Chapter VIII CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

(1) The University shall institute for the benefits of its officers, teachers and other persons employed by the University, such pension gratuity, insurance and provident fund as it may deem fit, in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed. (2) Where the University has so instituted Provident Fund under sub-section (1) the Government may declare that the provisions of the Provident Funds Act,1925 (Central Act XIX of 1925), shall apply to such fund as if the University were a local authority and the fund a Government Provident Fund. (3) The University may, in consultation with the Finance Committee, invest the Provident Fund amount in such manner, as it may determine.

Subject to the Provisions of this Act, the appointment, procedure for selection, pay and allowances and other conditions of service of officers, teachers and other persons employed in the University shall be such as may be prescribed. Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, the word “offices”shall not include the Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor.

(1) Each Department of the University shall have a Head who shall be Senior Fellow and whose duties and functions and terms and conditions of appointment shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that if there is more than one Senior Fellow in any Department, the Head of the Department shall be appointed in the manner prescribed: Provided further that in a Department where there is no Senior Fellow, a Fellow or a Reader may be appointed as Head of the Department in the manner prescribed. (2) It shall be open to s Senior Fellow or Fellow or Reader to decline the offer of appointment as Head of the Department. (3) A person appointed as Head of the Department shall hold office as such for a period of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment. (4) A head of the Department may resign her office at any time during her tenure of office. (5) A Head of the Department shall perform such functions as may be prescribed.

Every Dean of Faculties shall be appointed in such manner and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed in the statutes.