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. (1) conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions;
2. (2) establishment and maintenance of the sub-campuses, University departments, schools and hostels;
3. (3) constitution, powers, duties and functions of authorities and bodies of the University not laid down under any of the provisions of this Act;
4. (4) abolition of University schools, departments or centers ;
5. (5) rules of procedure for conduct of business at the meetings of authorities of the University;
6. (6) appropriation of funds of the University for furtherance of the objects of the University;
7. (7) acceptance and management of trusts, bequests, donations, endowments and grants from individuals or organizations;
8. (8) disciplinary action against defaulting teachers, officers and other employees of the University;
9. (9) conditions of residence, 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 :-
   • (a) use of unfair means in an examination, or abetment thereof;
   • (b) refusal to appear or give evidence in any authorized inquiry by an officer in charge of an evaluation and examination, or by any officer or authority of the University; or
   • (c) disorderly or otherwise objectionable conduct, whether within or outside the University;
10. (10) mechanism and procedure for redressal of grievances of the students;
11. (11) functions and duties of Students' Council in the University;
12. (12) norms and procedure to be followed while nominating members on authorities, boards and committees by the Vice-Chancellor under this Act;
13. (13) qualifications, recruitment, code of conduct, term of office, duties and conditions of service including periodic training and advance training, field exposure, deputation, assessment of teachers, officers and other employees of the University, retirement benefits and the manner of termination of their services as approved by the Board of Governance which shall not be in contravention of State Government policies in this regard;
14. (14) procedure to be followed for purchases under sub-section
15. (6) of section 60;
16. (15) any matter which is to be prescribed by Statutes or which is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

1. (1) The Board of Governance may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the Statutes in the manner hereinafter provided: Provided that, the first Statutes shall be made within one year from the appointed date.
2. (2) The Statute Committee shall be constituted by the Board of Governance as under:—
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor as the Chairman;
   • (b) Dean of each School of University;
   • (c) one Professor of University;
   • (d) Registrar of University as the Member-Secretary;
   • (e) one legal advisor or counsel appointed by the Board of Governance;
   • (f) Registrar of any Indian Institute of Technology
   • (IIT) or any Indian Institute of Information Technology
   • (IIIT) or any Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) or any Indian Institute of Management (IIM), to be nominated by Vice-Chancellor.
3. (3) The Statute Committee shall prepare and propose draft Statutes concerning the matters referred to in the last preceding section and shall present to the Board of Governance.
4. (4) Every Statute passed by the Board of Governance shall be submitted to the Chancellor who may give or withhold his assent thereto or send it back to the Board of Governance for reconsideration. The Chancellor may send the draft Statutes to the State Government for its views, if there are implications, financial or otherwise, on the part of the State Government in the implementation of such Statutes.
5. (5) No Statute passed by the Board of Governance 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 moto or on the advice of the State Government, may, direct the University to make provisions in the statutes in respect of any matter specified by him and if the Board of Governance fails to initiate to adopt the direction within thirty days of its receipt, the Chancellor may, after considering the reasons, if any, communicated by the Board of Governance for its inability to comply with such direction, make or amend the Statutes in that respect, suitably.
7. (7) The Board of Governance may take into consideration the draft of a Statute either of its own motion or on a proposal by the Statutes Committee. In the case of a draft which is not proposed by the Statutes Committee, the Board of Governance, before considering the same, shall obtain the opinion of the Statutes Committee: Provided that, if the Statutes Committee fails to submit its opinion within three months from the date on which it receives the draft, the Board of Governance may proceed to take the draft into consideration.
8. (8) The Board of Governance if it thinks necessary may also obtain the opinion of any officer, authority or body of the University in regard to any draft Statute which is before it for consideration: Provided that, if any such draft Statute pertains to academic matters, the Board of Governance shall obtain the opinion of the Academic Council before considering the same.
9. (9) The Board of Governance, shall pass the Statutes and shall submit to the Chancellor for his assent.

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

1. (1) conditions under which students shall be admitted to courses of study for degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions;
2. (2) norms and process of fixation of fees, other fees and charges for courses and programs to be adopted by Fee Fixation Committee under this Act;
3. (3) conditions governing the appointment and duties of examiners;
4. (4) conduct of examinations, other tests and evaluation, and the manner in which the candidates may be assessed or examined by the examiners;
5. (5) constitution, powers, duties and functions of the Equal Opportunity Cell including provisions for establishing a Cell in accordance with the provision of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the guidelines and directives of the University Grants Commission issued from time to time;
6. (6) mechanism for prevention of ragging of students of the University;
7. (7) mechanism for prevention of sexual harassment of teachers, employees, students of the University and redressal of grievances relating to sexual harassment, incidences and penalty for those who indulge in sexual harassment, in accordance with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013;
8. (8) any academic matter which, by or under this Act or the Statutes is to be prescribed by the Ordinance or which is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

1. (1) The Board of Governance may, from time to time, make new or additional Ordinances or may amend or repeal the Ordinances in the manner hereinafter provided.
2. (2) No Ordinance concerning academic matters shall be made, amended or repealed by the Board of Governance unless a draft thereof has been proposed by the Academic Council.
3. (3) All Ordinances made by the Board of Governance shall have effect from the date of the meeting or from such date as it may direct, but every Ordinance so made shall be submitted to the Chancellor within two weeks from the date of the Board of Governance meeting. The Chancellor shall have the power to direct the Board of Governance, within four weeks of the receipt of the Ordinances, to suspend its operation, and he shall, as soon as possible, inform the Board of Governance of his objection to it.

Regulations

1. (1) Subject to the provisions prescribed by or under this Act, Board of Governance may make Regulations consistent with this Act, Statutes and Ordinances, for,—
   • (a) institution of fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, medals and prizes and for their award;
   • (b) collaborations with other universities, institutions and organizations for mutually beneficial academic programmes;
   • (c) preservation of record of the University;
   • (d) providing for all or any of the matters which, by or under this Act, Statutes or Ordinances, are to be or may be provided by Regulations;
   • (e) all non-academic matters for which provision is, in the opinion of the Board of Governance, necessary for the purposes of this Act, Statutes or Ordinances.
2. (2) Subject to the provisions prescribed by or under this Act, the Academic Council may make Regulations relating to the academic matters, consistent with this Act, Statutes and Ordinances.
3. (3) The Deans of schools shall draft and place for approval of the Board of Governance or the Academic Council, as the case may be, the Regulations, providing for the matters referred to in sub-sections
4. (1) and
5. (2) and for all or any of the matters which, by or under this Act, Statutes or Ordinances, are to be or may be provided by Regulations.