Chapter V THE STATUTES, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-

1. (a) the constitution, powers and duties of the authorities of the University;
2. (b) the constitution, powers and duties of the officers of the University;
3. (c) the emoluments and other conditions of service of the Vice-Chancellor and his powers and duties;
4. (d) the designations, qualifications, methods of recruitment, pay, allowances and other conditions of service of various categories of employees of the University and their powers and duties;
5. (e) the constitution, re-constitution or abolition of a Faculty or the Board of Studies and their powers and duties;
6. (f) the establishment of departments of teaching in a conducted institutions;
7. (g) the conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions;
8. (h) the institution of pension or provident fund or insurance scheme, or all or any one or more of them, for the benefit of employees of the University;
   • (i) the qualifications of professors, assistant professors, readers, lecturers, demonstrators and other members of the academics staff of the University and recognized institutions;
9. (j) registration of graduates and maintenance of a register of registered graduates;
10. (k) recognition of examinations of other Universities or educational institutions as equivalent to the examinations of the University;
11. (l) any matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act; and
12. (m) any other matter which is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

1. (1) The first Statutes necessary for effective working of the University, with regard to all or any of the matters set out in section 39, may be made by the first Vice-Chancellor with the approval of the Chancellor.
2. (2) The Executive Council may make new or additional Statutes or amend or repeal the Statutes, from time to time, in the manner hereinafter provided.
3. (3) The Executive Council, if it thinks necessary, may also obtain the opinion of any other authority of the University in regard to any draft Statutes which is before it for consideration.
4. (4) Every Statute passed by the Executive Council shall be submitted to the Chancellor, who may give or withhold his assent thereto or refer it back to the Executive Council for reconsideration.
5. (5) No Statute passed by the Executive Council shall be valid or shall come into force until assented to by the Chancellor.
6. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the Chancellor, either suo motu or on advice of the State Government, may, direct the University to make provisions in the Statutes in respect of any matter specified and if the Executive Council fails to implement such a direction within sixty days of its receipt, the Chancellor may, after considering the reasons, if any, communicated by the Executive Council for its inability to comply with such direction, make or amend the Statutes suitably.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, the Executive Council may make Ordinances to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-

1. (a) the conditions under which students shall be admitted to courses of study for degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions;
2. (b) the fees to be charged for enrollment of students for attending such course in the University and recognized institutions including the tuition fees and hostel charges which shall, as far as possible, be uniform for the institutions situated in the same local area for admission to the examinations leading to degree, diploma, certificates and other academic distinctions, and for registration of graduates;
3. (c) the conditions of residence (in hostels), conduct and discipline of the students of the University, and the action to be taken against them for breach of discipline or misconduct, including the following :-
   • (i) use of unfair means at an examination or in relation thereto, by himself or by any other student or abetment thereof;
   • (ii) refusal to appear or give evidence in any authorized inquiry by an officer in-charge of any examination, or by any officer or authority of the University; and
   • (iii) disorderly or otherwise objectionable conduct, whether within or outside the University;
4. (d) the qualifications and classification of teachers in University departments, schools, affiliated colleges, regional centres, sub-centres and recognized institutions;
5. (e) the conditions governing the appointment and duties of examiners;
6. (f) the conduct of examinations and other tests and the manner in which the candidates shall be assessed or examined by the examiners;
7. (g) the recognition of halls and hostels;
8. (h) the inspection of affiliated colleges and recognized institutions, halls and hostels;
   • (i) the recognition of teachers of the University and the conditions subject to which persons may be recognized as qualified to give instructions in the University, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions;
9. (j) the mode of execution of contracts or agreements for, or on behalf of the University;
10. (k) the rules to be observed and enforced by the affiliated colleges and recognized institutions regarding transfer of students;
11. (l) the powers and functions of students associations and other organisations in conducted, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions;
12. (m) all other matters which, by or under this Act or the Statutes, are to be, or may be provided by Ordinances, and
13. (n) generally, all matters or which provision is, in the opinion of the Executive Council, necessary for the exercise of the powers conferred, or the performance of the duties imposed, on the Executive Council by or under this Act or Statutes.

1. (1) The first Ordinance necessary for effective working of the University, with regard to all matters set out in section 41, may be made by the first Vice-Chancellor with the approval of the Chancellor.
2. (2) The Executive Council may make, amend or repeal Ordinances in the manner hereinafter provided.
3. (3) No Ordinance shall be made by the Executive Council unless draft thereof has been proposed by the Academic Council.
4. (4) The Executive Council shall not have the power to amend any draft proposed by Academic Council under sub-section (3), but may reject or return it to the Academic Council for reconsideration, in part or in whole, together with any amendments which the Executive Council may suggest; and the Academic Council after taking into consideration the amendments suggested by the Executive Council propose the draft Ordinance to the Executive Council and the Executive Council shall make the Ordinance accordingly.
5. (5) All Ordinances made by the Executive Council shall have effect from such date as it may direct, but every Ordinance so made shall be submitted to the Chancellor within two weeks from its acceptance. The Chancellor shall have the power to direct the Executive Council, within four weeks of the receipt of the Ordinance, to suspend its operation, and he shall, as soon as possible, inform the Executive Council of his objection to it. He may, after receiving the comments of the Executive Council either withdraw the order suspending the Ordinance or disallow the Ordinance, and his decision shall be final.

1. (1) The first regulations and rules necessary for effective working of the University may be made by the first Vice-Chancellor with the approval of the Chancellor.
2. (2) The Academic Council may make regulations consistent with this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, providing for all or any of the matters which, by or under this Act, the Statutes or Ordinances, are to be or may be provided by regulations, and for all other matters solely concerning itself.
3. (3) Any authority or body of the University shall subject to the previous approval of the Executive Council, make rules consistent with this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances and regulations for -
   • (a) giving notice of the date and hour of its meeting and of the business to be conducted thereat;
   • (b) regulating the procedure at its meetings and the number of members required to form a quorum, and keeping of records of the proceedings of such meetings;
   • (c) providing for all matters which, by or under this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances or regulations are to be, or may be, determined by rules; and
   • (d) providing for all other matters solely concerning such authority or body.
4. (4) Such rules shall be submitted to the Executive Council, which may amend or annul them in such manner as it thinks fit, after ascertaining and considering the views of the authority or body making them.