subject or group of subjects; (9) “educational agency” means any person or body of persons who or which establishes and maintains a private college or more than one private college; (10) “faculty” means a faculty of the University; (11) “government college” means a college maintained by the Government and affiliated to the University; (12) “hostel” means a unit of residence for the students of the University or the colleges or institutions maintained by or affiliated to, the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the Statutes or Ordinances; (13) “non-teaching staff’ of the University or a college means the employees of the University or that college, other than teachers; (14) “prescribed’ means prescribed by this Act, or the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations, rules or bye-laws made thereunder; (15) “principal” means the head of a college; (16) “private college” means a college maintained by an educational agency other than the Government or the University an affiliated to the University*; “but shall not include a college which is administered and managed by a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act 21 of 1860) and which is a joint and co-operative enterprise of the Central Government and the Government of Kerala;”. (* Inserted by Act 14 of 1977) (17) “Pro-Chancellor” means the Pro-Chancellor of the University; (18) “Pro-Vice-Chancellor’ means the Pro- Vice-Chancellor of the University. (19) “recognised institution” means an institution for research or special studies, other than an affiliated college, recognised as such by the University; (20) xx xx x (Omitted by Act 2 of 2005) (21) “Senate” means the Senate of the University; (22) “State” means the State of Kerala; (23) “Statutes”, “Ordinance”, “Regulations”, “bye-laws” and “rules” means respectively the “Statutes”’, “Ordinance”, “Regulations”, “bye-laws” and “rules” of the University. (24) “Student” means apart-time or full-time student receiving instruction or carrying on research in any of the colleges or recognised institutions; (25) “Students’Council” means the Students’ Council of the University; (26) “Syndicate” means the Syndicate of the University; 16 The Calicut University Act, 1975 (27) “teacher” means a principal, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, reader, lecturer, instructor, or such other person imparting instruction or supervising research in any of the colleges or recognised institutions and whose appointment has been approved by the University; (28) “teacher of the University” means a person employed as teacher in any institution maintained by the University; (28A) “un-aided college” means a private college not entitled to any financial assistance from the Government or the University; ( Inserted by Act 9 of 1995) (29) “University” means the University of Calicut constituted under this Act; (30) “University area” means the area to which the jurisdiction of the University extends under sub-section (1) of section 4; (31) “University Fund” means the Calicut University Fund established under sub-section (1) of section 45 (32) “Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University. CHAPTER II The University

(1) The Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro- Vice-Chancellor if any, and the members of the Senate, the Syndicate and the Academic Council, for the time being, shall constitute a body corporate by the name of the University of Calicut. (2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued by the said name.

(1) The jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the revenue districts of Cannannore, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palghat and Trichur of the State; (2) Noeducational institution situated beyond the territorial limits of the University shall, save with the sanction of the Chancellor and the government, be affiliated to the University and no educational institution within the territorial limits of the University shall, save with the sanction of the Chancellor and the Government, seek or continue affiliation to any other University established by law.

(i) to provide for instruction and training in such branches of learning as the University may deem fit, and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge; (ia) toconfer academic autonomy to an affiliated college, department of an affiliated college or University department; ( /nserted by Act 2 of 2005) (ii) to institute degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions; (iii) to hold examinations and to confer degrees and other academic distinctions on persons who- (a)shall have pursued a prescribed course of study in a college under the University, unless exempted therefrom in the manner prescribed, and shall have passed the prescribed examination; or Act 17 (b) shall have carried on research under prescribed condition and which has been duly evaluated; (iv) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on distinguished persons in accordance with the conditions to be prescribed in the Statutes; (v) to grant diplomas, certificates or other distinctions to persons who shall have pursued a prescribed course of study under prescribed conditions; (vi) to withdraw or cancel degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other distinctions under conditions that may be prescribed by the Statutes, after giving the person affected a reasonable opportunity to present his case; (vii) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of students of the University, colleges and recognised institutions and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare; (viii) to recognise hostels which are maintained by bodies other than the University and to withdraw such recognition; (ix) to exercise such control over the students as will ensure their physical and moral well-being; (x) to constitute a Board to entertain and if it thinks fit to adjudicate and to redress any grievances of the students of colleges, who may for any reason by aggrieved otherwise than by an act of the court; (xa) to fix the minimum infrastructural facilities that shall be provided in an un-aided college; * (xb) to fix the qualification of teachers and non-teaching staff of an aided college; * ( * Inserted by Act 2 Of 2005) (xi) to fix the fees payable to the University and to demand and receive such fees; (xii) to fix and regulate, with the previous sanction of the Government, the fees payable in colleges and recognised institutions affiliated to the University; (xiii) with the previous sanction of the Government, to regulate the emoluments and pattern and to prescribe the duties and conditions of service of teachers and non-teaching staff in private colleges; (xiv) to hold and manage endowments and bursaries and to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes and to organise exhibitions; (xv) to institute and provide funds wherever necessary for the maintenance of — (a) AStudents’ Advisory Bureau; (b) Anemployment Bureau; (c) A University Union for Students; (d) University Athletic Clubs; (e) The National Cadet Crops; (f) The National Service Crops; (g) University extension Boards; (h) Students’ Cultural and Debating Societies; (i) A Translation and Publication Bureau; and (j) Co-operative societies and other similar institutions for promoting the welfare of students and employees of the University; 18 The Calicut University Act, 1975 (xvi) to co-operate with other Universities or any authorities or associations in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine; (xvii)to do all such other acts and things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University as a teaching and examining body, and to cultivate and promote arts, science and other branches of learning; (xviii)to take and hold any property, movable or immovable, which may become vested in it for the purpose of the University by purchase, grant, testamentary disposition or otherwise and to grant, demise, alienate or otherwise dispose of all or any of the properties belonging to the University and also to do all other acts incidental or appertaining to a body corporate; (xix)to direct, manage and control all immovable and movable properties transferred to the University by the Government; (xx) to co-ordinate, supervise, regulate and control the conduct of teaching and research work in the affiliated colleges and the institutions recognised by the University; (xxi)to define the powers and duties of the officers of the University other than the ViceChancellor; (xxii)to provide for the inspection of affiliated colleges and to issue such directions as the University may deem fit; (xxiii)to establish, maintain and manage colleges, institutes of research and other institutions of higher studies; (xxiv)to affiliate to itself colleges in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations and to withdraw affiliation of colleges; (xxv)to institute professorships, readerships, lecturerships and any other teaching and research posts required by the University and to appoint persons to such professorships, readerships, lecturerships, and other teaching and research posts; (xxvi)to establish, maintain and manage hostels; (xxvii)with the previous sanction of the government as regard the purpose and amount of loan and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Government as to security and rate of interest, to borrow any sum of money from the Central Government, any other Government, the University Grants Commission or any other incorporated body; and (xxviii)generally to do such other acts as may be required to further the aims and purposes of this Act.

(1) No person shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence, language, political opinion or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against, in respect of any employment or office under the University or membership of any of the authorities or bodies of the University or admission to any degree or course of study in University; Provided that the University may, in consultation with the Government, affiliate any college or recognise any institution, exclusively for women, either for education, instruction or residence, or reserve for women or members of socially and educationally backward classes or of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, places for the purpose of admission as students in any college or institution maintained or controlled by the University. Act 19 (2) In making appointments by direct recruitment to posts in any class or category in each department under the University or to posts of non-teaching staff in the University, the University shall mutatis mutandis observe the provisions of clauses (a), (b) and (c) of rule 14 and rules 15, 16 and 17 of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, as amended from time to time.