Transitory Provisions

(i) Within 06(six) months from the date of coming into force of this Act, the Chancellor shall appoint, on the recommendation of and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the State Government, a person to be the Vice-Chancellor and he shall be the first Vice-Chancellor of the University and shall hold office for a period of five years. The first Vice-Chancellor shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Vice-Chancellor under this Act; (ii) The first Vice-Chancellor shall, with the approval of the Chancellor and with the assistance of a Committee consisting of not less than nine members, nominated by the State Government, cause the first Statutes, the first Ordinances and the first Regulations of the University to be framed; (iii) The first Vice-Chancellor shall, within one year from the date of his appointment or within such longer period, not exceeding two years from the date of his appointment, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct, cause arrangements to be made for constituting the Court, the Board of Management, the Senate, the Boards of Faculties and the Boards of Studies in accordance with the provisions of the first Statutes, the first Ordinances and the first Regulations as framed under sub-section (ii), as if they had already come into force; (iv) If, for any reason, - (a) the constitution of the Court, the Board of Management and other bodies referred to in sub-section (iii) cannot be completed within the period of office of the first Vice Chancellor appointed under sub-section (i), then, on the expiry of such period, the Chancellor may, on the recommendation of and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the State Government, appoint the first Vice-Chancellor whose period of office has expired or another person to be Vice-Chancellor for the purposes of this section for such period not exceeding two years as the Chancellor thinks fit; or (b) a vacancy occurs in the office of the first Vice-Chancellor before the expiry of his office, then, the Chancellor may, on the recommendation of and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the State Government, appoint another person to be the Vice-Chancellor for the purposes of this Section for the unexpired portion of such period or such further period not exceeding two years, as the Chancellor thinks fit, and references in this Act to the first Vice-Chancellor shall be deemed to include references to the Vice-Chancellor appointed under the sub-section; (v) the State Government, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint a date and on and from such date the Court, the Board of Management, the Senate, the Boards of Faculty and the Boards of Studies shall commence to exercise their respective functions, and the first Ordinances and the first Regulations as framed under sub-section (ii) shall come into force and be first Statutes, the first Ordinances and the first Regulation of the University; (vi) the first Statutes, Management or other such Statutory bodies, shall be exercised by a Council to be named the Tripura Government Technical University Council, constituted under sub-section (ii) of this section and after constitution of all such bodies the Council shall stand dissolved; (ii) The following shall be the members of the council :- (a) The Vice-Chancellor; (b) The Principal Secretary/Secretary, Education (Higher) Department, Government of Tripura; (c) The Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Tripura or his nominee not below the rank of Jt. Secretary to the Government of Tripura, (d) The Principal Secretary/Secretary, Law Department, Government of Tripura or his nominee not below the rank of Jt. Secretary to the Government of Tripura; (e) The Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Government of Tripura (f) All Professors of the academic Departments; (g) 1 (One) Professor from NIT Agartala; (h) 1 (One) Professor from IIIT Agartala; (i) 5(Five) persons to be nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the State Government in the following manner: 1. 2(two) Teachers of the academic Departments other than Professors; 2. 2(two) students, one of whom should be a lady student; 3. 1(one) non-teaching staff of The Tripura Government Technical University office. (iii) The Registrar of the University shall act as Ex officio Secretary of the Council; (iv) The first Registrar, the first Finance Officer and such other Officers of the University (including technical personnel) as may be required to be appointed from time to time shall be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of a Committee consisting of the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman, a nominee of the Council, a nominee of the State Government, and, subject to the supervision, direction and general control of the Vice-Chancellor, they shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred and imposed on them by or under this Act, or delegate to them by the Vice-Chancellor; (v) The Council may, subject to the approval of the State Government, appoint such administrative, clerical and other staff (including technical staff) it deems necessary for giving effect to the provision of this section; (vi) The council may with the approval of the Chancellor, delegate any of its powers and functions to such body or bodies as may be constituted by it to carry on the functions of the Court, Board of Management, the Faculty Council for Post-Graduate studies, the Councils for Under-graduate studies, the Boards of studies, the Finance Committee and all other authorities to be constituted under this Act or the Statutes or the Ordinances: Provided that such delegation shall not prevent the exercise of any such powers or discharge of any such functions by the Council; (vii) (a) Twenty-five per cent of the Council shall form quorum for a meeting of the Council; (b) Twenty-five per cent of the members of anybody constituted by the Council shall be a quorum for