Chapter X MISCELLANEOUS

48. All casual vacancies among the members (other than ex-officio members) of any authority or other body of the University shall be filled as soon as conveniently may be, by the person or body, who or which, nominated or elected the member whose place has become vacant and the person nominated or elected to a casual vacancy shall be a member of such authority or body for the residue of the term for which the person whose place he fills would have been a member: Provided that vacancies arising by efflux of time among elected members of any authority or other body of the University may be filled at elections which may be fixed by the Vice-Chancellor to take place on such days not earlier than two months from the date on which the vacancies arise, as he thinks fit: Provided further that no casual vacancy shall be filled if such vacancy occurs within six months before the date of the expiry of the term of the members of any authority or other body of the University.

49. No act or proceeding of any authority or other body of the University shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy or of any defect or irregularity in the election or appointment of a member of any authority or other body of the University or of any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding not affecting the merits of the case or on the ground only that the Senate did not meet twice in any year.

50. (1) The Syndicate may, (a) on the recommendation of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Syndicate remove by an order in writing made in this behalf the name of any person from the register of graduates; or

1. (b) remove by an order in writing made in this behalf any person from membership of any authority of the University by a resolution passed by a majority of the total membership of the Syndicate and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Syndicate present and voting at the meeting, if such person has been convicted by a criminal court for an offence which in the opinion of the Syndicate involves moral turpitude or if he has been guilty of gross misconduct and for the same reason, the Syndicate may withdraw any degree or diploma conferred on or granted to that person by the University.

1. (2) The Syndicate may also by an order in writing made in this behalf remove any person from the membership of any authority of the University if he becomes of unsound mind or deaf-mute or has applied to be adjudicated or has been adjudicated, as an insolvent.
2. (3) No action under this section shall be taken against any person unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity to show cause against the action proposed to be taken.
3. (4) A copy of every order passed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), as the case may be, shall, as soon as may be after it is so passed, be communicated to the person concerned in the manner prescribed by regulations.

51. If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or nominated as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority of the University or other body of the University, the question shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final.

52. All the authorities of the University shall have power to constitute or reconstitute committees and to delegate to them such of their powers as they deem fit.

Power to obtain information 53. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, the Government may, by order in writing, call for any information from the University on any matter relating to the affairs of the University and the University shall, if such information is available with it, furnish the Government with such information within a reasonable period:

Registration of graduates 54. (1) On and after the notified date every person ordinarily resident within the University area, who, (i) has been for at least three years a graduate of any University in the territory of India; or

1. (ii) is a registered graduate of any University in the territory of India, shall be entitled to have his name entered in the register of graduates maintained under this Act for a period of five years on payment of such fee and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the statutes.

1. (2) All applications for registration under sub-section (1) shall be sent to the Registrar together with the prescribed fee and such proof of qualifications as may be prescribed by the statutes.
2. (3) The Registrar shall, on receipt of an application made under sub-section (2) and after making such enquiry as he deems fit, enter in the register of graduates the name of the applicant.
3. (4) Every person whose name has been entered in the register of graduates under sub-section (3) shall be entitled to have such entry renewed every five years on application made in that behalf to the Registrar within such time, in such manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the statutes.

55. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 12, within three months from the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, the first Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Government on a salary to be fixed by them for a period not exceeding three years and on such other conditions as they think fit:

Appointment of first Registrar Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 14, within three months from the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, the first Registrar shall be appointed by the Government on a salary to be fixed by them for a period not exceeding three years and on such conditions as they think fit:

Transitory powers of first Vice-Chancellor

1. (1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Chancellor to make arrangements for constituting the Senate, the Syndicate and the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs and such other authorities of the University within six months after the notified date or such longer period, not exceeding one year as the Government may, by notification, direct.
2. (2) The first Vice-Chancellor shall, in consultation with the Government, make such rules as may be necessary for the functioning of the University.
3. (3) The authorities constituted under sub-section (1) shall commence to exercise their functions on such date as the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.
4. (4) It shall be the duty of the first Vice-Chancellor to draft such statutes, ordinances and regulations as may be necessary and submit them to the respective authorities competent to deal with them for their disposal. Such statutes, ordinances and regulations, when framed, shall be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
5. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the statutes until such time as an authority is duly constituted, the first Vice-Chancellor may appoint any officer or constitute any committee temporarily to exercise and perform any of the powers and duties of such authority under this Act and the statutes.

58. (1) Every person who, immediately before the notified date, is serving in connection with the affairs of the Chennai University in the University Centre at Salem shall, as from the said date, become an employee of the Periyar University and shall cease to be an employee of the Chennai University.

1. (2) (a) As soon as may be, after the notified date, the Government may, after consulting the Vice-Chancellors of the Chennai University and the Periyar University, direct by general or special order that such of the employees of the Chennai University as are specified in such order shall stand allotted to serve in connection with the affairs of the Periyar University, with on and from such date as may be specified in such order: Provided that no such direction shall be issued in respect of any such person without his consent for such allotment.
   • (b) With effect on and from the date specified in the order under clause (a), the persons specified in such order shall become employees of the Periyar University and shall cease to be employees of the Chennai University.
2. (3) Every person referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall hold office under the Periyar University by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension or gratuity, if any, and other matters as he would have held the same on the notified date or the date specified in the order under sub-section (2), as the case may be, as if this Act had not been passed.
3. (4) The liability to pay pension and gratuity to the persons referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be the liability of the Periyar University.

59. (1) The sums at the credit of the provident fund accounts of the persons referred to in sub-section (1) of section 58 as on the notified date and of the persons referred to in sub-section (2) of that section as on the date specified in the order under clause (a) of the said sub-section (2) shall be transferred to the Periyar University and the liability in respect of the said provident fund accounts shall be the liability of the Periyar University.

1. (2) There shall be paid to the Periyar University out of the accumulations in the superannuation fund and other like funds, if any, of the Chennai University such amounts as have been credited to the superannuation fund or other like funds, if any, on behalf of the persons referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 58.

Payment of certain amount by Chennai University

1. (1) The Chennai University shall, out of its funds as on the notified date, pay to the Periyar University such amount as the Government may, in consultation with the Chennai University, specify.
2. (2) The amount payable under sub-section (1) shall be in addition to the amounts payable by the Chennai University to the Periyar University under section 58.

62. (1) The Librarian shall be a whole-time officer of the University appointed by the Syndicate on the recommendation of the Selection Committee constituted for the purpose, for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

1. (2) The Librarian shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Syndicate.

and conditions as it deems fit, and on the person agreeing to do so, appoint him to the post.

1. (2) The Syndicate may appoint a teacher or any other member of the academic staff working in any other University or organisation for undertaking a joint project in accordance with the manner laid down in the ordinances.

The Syndicate shall, at the end of every three years from the notified date, submit a report to the Government on the condition of affiliated and approved colleges within the University area.

Power to remove difficulties 65. (1) If any difficulty arises as to the first constitution or reconstitution of any authority of the University after the notified date or otherwise in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification, make such provision, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:

Provided that no such notification shall be issued after the expiry of five years from the date of establishment of the University under section 3.

1. (2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) or under any other provisions of this Act shall, as soon as possible after it is issued, be placed on the table of the Legislative Assembly, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the Assembly makes any modification in any such notification or the Assembly decides that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification.