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The Sikkim Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2025
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Chapter XI INSPECTION, DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP OF PRIVATE UNIVERITY

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  1. (1) On and from the date of commencement of this Act, —
    • (a) Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences Act, 1995 (Act No. 09 of 1995);
    • (b) Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University, Sikkim Act, 2004 (Act No. 09 of 2004);
    • (c) Shri Ramasamy Memorial University, Sikkim Act, 2013 (Act No. 13 of 2013);
    • (d) Sikkim Professional University Act, 2020 (Act No. 09 of 2020);
    • (e) Khangchendzonga Buddhist University, Sikkim Act, 2020 (Act No. 15 of 2020);
    • (f) Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim Act, 2021 (Act No. 12 of 2021);
    • (g) The Sikkim International University Act, 2021 (Act No. 13 of 2021);
    • (h) Sikkim Alpine University (Act No.14 of 2021);
      • (i) Sikkim Skill University Act, 2021 (Act No. 17 of 2021);
    • (j) Capital University Act (Act No. 10 of 2022);
    • (k) Mahatma Gandhi University, Sikkim Act, 2022 (Act No. 21 of 2022);
    • (l) Sikkim Global Technical UniversityAct, 2023 (Act No. 09 of 2023);
    • (m) Sikkim Organic Agriculture University Act, 2023 (Act No. 10 of 2023;
    • (n) Duke International University Act, 2024 (Act No. 05 of 2024);
    • (o) Matrix SkillTech University, Sikkim Act, 2024 (Act No. 07 of 2024);
    • (p) Sikkim Pannadhay University Act, 2024 (Act No. 15 of 2024);
    • (q) Trident University of Applied Sciences Act, 2025 (Act No. 03 of 2025);
    • (r) Sikkim Sardar Patel University Act, 2023 (Act No. 14 of 2023); Nirmala Devi University Act, 2024 (Act No. 16 of 2024);
    • (t) Management & Information Technology University, Sikkim Act, 2024 (Act No. 11 of 2024);
    • (u) Sikkim Medical Science University Act, 2024 (Act No. 02 of 2024);
      • (v) Sengol International University Act, 2025 (Act No. 14 of 2025);
    • (w) Fusion University Act, 2025 (Act No. 15 of 2025);
      • (x) Sri Venkateshwara University Act, 2025 (Act No. 04 of 2025);
    • (y) Shri Rukmani Dwarkadhish University of Science and Technology Act, 2024 (Act No. 12 of 2024);
    • (z) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Skill University, Sikkim Act, 2025 (Act No. 13 of 2025);
    • (aa) Gurukul Vidyapeeth University Act, 2024 (Act No. 03 of 2024);
    • (bb) Orchid University Act, 2024 (Act No. 06 of 2024); shall stand repealed.
  2. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Acts, —
    • (i) any person holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act as Vice-Chancellor of an existing University shall, on such commencement, be the Vice-Chancellor of the corresponding University and shall continue to hold the said office till his term of office as Vice-Chancellor of the existing University would have expired had he continued to be as such unless he ceases to be the Vice-Chancellor by reason of death, resignation or otherwise before the expiry of his term of office as aforesaid and shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred and imposed on the Vice-Chancellor of the corresponding University by or under this Act;
    • (ii) every authority of an existing University constituted immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be the corresponding authority of the corresponding University under this Act;
    • (iii) every person holding office either as an officer or the employee (whether teaching or other employee) of an existing University on the date immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to hold office on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to him immediately before such date, and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred on them by or under this Act;
    • (iv) all property, movable or immovable, and all rights, interest of whatsoever kind, powers and privileges of any existing University shall stand transferred to and shall, without further assurance, vest in, the corresponding University and be applied to the objects and purposes for which the corresponding University is constituted;
    • (v) all benefactions accepted or received by any existing University and held by it immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been accepted or received or held by the corresponding University under this Act, and all the conditions on which such benefactions were accepted or received or held shall be deemed to be valid under this Act, notwithstanding that such conditions may be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act;
    • (vi) all debts, liabilities and obligations incurred before the commencement of this Act, and lawfully subsisting against any existing University, shall be discharged and satisfied by the corresponding University;
    • (vii) any will, deed or other documents made before the commencement of this Act, which contains any bequest, gift, term or trust in favour of an existing University shall, on and from the commencement of this Act, be construed as if the corresponding University is named therein instead of the existing University;
    • (viii) all references in any enactment or other instruments issued under any enactment, to any existing University shall be construed as references to the corresponding University;
    • (ix) the teachers, who were recognised teachers of the University under the said Acts in respect of any of the existing University immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be recognised teachers of the corresponding University under and for the purposes of this Act and shall continue to be such recognised teachers until fresh recognitions are granted under this Act;
    • (x) all Rules, Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations made under the said Acts in respect of any existing University shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under this Act in respect of the corresponding University or any authority of the University, as the case may be, until they are superseded or modified by the Rules, Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations made under this Act;
    • (xi) all notices and orders made or issued by any authority under any of the said Acts shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force and be deemed to have been made or issued by corresponding authority until they are superseded or modified under this Act: Provided that, no Rules, Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations, notices or orders made or issued under any of the Acts repealed by this section and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act by reason only that the power to make or issue such Rules, Statutes, Ordinance, Regulations, notice or order under this Act vests in a different authority or body or officer, or that the subject matter thereof is permissible only under a different form of subordinate legislation or instrument to be made, under this Act.

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