Chapter VII MISCELLANEOUS

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any authority or employees working in the office of authorities and CET Cell for anything done or purported to have been done in good faith in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or rules and regulations made thereunder.

An ex-officio Member of the Regulating Authority, who is unable to attend the meeting of the Authority, due to his official work, may authorize his immediate subordinate to attend such meeting and inform the concerned member-secretary of such authorization in advance.

The terms and conditions of service of the employees appointed by the Government and deputed to the Regulating Authorities, or, as the case may be, the CET Cell shall be such, as are applicable to the Government servants:

Chairperson, Members and Officers, etc, to be public servants The Chairperson and Members of the Authorities, Officers and Employees of the Regulating Authorities and the CET Cell shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of clause

1. (28) of section 2 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

In case of any dispute or difference of opinion between the Admissions Regulating Authority or the CET Cell, as to whether a particular matter pertains to the Regulating Authority or the CET Cell, the matter shall be referred by the Competent Authority, to the Secretary-in-charge of the Higher and Technical Education Department, whose decision thereon shall be final.

In case of any difference of opinion, between the Regulating Authorities, as to whether a particular matter pertains to the Admissions Regulating Authority or the Fees Regulating Authority, the matter shall be referred, by either Member-Secretary to the Secretary-in-charge of the Higher and Technical Education Department, whose decision thereon shall be final.

The State Government may issue such general or special directions to the Regulating Authorities, Appellate Authority and the CET Cell, consistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, as in its opinion are necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act or for giving effect to any of the provisions contained therein or in any rules or orders made thereunder.

All Professional Education Institutions shall render such help and assist the Regulating Authorities, Appellate Authority and CET Cell as may require to them to perform and discharge their duties and functions under this Act.

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session or sessions immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify their decision to that effect in the Official Gazette, the rule shall from the date of publication of such decision in the Official Gazette, have effect only in such modified form, or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification, or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.

The Regulating Authorities may, for performing their functions under this Act, make regulations consistent with the provisions of this Act and the Rules made thereunder.

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, as occasion arises, by an order published in the Official Gazette, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: Provided that, no such order shall be made after expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
2. (2) Every order made under sub-section
3. (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature.

1. (1) The Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Ordinance, 2015, is hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken (including any notification or order issued) under the corresponding provisions of the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done, taken or issued, as the case may be, under the corresponding provisions of this Act.