Chapter II PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

1. (1) Each of the existing public universities specified in column (1) of Part I of 1[the Schedule A], with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be constituted under this Act for the same area specified in column (2) of the said part, for which it was constituted immediately before the date of commencement of this Act.
2. (2) The State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute any new university under this Act by such name, for such area and with effect from such date, as may be specified by it, and insert necessary entries in Part II of 2[the Schedule A]; and may for that purpose or any other purposes specified in that behalf diminish, increase or alter the area of any existing or new university, by suitably amending the Schedule, by the said notification, and thereupon the entries in column (2) of Part I, or in column (2) of Part II, as the case may be, of 3[the Schedule A], shall stand amended accordingly, and all educational institutions, whether colleges, institutions, autonomous or empowered autonomous colleges, empowered autonomous cluster institutions, post-graduate departments, schools on the sub-campuses, by whatever name called, within the area of the new university, which are affiliated to or recognized by the existing university shall, from the date aforesaid, stand affiliated to or recognized by the new university: Provided that, no such notification shall be issued except on a resolution passed by both Houses of the State Legislature.
3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), if, in the exigency of circumstances the new university considers it expedient that certain privileges of the existing university to which such educational institutions as referred to in sub-section (2), were entitled immediately before the date specified under the said sub-section, should be continued for a certain period, not exceeding a period of five years in the aggregate, after the date aforesaid, the new university may accordingly forward its recommendations to the State Government and on receipt of such recommendations the State Government may, if it is satisfied that such privileges should be so continued, by notification in the Official Gazette, provide that for such period, as may be specified in the notification, such privileges shall continue.
4. (4) The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, members of the Senate, Management Council and Academic Council for the time being holding office as such in each university are hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate by the name specified therefor in 4[the Schedule A] and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and may by that name sue and be sued.
5. (5) Each university shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any movable or immovable property, which may vest in or be acquired by it for the purposes of the university, and to contract and do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act: Provided that, no such lease, sale or transfer of such property shall be made without the valuation made thereof by the approved valuer appointed by the university and without the prior consent of the State Government. 5[(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,-
   • (a) each of the existing cluster university specified in column (1) of Part I of the Schedule B shall, with effect from the date on which it is constituted, before the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Public Universities (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Mah. XXXIV of 2022) be a public university and be deemed to be constituted under this Act consisting of the lead college or institution and constituent colleges or institutions as specified in columns (2) and (3) of the said Part;
   • (b) the State Government may, by notification in Official Gazette,-
     • (i) constitute a cluster university comprising of cluster of Government colleges or Government institutions of Government aided colleges or Government aided institutions, fulfilling such norms or criteria as laid down by the Central Government therefor and complying the terms and conditions laid down by the Government, from time to time, and shall specify therein the lead college or institution and constituent colleges or institutions of such university;
     • (ii) amend or insert necessary entry regarding cluster University in Part I or Part II of the Schedule B, as the case may be; and thereupon, the said Schedule shall stand amended accordingly;
     • (iii) provide that such cluster university shall comprise of such university authorities and shall exercise such powers and perform such functions of university as may be specified in the notification;
     • (iv) provide for such other supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions as the State Government may deem necessary, as may be specified in the notification: Provided that, every such notification shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is issued, before each House of the State Legislature.]

