section 4
Disqualifications
The Puducherry Higher Education Council Act, 2025Education202520 sections
Statutory text
- (1) No person shall be qualified for nomination or to continue as a Member of the Council, if on the date of such nomination or during his Membership in the Council, if he is,–
- (a) of unsound mind;
- (b) adjudicated as an un-discharged insolvent;
- (c) sentenced by a Criminal Court to imprisonment for any offence involving moral turpitude;
- (d) directly or indirectly by himself or through his partner has any share or interest in any work done by order of, or in any contract entered into by the Council;
- (e) a person who had been terminated from any Government or a University service for an offence of misconduct or negligence of duty.
- (2) In case of dispute or doubt as to whether a person is disqualified under sub-section (1), the decision of the Government shall be the final.
- (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, an employee of a University, both teaching and non-teaching or ministerial or any person in the management of an Affiliated College in whatever capacity, shall not be eligible for nomination as a Member of the Council under sub-clause
- (vi) of clause (a) of sub-section
- (1) of section 3 of this Act.
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