Jharkhand State Universities Act, 2000
No: -- Dated: Jan, 01 2000
THE JHARKHAND STATE UNIVERSITY ACT, 2000
An Act To establish and incorporate Affiliating-cum-Teaching Universities at Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Ranchi, Gaya (Bodhgaya) and Darbhanga in the State of Bihar.
1. Short title and commencement- (i) This Act may be called the Jharkhand State Universities Act, 2000 (adapted)
(ii) It shall come into force at once.
(iii) In shall extend to the whole of the State of Jharkhand.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-
(a) “annual meeting' means one of the meetings of the Senate to be held every year under sub-section (1) of section 18 and declared by the statutes to be the annual meeting of the Senate;
(b) “autonomous institution' means any institution declared as such under this Act and includes a College also;
(c) “affiliated College' means educational institution having received privileges of the University according to the provisions of this Act and University Statutes relating thereto;
(d) “Academic Council' means the Academic Council of the University;
(e) “Chancellor' means the Chancellor of the University;
(f) “College' means an institution maintained or controlled by the University or maintained by the State Government in which instruction is given subject to the provisions contained in clause (16) of section 4 to the students of the University up to or below the postgraduate standard under conditions prescribed in the Statutes:
Provided that till separate arrangement is made for Intermediate Education, teaching of this standard also shall continue to be imparted in the same College, under the general direction of the Intermediate Education Council and that College shall be deemed to be an institution imparting education of Intermediate standard also.
(g) “Head of College Department' means the head of any department of the College;
(h) “Head of a University Department' means the head of any department maintained by the University for imparting instruction to the students of the University in the post-graduate standard under conditions prescribed in the Statutes and includes the Director of any institute maintained by the University or the Government for the promotion of research or for imparting instruction to the students of the University in the post-graduate standard;
(i) “Constituent College' means a teaching institution maintained or controlled by the University;
(j) “Hostel' means a place of residence for students of the University maintained or recognized by the University either as part of or separate from a College, in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(k) Institution' means an institution maintained or recognized by the University;
(l) “Prescribed' means prescribed by this Act or by the Statutes, the Ordinance, the Regulations or the Rules framed thereunder;
(m) “Principal' means the head of a College.
(n) “Pro-Vice-Chancellor' means the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University;
(o) “Professor' means a teacher of a College possessing such qualification as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
(q) “Registered graduate' means a graduate of the University who has received a degree from the University and whose name has been entered in the register of registered graduates maintained under the provisions of this Act on payment of a registration fee of rupees ten to the University. It also includes a graduate of the Patna University established and incorporated under the Patna University Act, 1917 (Bihar Act XVI of 1917) who has made a proper application together with a fee of rupees ten for being registered as a registered graduate of the University.
Provided that a person, who was or was deemed to be a registered graduate under the Bihar State Universities (Bihar, Bhagalpur and Ranchi University) Act, 1960 (Bihar Act XIV of 1960), the Magadh University Act, 1961 (Bihar Act IV of 1962) or the Lalit Narayan Mithila University (second) Ordinance, 1976 (Bihar Ordinance No. LXXXVII of 1976), shall be deemed to be a registered graduate of the University subject to the condition that the College from which he graduated falls within the jurisdiction of the University.
Explanation -- A person, who has received more than one degree of the University, shall not be required to pay such registration fee more than once.
(r) “Reader' means a teacher of a College or the University possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
(s) “Lecturer' means a teacher of a College or University possessing such qualification as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
(t) “Senate' means the Senate of the University;
(u) “Statutes' Ordinances', “Regulations' and Rules means respectively the Statutes, the Ordinances, the Regulations and the Rules of the University for the time being in force;
(v) “Teacher' includes Principal, University Professor, College Professor, Reader, Lecturer, Demonstrator and other person imparting instruction in department, college or institute maintained by the University;
(w) “University Professor' means a teacher engaged in giving instruction in any department or institute maintained by the University for imparting instruction to the students of the University in the post graduate standard or for guiding research work or both and possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
(x) “Syndicate' means the Syndicate of the University;
(y) “University' means the University established and incorporated under section-3 of this Act;
(z) “University Fund' means the fund of the University established under section 45 of this Act;
(aa) “Vice-Chancellor' means the Vice-Chancellor of the University;
(ab) “Acharya' means a person on whom a degree of Acharya has been conferred by the University, and includes a person possessing any such degree conferred by the Bihar Sanskrit Association or any equivalent degree recognized by the University;
(ac) “Bihar Sanskrit Association' means the Sanskrit Association constituted by the State Government as referred to in Chapter-8 of the Bihar Education Code (Seventh Edition);
(ad) “Sanskrit Education Board' means the Board constituted by the State Government for control and supervision of Sanskrit Schools/Tol for conducting examinations (upto Madhyama standard;
(ae) “Director' means head of any institute;
(af) “Faculty' means a faculty of the University;
(ag) “Recognition' with all its grammatical variations, and cognate expressions means recognition according to the provisions of this Act and Statutes;
(ah) “Registered Acharya' means a person registered as such according to provision of this Act and Statutes and includes an Acharya registered as such under the Kameshwar Singh, Darbhanga Sanskrit University Act, 1962 (Bihar Act 21 of 1965);
(ai) “University student' means a person enrolled in any College, institute or recognized institute for the purpose of entry in any course.