The objects of the university, in general, shall be to disseminate, create and preserve knowledge and understanding by teaching, research and development, skill development, training and education, extension and service and by effective demonstration and influence of its corporate life on society in general, and in particular, the objects shall be to,-

1. (1) carry out its responsibility of creation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge;
2. (2) promote discipline and the spirit of intellectual inquiry and to dedicate itself as a fearless academic community to the sustained pursuit of excellence;
3. (3) encourage individuality and diversity within a climate of tolerance and mutual understanding;
4. (4) promote freedom, secularism, equality, social justice as enshrined in the Constitution of India, and to be catalyst in patriotic socio-economic transformation by promoting basic attitudes and values of essence to national development;
5. (5) promote the conducive environment for ensuring social harmony, co-existence, integral humanism and upliftment of the poorest of the poor;
6. (6) extend the benefits of knowledge and skills for development of individuals and society by associating the university closely with local, regional and national problems of development;
7. (7) carry out social responsibility as an informed and objective critic, to identify and cultivate talent, to train the right kind of leadership in all walks of life and to help younger generation to develop right attitudes, interests and values;
8. (8) promote equitable distribution of teaching, learning, training and other support services facilities of higher education;
9. (9) provide for efficient and responsive administration, scientific and technology management and develop organization of teaching, learning, training, research and extension;
10. (10) devise motivational systems to ensure that individual cognitive abilities are not constrained but rather the innovative spirit and desire to make true contribution and realize self-achievement is nurtured;
11. (11) promote acquisition of knowledge in a rapidly developing and changing society and to continually offer opportunities of upgrading knowledge, training and skills in the context of innovations, research and discovery in all fields of human endeavour by developing a higher educational network with use of modern communication media, information and communication technology and other emerging and future technologies appropriate for a learning society;
12. (12) promote national integration, fraternity and preserve cultural heritage and inculcate respect towards different religions and diverse cultures of India through the study of different religions, literature, history, science, art, civilizations and cultures;
13. (13) develop work culture and promote dignity of labour through applied components in the syllabi;
14. (14) build up financial self-sufficiency by undertaking academic teaching, training and allied programmes, research and development activities for public and private industries, Governmental organizations at local, regional, national and global level and resource generative services in a cost-effective manner;
15. (15) promote better interaction and co-ordination among different universities, institutions and colleges in the given university, other universities in the State, in the region, in the nation and at global level by all such means generally to improve the governance of the university and facility it provides for higher education;
16. (16) generate and promote a sense of self-respect and dignity amongst the weaker sections of the society;
17. (17) to promote gender equality and sensitivity in society;
18. (18) strive to promote competitive merit and excellence as the sole guiding criterion in all academic and other matters relating to students.

The university shall have the following powers and duties, namely :-

1. (1) to provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in such branches or subjects or disciplines and courses of study including a choice based credit system and any other system that may emerge in future, as the university may, from time to time, determine;
2. (2) to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, and generally to cultivate and promote the arts (including fine arts and performing arts), humanities, social sciences, accounts and commerce, pure and applied sciences, technologies, managements, different forms of medicine, engineering, law, physical education and other branches of learning and culture and their multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary areas;
3. (3) to make provision to enable conducted and affiliated colleges and recognized institutions to undertake specialized studies;
4. (4) to make provisions for creation of autonomous, empowered autonomous and empowered autonomous cluster of institutions;
5. (5) to develop procedures and processes for recognition of private skills education providers and empowered autonomous skills development colleges;
6. (6) to organize, maintain and manage university departments, schools, institutions, laboratories, knowledge resource centers, learning resource centers, libraries, museums and equipment for teaching, learning, training, research and development or extension;
7. (7) to establish, maintain and manage departments, institutions of research, institutions of specialized studies or academic services unit;
8. (8) to establish, maintain and manage constituent, community and conducted colleges, institutions, hostels, health centers, auditoria and gymnasiums;
9. (9) to provide for establishment, on the university campus and Sub-Campuses, of autonomous institutions like multi-university and inter-university centers, research laboratories, modern instrumentation centers and like centers of learning, set up by the University Grants Commission, Central Government or the State Government, teaching or learning or training colleges or institutions at local, regional, national and global level, which may be used by a university or college or group of universities or colleges: Provided that, in the case of any industry or any non-Government organization availing themselves of such facility of a university or such organizations providing the facility to a university, prior approval of the State Government shall be obtained by the university concerned;
10. (10) to provide for establishment of sub-campuses for serving a group of colleges, and also to provide for and maintain common resource centers in such sub-campuses in the form of post-graduate departments, multi-disciplinary or interdisciplinary schools, knowledge resource centers, libraries, laboratories, computer centers, and the like centers of learning and skills training, as per the guidelines laid down by the State Government or the University Grants Commission;
