Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981
No: 36 Dated: Oct, 26 1981
THE RABINDRA BHARATI ACT, 1981
West Bengal Act XXXVI of 1981
An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the University known as Rabindra Bharati and for certain matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
Whereas it is expedient to reconstitute the University known as Rabindra Bharati to encourage in conformity with the ideas and thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore, the integration of cultural heritage of the nation consistent with its linguistic and socio-economic history and to enable it to function more efficiently as a University encouraging and providing for instruction, teaching, training and research in various branches of learning and courses 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 as follows :-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981.
(2) This section and section 55 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) "the Academy" means the Academy of Dance, Drama and Music, initially established and sponsored by the Government of West Bengal and subsequently taken over by the University, including its properties, movable and immovable, and other assets and liabilities, and deemed to be a part of the University;
(2) "affiliated" in relation to a college or an institution or a centre means affiliated to the University known as Rabindra Bharati as constituted prior to the appointed day and continuing as such immediately before such day or affiliated to the University under this Act;
(3) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 55;
(4) "college" means a college established or maintained by, or affiliated to the University;
(5) "convocation" means a meeting of the Court for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions;
(6) "employee" in relation to the University means any person employed by the University;
(7) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March;
(8) "Government College" means a college maintained and managed by the State Government;
(9) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(10) "hall" or "hostel" means a unit of residence for students, teachers, officers or non-teaching staff recognised by the University;
(11) "institution" means a school, centre of culture, museum, library or any other organisation, by whatever name called, for training, instruction, research or study in all or any of the following subjects, namely, dance, drama, music and visual arts;
(12) "Librarian" in relation to the University or a college, institution or centre affiliated to the University means a Librarian or a Deputy Librarian or an Assistant Librarian or any other person discharging the functions of a Librarian on whole-time basis, by whatever name called, appointed or recognized as such by the University;
(13) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Higher Education appointed as such by the Governor;
(14) "non-teaching staff'" in relation to the University or a college, institution or centre affiliated to the University means the nonteaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognized as such by the University, and includes technical staff but does not include a Librarian or an officer.
Explanation. - "Technical staff" shall mean the staff holding any technical post, by whatever name called, appointed or recognizfed as such by the University;
(15) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act;
(16) "Principal" means the head of an institution, by whatever name called;
(17) "Rabindra Bharati Society" means the Society, by whatever name called, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the name and style of Rabindra Bharati on the 15th January, 1947, and having its office in the campus of the University;
(18) "registered graduate" means a graduate registered under this Act, at least three months prior to the date of election of members to the Court, on application in the prescribed form and on payment of a fee of one rupee:
Provided that no person shall be eligible to be registered under this Act unless he has graduated himself from the University at least three years prior to the date of election of members to the Court;
(19) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University made under this Act;
(20) "Students' Union" in relation to the University or a college, institution or centre affiliated to the University means a students' Union constituted in the manner prescribed;
(21) "Teacher" means a Principal, Professor, Associate Professor, Reader, Assistant Professor, Demonstrator, Tutor, Inspector, Accompanist or any other person, either whole-time or part-time, imparting instruction or conducting research or assisting in the teaching of music or dance by providing instrumental or vocal accompaniment, in the University or in any college, institution or centre affiliated to the University;
(22) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Reader Assistant Professor, or any other person, holding a teaching post including a part-time teaching post, appointed or recognized as such by the University.
(23) "University" means the University known as Rabindra Bharati, as constituted under this Act;
(24) "University Library", "University Museum" or "University Institution" means a library, a museum or an institution, as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it or not.
CHAPTER II
The University and its officers
3. The University. - (1) The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor of the University and the members of the Court and the Executive Council, for the time being, shall constitute a body corporate by the name of the Rabindra Bharati.
(2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the name of Rabindra Bharati.