The Powers of the Visitor and the Chancellor

(1) The Chancellor and the Visitor shall have the following powers, namely:- (a) to give direction, take action, or do anything as required under the provisions of this Act and the Statutes; (b) to cause an inspection by such person, as he may direct, of any work, activity or examination of the University, college, or Regional centers; (c) to give his views or advice to the Vice-Chancellor in the matters wherein an inspection or inquiry has been made under clause (b). (2) Where either the Visitor or the Chancellor of the University under clause (b) of sub-section (1) has ordered an inspection or inquiry, the University may depute one of its officers to represent it in such inspection or inquiry. (3) The Chancellor or the Visitor shall communicate the result of the inspection or inquiry and his advice to the Vice-Chancellor. (4) The result and the advice referred to in sub-section (3) shall be communicated by the Vice-Chancellor to the Executive Council with his comments for such action as the Executive Council may propose to take and the action so taken shall be communicated to the Visitor or the Chancellor, as the case may be, through the Vice-Chancellor. (5) Where the Executive Council does not, within reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of the Visitor or the Chancellor, as the case may be, the Visitor or the Chancellor, after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the Executive Council, issue such directions as he may think fit and the Executive Council shall comply with such directions. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in section 5, the Executive Council shall have the following powers and functions, namely:-\n(1) to create faculty position of and appoint in the position of, from time to time, Professor-Director of Schools, Chairman of Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies, Professors, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and other teaching staff of the faculty on the recommendation of the Selection Committee constituted under the Regulation of the University on that behalf;\n(2) to create positions in administrative, teaching, research and subordinate management staff, on tenure and non tenure basis on such terms and conditions as may be determined by regulations and to appoint personnel in such posts in such manner as may be determined under regulations. The Council may also delegate such functions to the Vice Chancellor in such manner as may be stipulated in the regulation;\n(3) to grant in accordance with the regulations, leave of absence other than casual leave to any officer of the University and to make necessary arrangement for the discharge of the functions of such officer during his absence;\n(4) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, other matters and all other administrative affairs of the University and for that purpose to appoint such agents, as it may think fit;\n(5) to invest any money belonging to the University, including an unapplied income, in such stock, funds, shares or securities, as it may, from time to time, think fit or in the purchase of immovable property in India, with the like power of varying such investments from time to time;\n(6) to transfer or accept transfers of any movable or immovable property on behalf of the University;\n(7) to enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the University and for that purpose to appoint such officers as it may think fit;\n(8) to provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed for carrying on the work of the University;\n(9) to provide, purchase or accept by donation books for library of the University;\n(10) to entertain, adjudicate upon and if it thinks fit, to redress any grievances of the officers of the University, the teachers, the students and the University employees, who may for any reason, feel aggrieved, otherwise than by an act of a court;\n(11) to appoint examiners and moderators, and if necessary to remove them and to fix their fees, emoluments and traveling and other allowances, after consulting the Academic Council;\n(12) to select a common seal for the University and to provide for the custody of the seal; and\n(13) to exercise such other powers and to perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act.