Amendment to Section 7

In the principal Act, in Section 7,─

1. (a) for sub-section (1), , the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:─ “(1) The Registrar shall be appointed by the Chancellor out of three officers of a rank or pay which is equivalent to or more than the Joint Secretary rank in the State Government and no pending disciplinary or criminal proceeding and/or not punished with a major penalty in a disciplinary proceeding or convicted in any criminal proceeding, being recommended by the State Government. In case an officer of this rank is not available in State Government, with the approval of Chancellor, State Government may seek nominations from officers of a rank which is equivalent to or more than the Joint Secretary rank in the State Government belonging to Government of India or any other State Government, having no pending disciplinary or criminal proceeding and/or not punished with a major penalty in a disciplinary proceeding or convicted in any criminal proceeding, being duly recommended by the respective Government. In such cases, State Government may form one selection committee comprising of 3 members who will recommend three names out of which one may be appointed by the Chancellor as Registrar.”
2. (b) In sub-section (2),─
   • (i) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:─ “(c) remain in custody of the records, the common seal and other property of the University;” and
   • (ii) in clause (f), after the words “assigned to him by the” and before the words “syndicate”, the word and comma “senate,” shall be inserted.