University open to all classes and creeds

(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 and institutions related to it or membership of any of the authorities or bodies of the University or admission to any course of study in the University. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the University may make special provision for appointment, membership or admission for women or those belonging to marginalized group, backward classes, Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribes, economically backward classes in forward communities or differently abled.