11. (11) to create posts of directors, principals, university teachers, non-vacation academic staff, non-teaching skilled, administrative, ministerial staff and other posts required by the university, from its funds and from the funds received from other funding agencies, prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay-scales, and make appointments thereto;
12. (12) to make appointments to the posts of directors, principals, university teachers, non-vacation academic staff, non-teaching skilled, administrative, ministerial staff and other posts sanctioned by the State Government as per the qualifications and experience specified by the State Government and the University Grants Commission;
13. (13) to appoint or recognize persons working in any other university or organization as adjunct professors, adjunct associate professors, adjunct assistant professors, visiting professors of the university for specified periods;
14. (14) to facilitate mobility of teachers within the university and to other universities with the consent of the teacher concerned;
15. (15) to prescribe the courses of instruction and studies for the various examinations leading to specific degrees and diplomas or certificates;
16. (16) to prescribe the courses of instruction and studies in choice based credit system for the various examinations leading to specific degrees, diplomas or certificates in a stand-alone format or joint format with other State or national or global universities;
17. (17) to make provision, wherever feasible, in the university departments, colleges, institutions, recognized institutions and schools, for survey and collection of statistics, data and other particulars relevant to various developmental activities including State and National plans, evaluation of the developmental schemes with the participation of the students as a part of their curricular activities;
18. (18) to supervise, control and regulate admission of students for various courses of study in university departments, schools, multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary schools, community, conducted and affiliated colleges, institutions and recognized institutions;
19. (19) to guide teaching in colleges by deputation of teachers from a pool of teachers of the university and supplement teaching in colleges for improving their standards;
20. (20) to institute degrees and post-graduate diplomas and post-higher secondary diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on the basis of examinations or by other tests or otherwise;
21. (21) to hold examinations or evaluations and confer degrees and post-graduate diplomas and award post-higher secondary diplomas and certificates and other academic distinctions on persons who,-
    • (a) unless exempted therefrom in the manner prescribed, have pursued approved courses of study in the university, or in a college or in an institution or a recognized institution or a school and have passed the examinations and earned the required credits or marks or grades prescribed by the university; or
    • (b) have pursued approved courses of study in the university, or in a college or in an institution or a recognized institution or in an autonomous college or an autonomous recognized institution or in empowered autonomous college or empowered autonomous cluster institutions or a school and have passed the examinations and earned the required credits or marks or grades prescribed by the university; or
    • (c) have engaged in research under conditions provided by Ordinances and Regulations;
22. (22) to confer and award such degrees, diplomas and certificates to, and provide for such lectures, instructions and training for external students, and the students under correspondence and distance education, online and continuing education courses;
23. (23) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions as prescribed by the Statutes;
24. (24) to lay down the conditions of affiliation of colleges and recognition of institutions taking into account the credibility of the management and the norms of academic performance of colleges, faculties and subjects, as may be laid down, from time to time, and satisfy itself by periodical assessment or otherwise, that those conditions are fulfilled;
25. (25) to admit to the privileges of the university, affiliated colleges and institutions not maintained by the university and withdraw all or any of those privileges, temporarily or permanently;
26. (26) to designate a university department, conducted college, an affiliated college, institution or school as an autonomous university department, conducted college, affiliated college or institution or school, as the case may be, in accordance with the guidelines, if any, laid down by the State Government or University Grants Commission;
27. (27) to designate a conducted college, an affiliated college, institution or school as an empowered conducted college, affiliated college or institution or school, in a stand-alone or cluster form, as the case may be, in accordance with the guidelines, if any, laid down by the State Government or University Grants Commission;
28. (28) to monitor and evaluate the academic performance of university departments, university institutions, conducted colleges and of affiliated colleges, autonomous or empowered colleges in a stand-alone or cluster form and recognized institutions for affiliation or recognition, as the case may be, and for periodical accreditations;
29. (29) to inspect, where necessary, all types of colleges or institutions and recognized institutions through suitable machinery established for the purpose, and take measures to ensure that proper standards of instruction, teaching, learning, training and research, and extension are maintained by them and adequate library, class rooms, laboratory, hostel, workshop and other academic facilities are provided for;
30. (30) to hold and to manage trusts and endowments and institute and to award fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, medals and prizes for teachers and students of the university and colleges;
31. (31) to fix, demand and receive or recover such fees and other charges, as may be regulated by the Ordinances, from time to time;
32. (32) to constitute a fee fixation committee;
33. (33) to supervise, control and regulate the conduct and discipline of the students of the university, colleges, institutions, recognized institutions, schools and hostels;
34. (34) to provide for mobility of students from formal to non-formal stream and vice-versa, and also among the other universities in the State and outside the State;
35. (35) to provide facilities for revision or in-service courses for teachers of the university, colleges, schools and institutions;
