Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory Commission) Act, 2010
No: 15 Dated: Feb, 07 2011
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (REGULATORY COMMISSION) ACT, 2010
(ACT NO. 15 OF 2011)
An Act to provide for establishment of the Regulatory Commission and Regulatory mechanism in the State for the purpose of ensuring appropriate standard of admission, teaching, examination, research and protection of interest of students in the Private Educational Institutions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and application.- (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory Commission) Act, 2010.
(2) It shall apply to the Private Educational Institutions in the State of Himachal Pradesh.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Commission” means the Regulatory Commission established under section 3 of this Act;
(b) “member” means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson;
(c) “Private Educational Institutions” means all the Private Educational Institutions in the State viz. degree colleges, professional colleges of Education, Institutes of Technical Education, Management, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Paramedical Institutions and Universities, deemed Universities, Centres of Excellence or any other educational institutions of higher learning, except schools affiliated to any recognized Board of School Education;
(d) “regulations” means regulations made by the Commission under section 19 of this Act;
(e) “Regulatory body” means any State or Central Statutory Regulatory Body set up for the purpose;
(f) “student” means a person enrolled in the Private Educational Institution for pursuing a course of study for the award of a degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction;
(g) “University Grants Commission” means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956;
(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) “State Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; and
(j) "Higher Education" means study of a curriculum or course for the pursuit of knowledge beyond 10+2 level.
3. Establishment of Commission.- (1) The State Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, establish the Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission for the purpose of providing a regulatory mechanism in the State and for working as an interface between the State Government and the Central Regulatory Bodies for the purpose of ensuring appropriate standards of admission, teaching, examination, research, extension programmes and protection of the interest of the students of the Private Educational Institutions.
(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
(3) The headquarters of the Commission shall be at such place as may be notified by the State Government.