Procedure

(1) Not-withstanding anything contained in this Act, the State Government shall make the First Statutes of the University and shall continue to be in force until amended or superseded by statutes made by the Board in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) The Board may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the Statutes with prior approval of the State Government. (3) No Statute affecting the powers and duties of any authority of the University shall be made by the Board unless the draft of such Statutes is referred by the Vice-Chancellor to that authority for expressing its views thereon, within such period as may be specified in the reference or with such period as the Vice-Chancellor may allow and views if any, so expressed are duly considered: Provided that where any such draft Statutes pertaining to academic matters, the Board shall obtain the opinion of the Academic Council before considering the same; (4) Statutes passed by the Board shall be submitted to the State Government who may give or withhold its approval thereto or refer it back to the Board for reconsideration with such observations as it deems fit; (5) No Statute passed by the Board shall be valid until approved by the State Government and it shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Odisha Gazette or on such other date as the State Government may fix.