36. (36) to make arrangements for promoting the healthy atmosphere, corporate life and welfare of the students of the university, colleges, schools and institutions;
37. (37) to make arrangements for promoting welfare of the employees of the university;
38. (38) to co-ordinate and regulate teaching, learning, training and research and extension in the colleges and recognized institutions;
39. (39) to provide for the training and education in the domain of quality, intensive workshops or learning exercises on enhancing quality, and also mechanism for setting up of internal quality assurance for quality improvement of teachers and non-teaching employees;
40. (40) to provide for periodical assessment of the performance of teachers and non-teaching employees in the colleges, institutions and university in accordance with the norms prescribed by the University Grants Commission or the State Government;
41. (41) to regulate and provide for attendance of the teachers on the premises of the university or colleges or institutions during teaching hours and beyond teaching hours, as prescribed and to prohibit teachers from taking or conducting private tuitions or private coaching classes;
42. (42) to regulate and provide for attendance of the non-teaching employees on the premises of the university or colleges or institutions during working hours and beyond working hours, as prescribed;
43. (43) to enforce conduct and discipline rules for teachers and non-teaching employees prescribed by the State Government;
44. (44) to prescribe code of conduct for managements;
45. (45) to prescribe and enforce students charter;
46. (46) to establish, maintain and manage, whenever necessary,-
    • (a) Knowledge Resource Centre;
    • (b) university extension boards;
    • (c) information bureaus;
    • (d) employment guidance bureaus;
    • (e) Autonomous Evaluation Boards; and
    • (f) such other activities as may be necessary and possible to fulfil the objects of the university;
47. (47) to make provision for participation of students in,-
    • (a) the national service scheme;
    • (b) the national cadet corps;
    • (c) home guards and civil defense;
    • (d) the national sports organization;
    • (e) physical and military training;
    • (f) extra-mural teaching and research;
    • (g) programmes related to Lifelong Learning and Extension;
    • (h) any other programmes, services or activities directed towards cultural, economic and social betterment as may be necessary and possible, to fulfill the objects of the university;
48. (48) to provide for special training or coaching for competitive examinations, for recruitment to the public services, public sector undertakings and other competitive employment opportunities;
49. (49) to co-operate or collaborate with any other university, institution, authority or organization for research and advisory services and for such purposes to enter into appropriate arrangement with other universities, institutions, authorities, or organizations to conduct certain courses as the situation may demand;
50. (50) to rescind or suspend affiliation or recognition or empowered status granted to colleges or institutions or cluster of institutions;
51. (51) to borrow funds for the purposes of the university on the security of the property of the university, with the prior permission of the State Government;
52. (52) to explore the possibilities of augmenting the resources of the university by exploring or innovating activities such as research and development, consultancy, training programmes and providing services for different clients from industry, trade or any other non-government organizations;
53. (53) to transfer the management of an affiliated college, institution or autonomous college or empowered autonomous college or cluster of institutions in case where irregularities or commissions or omissions of criminal nature by the management of such college or institution or mismanagement of such college or institution are prima-facie evident, to any other management;
54. (54) to undertake academic collaboration programmes, research and advisory services with universities and institutions abroad, with prior approval of the State Government;
55. (55) to receive funds for collaboration programmes from foreign agencies, subject to rules and regulations of the Central Government and State Government in that behalf;
56. (56) to create development corpus out of surplus that the university may generate through its teaching, learning, training, research and development, consultancy, and any other academic and support activities and to invest it in a professional manner and use the interest generated through it for the growth and development of academic, research and development, academic and physical infrastructure development and any other infrastructure;
57. (57) to lay down for teachers and university teachers, such instructions or directions as, in the opinion of the university, may be necessary in academic matters;
58. (58) to undertake development programmes in higher education, research, consultancy based projects and training programmes for outside agencies, by charging fees, so as to generate resources;
59. (59) to make special provisions for the benefit of university education to be made available to classes and communities which are socially and educationally backward;
60. (60) to make special provisions for such benefits of university education to be made available for women students and differently-abled students as the university may think necessary;
61. (61) to make special provision for higher education in rural and tribal areas;
62. (62) to take appropriate measures in order to increase the gross enrolment ratio;
63. (63) to implement the national literacy and adult education program through teachers and students on voluntary basis in the university system and to evolve measures to give due weightage to the efforts and performance of the students in this area in addition to their normal academic performance, and also to evaluate the performance of the teachers in this area;
64. (64) to promote by itself, or in co-operation with other universities, the study of Marathi and the use of Marathi as a medium of instruction, study, research and examination, in adherence to the policies of the State Government;
65. (65) to promote by itself, or in co-operation with other universities or organizations, the study of foreign languages in general and Asian languages in particular;
66. (66) to evolve an operational scheme for ensuring accountability of teachers, non-vacation academic and non-teaching staff of the university, institutions and colleges;
67. (67) to provide for joint appointments in single grade of pay in more than one department or administrative section in the university, as also between university departments and between the university-public or university-private or university public-private partnership research laboratories or university-industry or university-other bodies;
68. (68) to create knowledge and disseminate it and foster high quality research which is contemporary, globally competitive and locally as well as regionally and nationally relevant;
69. (69) to have a learner-centric approach and perform the role of being a knowledge creator;
70. (70) to strengthen education at under-graduate, post-graduate level, enhance research and development culture and relevant degree programmes and cultivate desire for entrepreneurship;
71. (71) to create a comprehensive digital university framework for both, e-learning and e-administrative services;
72. (72) to exploit the power of 'learning by collaboration' and 'participation' with use of information and communication technology;
73. (73) to cultivate research parks, technology incubators and other engagement entities to translate university research to commercial domain and coordinated projects involving multiple faculty groups from several disciplines that address some important issues before the State;
74. (74) to identify skills to which students need to be exposed to, by taking into account the local needs, training facilities available, emerging needs and new employment opportunities;
75. (75) to provide an environment for the all-round development of youth by exposing them to the rich cultural heritage of the country and creating opportunities for development of skills in sports;
76. (76) to ensure introduction of choice based credit system with transferable credit points from four streams, namely, the academic stream, the technology stream, the professional and social stream and the personality and cultural development stream;
77. (77) to facilitate mobility of teachers to collaborating institutions such as industries, research and development laboratories, non-Government organizations, engaged in societal development, to enable translation of knowledge to viable real life applications and in turn enrich university programmes;
78. (78) to establish centers or institutions in foreign countries with the permission of the Central and the State Government;
79. (79) to establish vocational or skills based community colleges in partnership with industry;
80. (80) to implement recommendations report of the Commission within the time-frame given by it;
81. (81) to comply with and carry out any directives issued by the State Government, from time to time, with reference to above powers, duties and responsibilities of the university;
82. (82) to conduct academic audit of university departments, conducted colleges, affiliated colleges, institutions or schools, at regular intervals;
83. (83) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the attainment of all or any of its objects.

1. (1) The territorial limits, within which the powers conferred upon the university by this Act shall be exercised, shall comprise the whole of the university area as specified against the name of such university in 1[the Schedule A]: Provided that, the benefit of distance-education courses, correspondence courses, open university courses or external degree courses of any university may, with the prior permission of the State Government, extend and cover the entire area of the State outside the university area: Provided further that, if a university desires to establish sub-campus or centre or institution in any foreign country, on its own or in collaboration with any other Indian or foreign university or institution, it may do so with the prior sanction of the Central and the State Government.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 3, no educational institution situated within the university area shall, except with the consent of the university and the sanction of the State Government, be associated in any way with, or seek admission to any privilege of, any other university established by law with the exception of the state open university and Research or Project collaborations of university, colleges with any other university or colleges: Provided that, if an educational institution, public or private, Indian or foreign, seeks to be associated with or be admitted to the privileges of a university, jurisdiction of which is not restricted to any State or area, such association or admission may be permitted by the State Government: br Provided further that, if a university, the jurisdiction of which is not restricted to any State or area, wishes to establish a centre or other unit of research in the university area on its own or in collaboration with any public or private Indian or foreign university or institution, it may do so with the sanction of the State Government and also with the sanction of the Central Government, if the collaboration is with the foreign university or institution.
3. (3) If an educational institution, public or private, Indian or foreign, associated with or admitted to the privileges of any other university established by law, seeks to be associated with, or be admitted to the privileges of a university, such association or admission may be permitted with the sanction of the State Government and consent of the university concerned.
4. (4) Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, any privilege enjoyed by any educational institution within the area of another university before the date on which this Act comes into force, shall not be withdrawn, without the sanction of the State Government.
5. (5) If a new district is created by the State Government, the area of such district shall be under the jurisdiction of such university, as may be declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of admission to the privileges of such university.

1. (1) No citizen of India shall be excluded from any office of the university or from membership of any of its authorities, bodies or committees, or from appointment to any post, or from admission to any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground only of sex, race, creed, class, caste, place of birth, religious belief or profession or political or other opinion: Provided that, the university may maintain, accredit or recognize any college or institution exclusively for women, or reserved for women.
2. (2) The university shall adopt government policy and orders issued, from time to time, in regard to the reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes and Other Backward Classes for appointment to different posts of teachers and non-teaching employees and for the purpose of admission of students in the affiliated or conducted or community colleges, university departments, university institutions or recognized institutions.
