Vidyasagar University Act, 1981
No: 18 Dated: Jun, 24 1981
THE VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY ACT, 1981
West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981
An Act to establish and incorporate a University at Midnapore in West Bengal after the name of Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate a University at Midnapore in the State of West Bengal after the name of Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar for 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, and for meeting the growing needs of society;
It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Vidyasagar University Act, 1981.
(2) It shall come into force on such date 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. Defnitions:- 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 Vidyasagar University under this Act;
(2) "appointed day" means the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section 57;
(3) "college" means a college established, maintained or recognized by, or affiliated to, the University and includes a college referred to in sub-section (3) of section 5;
(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 college for honours courses of study in that subject;
(5) "convocation" means a meeting of the Court for the purpose of conferring degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions;
(6) "district" means the district of Midnapore or any district which may be created in future out of any part thereof;
(7) "employee" in relation to the University means any person employed by the University;
(8) "financial year" means the year ending on the 31st day of March;
(9) "Government College" means a college maintained and managed by the State Government;
( 10) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(11) "hostel" or "hall" means a unit of residence for students recognized by the University;
(12) "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 recognised as such by the University, and
(b) in relation to an affiliated college, a 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;
(13) "Minister" means the Minister-in-charge of Higher Education appointed as such by the Governor;
(14) "non-teaching staff" means,—
(a) in relation to the University, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part-time teaching post), appointed or recognized as such by the University, and
(b) in relation to an affiliated college, the non-teaching staff, not holding any teaching post (including part time teaching post), appointed or recognized by the University or appointed by such college,
but does not include an officer or a Librarian;
(15) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or Rules made under this Act;
(16) "Principal" means the head of a college or of an institution, by whatever name called;
(17) "professional subject" means any of the following subjects, namely, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Teachers' Training, Technology, Agriculture, Journalism, Management Studies or such other subject as may be prescribed by Regulations;
(18) "Statutes", "Ordinances", "Regulations" and "Rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University made under this Act;
(19) "Students' Union", in relation to the University or an affiliated college, means Students' Union constituted in the manner prescribed;
(20) "Teacher" means a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader, Principal, Lecturer, Demonstrator, Instructor or any other person holding a teaching post including a part-time teaching post, appointed or recognized by the University or appointed by an affiliated college or institution;
(21) "Teacher of the University" means a Professor, Reader, Lecturer or any other person appointed or recognised as such by the University, either whole-time or part-time for the purpose of imparting instruction or conducting research in the University;
(22) "University" means the Vidyasagar University of Midnapore as constituted under this Act;
(23) "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 by it or not;
(24) "University Professor", "University Reader" or "University Lecturer" means a Professor, Reader or Lecturer appointed or recognised as such by the University.
CHAP IER II
The University and its officers
3. The University:- (1) The first Chancellor and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University and the first members of the Court and the Executive Council, and all persons who may hereafter become the Chancellor or the ViceChancellor of the University or the members of the Court or the Executive Council so long as they continue to hold such office or membership shall constitute a body corporate by the name of the Vidyasagar University.
(2) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued in the name of the Vidyasagar University.