Chapter VI MISCELLANEOUS

The Government may by notification authorize any authority or officer to exercise any of the powers vested in them by or under this Act except the power to make rules and may, in like manner, withdraw such authority. Provided that the exercise of any power delegated shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be prescribed.

Competent authority, etc. to be public servant Every authority and every officer duly authorized to discharge any duty imposed on it or him by or under this act shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of Section 2

1. (28) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to decide or deal with any question which is by or under this Act required to be decided or dealt with by any authority or officer empowered under this Act.

1. (1) The Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: -
   • (a) all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed;
   • (b) the form of applications and the statements under this Act and the particulars which such application and statement shall contain;
   • (c) the establishment and maintenance of private colleges;
   • (d) the giving of aid;
   • (e) the grant of permission;
   • (f) the manner in which accounts, registers and records shall be maintained in private colleges and the authority responsible for such maintenance;
   • (g) the submission of returns, statements, reports and accounts by educational agencies of private colleges;
   • (h) the purposes of the private college for which the premises of the private college may be used and conditions subject to which such premises may be used for any other purpose;
     • (i) the conditions subject to which donations or contributions from the public may be accepted for the purposes of private colleges and the naming of private colleges;
   • (j) benefits which should be granted to the employees of aided college;
   • (k) the inspection of college;

1. (1) The Government shall have the power to remove any difficulty as may arise in applying the provisions of this Act to any college covered under this Act.
2. (2) The decision of the Government shall, in every case, be final in regard to any dispute in between the State Government and the college or university in effecting the provisions of this Act.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or in any custom or usage for the time being in force, or in any Statutes, ordinances, Rules and Regulations made by any authority under any law for the time being in force that is repugnant to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of this Act, to the extent of such repugnancy, shall have overriding effect against any such law, custom, usage, Statutes, Ordinances, Rules and Regulations.

Anything done or purported to have been done in pursuance of any law for the time being in force by the Government immediately preceding the date of coming into effect of this Act, shall have effect to the extent it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as if this Act had not yet come into effect.