Establishment of the University

(1) For the purpose of this Act, the State Government shall by notification establish a University known as the Ravenshaw University, which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property, movable and immovable, and shall by the said name be entitled to sue and be sued. (2) The jurisdiction of the University shall extend over all that is presently comprised of Ravenshaw College to be recognized, restructured and renamed in a notification to be issued by the Government under sub-section (1) and to all Schools of studies and Department to be established by the University with prior permission of the Government. (3) The Ravenshaw University shall be founded exclusively as a non-affiliating unitary University. (4) The Headquarters of the University shall be at Cuttack.