Transitional Provisions

Transitional Provisions.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the Statutes: -

1. (1) the Governor of the State shall, within such time as may be deemed sufficient after the commencement of this Act, appoint the first Vice-Chancellor, the first Registrar, the first Controller of Examination, and the first Finance Officer in consultation with the Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor. For this purpose, a Search Committee shall be constituted consisting of four members of whom one member shall be the Secretary to the Government, Higher & Technical Education Department, who will be the chairman of the Search Committee, two members to be nominated from the Directorate of Higher & Technical Education Department, one of which shall be an academician and the fourth member shall be nominated by the Chancellor. The first Vice-Chancellor, the first Registrar, the first Controller of Examination, and the first Finance Officer shall be appointed and each of the said officers shall hold office in such manner, term and on such conditions as may be specified by the Government.
2. (2) the first Vice-Chancellor, shall, within a period of three months not exceeding six months from the date of his appointment as Vice Chancellor, may by notification direct, and with the assistance of a Committee consisting of not more than six members nominated by the Chancellor in consultation with Pro-Chancellor, cause the first statutes, the first ordinances, and the first regulation, which will come into force with effect from the date of such publication as if they were framed or made under the provisions of the Act relating to them.
3. (3) the first Court and the first University Council shall consist of not more than twenty members and eleven members, respectively, which shall be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Governor of the State and shall hold office for a term to be specified by the Government;
4. (4) the first College Development Council shall consist of not more than ten members which shall be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Governor of the State and shall hold office for a term to be specified by the Government;
5. (5) the first Academic Council shall consist of not more than twenty -one members which shall be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Governor of the State and shall hold office for a term to be specified by the Government: Provided that if any vacancy occurs in the above offices or authorities, the same shall be filled by appointment or nomination, as the case may be, by the Governor of the State, on the advice of the chancellor and the person so appointed or nominated shall hold office for so long as the officer or member in whose place he is appointed or nominated would have held office, if such vacancy had not occurred.
6. (6) All sanctioned posts including vacant posts of the Government Colleges and the Institute so clustered are deemed to have been transferred to Mizoram State University with effect from the date and time to be specified by the Government.