Transfer of certain colleges and institutions to the University

The Maharashtra Agricultural University (Krishi Vidyapeeth) Act, 1967

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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Poona University Act, 1948, the Bombay University Act, 1953, the Marathwada University Act, 1958, the Shivaji University Act, 1962 and the Nagpur University Act, 1963, the Government colleges of agriculture at Poona, Dhulia, Parbhani, Kolhapur, Dapoli, Nagpur and Akola and the Government veterinary colleges at Bombay and Nagpur shall be disaffiliated from the respective Universities, and shall pass to and be maintained by the University as constituent colleges, from such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify.
(2) The control and management of the colleges specified in sub-section
(1) as from the said date shall stand transferred to the University, and all properties and assets and liabilities of the State Government in relation thereto shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the University.
(3) Where before the date notified under sub-section (1), the State Government has made any contract in relation to any of the said colleges, that contract shall be deemed to have been made by the University, and any reference therein to the State Government shall be construed as a reference to the University.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the Statutes and Regulations made thereunder, any student of a college specified in sub-section
(1) 1[or any post graduate or other student] who immediately before the said date was studying or was eligible for any examination of the University to which his college was affiliated 1[or in which he was registered as a post graduate or other student] shall be permitted to complete his course in preparation therefor, and the University shall provide for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed for the instruction, teaching, training and examination of such students in accordance with the courses of studies of the concerned University.
(5) The control and management of such research and other institutions of the Department of Agriculture and of other Departments of the State Government as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf shall, from such date as may be specified in that notification, be transferred to the University ; and thereupon all properties and assets and liabilities of the State Government in relation to such institutions shall also likewise stand transferred to, and vest in, the University.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act relating to the establishment of any University in the State, no such University shall from the date specified under sub-section
(1) be competent to award any degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions in agriculture and the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Science thereof by whatever name called shall cease to function : 2[ Provided that, any such University shall be competent to declare the results and to award degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions to the students of the colleges specified in sub-section
(1) or to any post-graduate or other students, who may have appeared at any examination held by such University before the date aforesaid.]
(7) Within a period of three years from the date on which this section comes into force 1[or such further period as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, specify,] the State Government shall arrange to transfer to the University, and the University shall thereupon assume responsibility for, the maintenance of agricultural schools, gramsevak training centres, home science wings, workshop wings, soil conservation training centres and short-term courses such as gardening or mali training, oil engine training in the use and maintenance of oil engines, stockmen training, poultry training, mass training, refresher training, and the like 2[which are situated on the University area and] which are or may be under the control of the Department of Agriculture or any other Department of the State Government 3* * * 4[(8) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore in this section contained, with effect from such date, which the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, specify under sub-section
(1) of section 7 of the Punjabrao Agricultural University (Krishi Vidyapeeth) Act, 1968, the colleges of agriculture at Parbhani, Nagpur and Akola and the veterinary college at Nagpur shall cease to vest in the University and shall pass to and be maintained by the other University as provided in section 7 of that Act.] 5[(9) Notwithstanding anything hereinafter in this section contained, with effect from the date of commencement of the Konkan Agricultural University (Krishi Vidyapeeth) Act, 1972, the college of agriculture at Dapoli and the veterinary college at Bombay and certain other institutions shall cease to vest in the University and shall pass to and be maintained by the other University as provided in section 7 of that Act.]

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