Terms and conditions of service of Heads of Departments.

(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.