University open to all classes, castes and creeds.

Education198946 sections

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(1) The University shall be open to persons of either sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession or political or other opinion in order to entitle him to be appointed as a teacher of the University or to hold any other office therein or admitted as a student in the University or to graduate thereat, or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prevent the University from making any special provisions for the appointment or admission of women or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society, and in particular, of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes 1[, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes], in accordance with the directives, if any, given from time to time by the State Government.

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