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section 5

Issuance of Letter of Intent and Compliance Report

The Sikkim Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2025
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Chapter II DETAILED PROJECT REPORT AND APPRAISAL MECHANISM

Statutory text
  1. (1) After receipt of the report of the Scrutiny Committee constituted under section 4, submitted through the Regulatory Commission, if the Government is satisfied that it is advisable to establish the University, it may issue a Letter of Intent, and require the Sponsoring Body to, -
    • (a) establish an Endowment Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 55;
    • (b) submit the registered title deeds showing that the Sponsoring Body either owns, or possesses on leasehold basis, land for a minimum period as notified by the State Government vide Notification No. 4/LR&DMD/(R) dated: 29/02/08 and shall be extendable to such period as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties: Provided that, every Sponsoring Body proposing to establish a university shall possess not less than five
  2. (5) acres of contiguous land within the constituency as allocated by the State Government: Provided further that, such land shall be free from encumbrances and suitable for the purpose of establishing core academic, administrative and infrastructural facilities as per the norms of the University Grants Commission and other Regulatory Bodies:
    • (c) fulfil such other conditions and provide such other information as may be specified by the University Grants Commission or any other Regulatory Body established by law;
    • (d) provide a detailed site-specific plan for the permanent campus, as per the norms;
    • (e) give undertaking to appoint Professor, Associate Professor and adequate number of Assistant Professors along with necessary supporting staff in each department or discipline to be started by the University as per the norms laid down by Regulatory Body;
    • (f) give undertaking to take up co-curricular activities like seminars, debates, quiz programmes and extra-curricular activities like games, sports, National Service Scheme (NSS), National Cadet Corps (NCC), etc., for the benefit of students as per the norms laid down by the Regulatory Body;
    • (g) give undertaking for establishment of Provident Fund and to take up welfare programmes for the employees of the University;
    • (h) fulfil such other conditions as to infrastructure and other requirements and provide such other information as may be laid down by Regulatory Body or prescribed by rules.
  3. (2) The Sponsoring Body shall fulfil the requirements and conditions specified in sub-section
  4. (1) and shall report the compliance to the Government within a maximum period of one year from the date of issue of Letter of Intent. The Government may in exceptional circumstances extend the said period by an order issued by the Government on payment of such fees as may be specified therein.
  5. (3) On receiving the compliance report by the Sponsoring Body, the Scrutiny Committee shall verify the compliance report.
  6. (4) The Scrutiny Committee shall submit its report to the Regulatory Commission within 1(one) month from the date of its appointment specifying whether the Sponsoring Body has fulfilled the requirements and conditions laid down in sub-section (1). The Regulatory Commission may extend the period of submission of report by the said Committee up to the maximum period of 3(three) months.
  7. (5) If the Sponsoring Body fails to comply with the provision of sub-section (1), the proposal submitted by the Sponsoring Body under sub-section
  8. (3) shall stand rejected and the Letter of Intent issued under sub section (1), shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

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