Constitution of Selection Committee/Appointment Procedure

(2) [Table/List of Committee Compositions]:

Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (i) The Head of the Department. (ii) One Professor to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. (iii) Two persons not in the service of the University, to be nominated by the Executive Council, out of a panel of names recommended by the Academic and Activity Council for their special knowledge of, or interest in, the subject with which the Associate Professor or Assistant Professor shall be concerned.

Registrar or Finance Officer or Controller of Examinations (i) Two members of the Executive Council nominated by it. (ii) One person not in the service of the University to be nominated by the Executive Council.

Librarian (i) One person not in the service of the University who has special knowledge of the subject of the Library Science or Library Administration to be nominated by the Executive Council. (ii) One person not in the service of the University to be nominated by the Executive Council.

Principal of College or Institution maintained by the University. Three persons not in the service of the University of whom two shall be nominated by the Executive Council and one by the Academic and Activity Council for their special knowledge of, or interest in, a subject in which instruction is being provided by the College or Institution.

Note 1: Where the appointment is being made for an inter-disciplinary project, the head of the project shall be deemed to be the Head of the Department concerned.

Note 2: The Professor to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor shall be a Professor concerned with the Specialty for which the selection is being made and the Vice-Chancellor shall consult the Head of the Department and the Dean of the School before nominating the Professor.

(3) The Vice-Chancellor shall convene and preside at the meetings of the Selection Committee: Provided that the meeting of the Selection Committee shall be fixed after prior consultation with, and subject to the convenience of the nominee of the Government and the experts nominated by the Executive Council: Provided further that the proceedings of the Selection Committee shall not be valid unless,- (a) where the number of the Government’s nominee and the persons nominated by the Executive Council is four in all, at least two of them attend the meeting; and (b) where the number of the Government’s nominee and the persons nominated by the Executive Council is three in all, at least two of them attend the meeting. (4) The procedure to be followed by the Selection Committee shall be laid down in the Ordinances. (5) If the Executive Council is unable to accept the recommendations made by the Selection Committee, it shall record its reasons and submit the cases to the Government for final orders. (6) Appointments to temporary posts shall be made in the manner indicated below, namely:- (i) if a temporary vacancy is for duration longer than one academic session, it shall be filled on the advice of the Selection Committee in accordance with the procedure indicated in the foregoing clauses: Provided that if the Vice-Chancellor is satisfied that in the interest of work it is necessary to fill the vacancy, the appointment may be made on a purely temporary basis on the advice of a local Selection Committee referred to in sub-clause (ii) for a period not exceeding six months; (ii) if the temporary vacancy is for a period less than a year, an appointment to such vacancy shall be made on the recommendation of a local Selection Committee consisting of the Dean of the School concerned, the Head of the Department and a nominee of the Vice-Chancellor: Provided that if the same persons hold the offices of the Dean and the Head of the Department, the Selection Committee may contain two nominees of the Vice-Chancellor: Provided further that in the case of sudden casual vacancies of teaching posts caused by the death or any other reason, the Dean may, in consultation with the Head of the Department concerned, make a temporary arrangement for a month and report to the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar about such arrangement; and (iii) No teacher appointed temporarily shall, if he is not recommended by a regular Selection Committee for appointment under the Statutes, be continued in service on such temporary employment, unless he is subsequently selected by a local Selection Committee or a regular Selection Committee, for a temporary or permanent appointment, as the case may be.