Gour Banga University Act, 2007
No: 26 Dated: Feb, 19 2008
THE GOUR BANGA UNIVERSITY ACT, 2007
West Bengal Act XXVI of 2007
An Act to provide for the constitution of the University of Gour Banga and for certain matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
WHEREAS it is expedient to constitute the University of Gour Banga to enable it to function efficiently as a University encouraging and providing for instruction, teaching, training and research in various branches of learning and course of study, promoting advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning, and extending higher education, to meet the growing needs of society and to make the constitution of various authorities or bodies of the University more democratic;
It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of the West Bengal, as follows
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Gour Banga University Act, 2007.
(2) This section and section 57 shall come into force at once; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date or dates as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) "affiliated" in relation to a college or an institution means affiliated to the University of Gour Banga as constituted prior to the appointed day and continuing as such immediately before such day or affiliated to the University under this Act;
(2) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 57;
(3) "autonomous college" means a college affiliated to the University and enjoying academic freedom to :
(a) determine and prescribe its own courses of study and syllabi;
(b) determine rules of admission subject to the reservation policy of the State Government; and
(c) evolve methods of conduction of examination and evaluation, under the guidelines and overall supervision of the University;
(4) "constituent college" means an affiliated college in which instruction is provided, under prescribed conditions, for honours as well as for post-graduate courses of study, and which is declared as such by the University: Provided that, if in any professional subject no honours courses of study have been prescribed, a professional college may be a constituent college although no instruction is provided in that colldge for honours courses of study in that subject;
(5) "convocation" means a meeting of the Senate for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions;
(6) "distance education" means instruction imparted through correspondence as recognized by the Distance Education Council, Government of India;
(7) "district" means any of the districts of Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda or any district which may be created in future out of any part or parts of one or more of the aforementioned districts;
(8) "employee" in relation to the University means a person employed by the University;
(9) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March;
(10) "Government college" means a college affiliated to the University which is maintained and managed by the Government of West Bengal;
(11) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(12) "hall" or "hostel" means a unit of residence of students maintained by the University;
(13) "Librarian" means,—
(a) in relation to the University, a Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognized as Such by the University, and
(b) in relation to a college affiliated to the University, Librarian or any other person holding a post of Librarian, by whatever name called, appointed or recognized by the University or appointed by such college;
(14) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, appointed as such by the Governor;
(15) "non-teaching staff'" means,—
(a) in relation to the University, the non-teaching staff appointed or recognized as such by the University not holding any teaching post or a person not holding the post of an officer or a person not holding the post of Librarian, by whatever name called;
(b) in relation to an affiliated college, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post, appointed or recognized by the University or appointed by such college, but does not include a Librarian by whatever name called;
(16) "prescribed" means prescribed by statutes or Ordinances or Regulations;
(17) "Principal" means the head of a college or of an institution, by whatever name called;
(18) "private college" means a college affiliated to the University which is maintained and managed by private sources;
(19) "professional college" means a college affiliated to the University in which instruction is provided primarily for courses of study leading to any degree, diploma or certificate of the University in any professional subject and which is recognized under this Act as a professional college;
(20) "professional subject" means any of the following subjects, namely, law, teachers' training, engineering, technology, agriculture, library and information science, mass communication and journalism, management studies or such other subject as may be prescribed by Regulations;
(21) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and" Rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances , Regulations and Rules made under this Act;
(22) "Students' Union" means,—
(a) in relation to the University, the Students' Union constituted in the manner prescribed; and
(b) in relation to an affiliated college, the Students' Union constituted in the manner prescribed;
(23) "Teacher" means a Professor, Reader, Principal, Lecturer, or any other person, holding a teaching post, appointed or recognized by the University or appointed by an affiliated college or institution;
(24) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person, holding a teaching post, appointed or recognized as such by the University;
(25) "University" means the University of Gour Banga as constituted under this Act;
(26) "University College" means a college, or an institute, or a college combined with an institute, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not;
(27) "University Laboratory", "University Library", "University Museum" or "University Institution" means a laboratory, a library, a museum or an institution, as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established it or not;
(28) "University Professor", "University Reader" or "University Lecturer" means a Professor, Reader or Lecturer appointed or recognized as such by the University.