3. (3) The university shall adopt with the general policy of the State Government in regard to the welfare of various categories of weaker sections of the society, minorities, women and persons with disability as directed by the State Government, from time to time.

1. (1) Without prior approval of the State Government, the university shall not,-
   • (a) create new posts of teachers, officers or other employees;
   • (b) revise the pay, allowances, post-retirement benefits and other benefits of its teachers, officers and other employees;
   • (c) grant any special pay, allowance or other extra remuneration of any description whatsoever, including ex-gratia payment or other benefits having financial implications, to any of its teachers, officers or other employees;
   • (d) divert any earmarked funds received for any purpose other than that for which it was received;
   • (e) transfer by sale or lease of immovable property;
   • (f) incur expenditure on any development work from the funds received from the State Government or University Grants Commission or any person or body for the purposes other than the purposes for which the funds are received;
   • (g) take any decision regarding affiliated colleges resulting in increased financial liability, direct or indirect, for the State Government.
2. (2) The university shall be competent to incur expenditure, in consonance with the policies and directives of the State Government issued from time to time, from the funds received from,-
   • (a) various funding agencies without any share or contribution from the State Government;
   • (b) contributions received from individuals, industries, institutions, organizations or any person whosoever, to further the objectives of the university;
   • (c) contributions or fees for academic or other services offered by the university for aided and self-supporting academic programmes;
   • (d) development fund, or any other fund established by the university; for the purposes of,-
     • (i) creation of posts in various cadres;
     • (ii) granting pay, allowances and other benefits to the posts created through its own funds provided those posts are not held by such persons, who are holding the posts for which government contribution is received;
     • (iii) starting any academic programmes on self-supporting basis;
     • (iv) granting remunerations or incentives to its employees for performing any task assigned to them other than their regular duties and responsibilities;
     • (v) incurring expenditure on any development work and on welfare activities of its students and employees: Provided that, there is no financial liability, direct or indirect, immediate or in future, on the State Government.
3. (3) The State Government may, in accordance with the provisions contained in this Act, for the purpose of securing and maintaining uniform standards in all universities in the State, by notification in the Official Gazette, prescribe a Standard Code providing for the classification, manner and mode of selection, appointment, induction and advance training, field exposure, deputation and reservation of post in favour of members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, duties, workload, pay, allowances, post-retirement benefits, other benefits, conduct and disciplinary matters and other conditions of service of the officers, teachers and other employees of the universities and the teachers and other employees in the affiliated colleges and recognized institutions (other than those managed and maintained by the State Government, Central Government and the local authorities) and the provisions for absorption of teachers and employees in the university departments, affiliated or conducted colleges and institutions who are aided and rendered surplus. However, the unaided teachers and employees who are rendered surplus in university departments, affiliated or conducted colleges and institutions shall not be eligible, for absorption at the aided vacancies in university departments, affiliated or conducted colleges and institutions. Where such Code is prescribed, the provisions made in the Code shall prevail, and the provisions made in the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made under this Act, for matters included in the Code shall, to the extent to which they are inconsistent with the provisions of the Code, be invalid.
4. (4) Qualifications and experience for the purpose of appointment of non-teaching employees in the universities, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions (other than those managed and maintained by the State Government, Central Government and the local authorities) shall be as may be specified by the Government, by an order published in the Official Gazette.
5. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if the circumstances so require and the State Government considers it necessary to do so, it may appoint, on deputation, a suitable person possessing the requisite qualifications to perform the duties of the Registrar, Finance and Accounts Officer or the Director of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation, for a period of not more than one year at a time and not more than three years in the aggregate.
6. (6) The State Government through any officer not below the rank of Joint Director, Higher Education or Technical Education shall have right to cause inspection of any affiliated, conducted, or autonomous college, recognized institution or university department.
7. (7) In case of failure of the university to exercise powers or perform duties specified in section 5, or where the university has not exercised such powers or performed such duties adequately, or where there has been a failure to comply with any order issued by the State Government, or under any other circumstances as the State Government may deem fit, the State Government may issue a directive to the university for proper exercise of such powers or performance of such duties or comply with the order; and it shall be the duty of the university to comply with such direction. In case the university fails to comply with the directives, the State Government shall call upon the University to give reasons in writing as to why the directives were not complied with. If the State Government is not satisfied with the explanation, it may refer the matter to the Chancellor for taking necessary action under sub-section (3) of section 9.
8. (8) The State Government shall carry out test audit or full audit of the accounts of a university, college, school or institution, a regularly at such intervals as it may deem fit.