West Bengal College Service Commission Act, 1978
No: 62 Dated: Feb, 23 1979
THE WEST BENGAL COLLEGE SERVICE COMMISSION ACT, 1978
West Bengal Act LXII of 1978
An Act to provide for the constitution of a College Service Commission in West Begnal and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the constitution of a College Service Commission in West Bengal and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title. - This Act may be called the West Bengal College Service Commission Act, 1978.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Commission;
(b) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of a University;
(c) "college" means a college or an institution affiliated to a University in accordance with the provisions of the Act constituting or establishing, as the case may be, such University or the Statutes made thereunder and includes a constituent college or a Government Sponsored College but does not include a Government College or a Medical College;
(d) "Commission" means the West Bengal College Service Commission constituted under section 3;
(e) "constituent college" means a college recognised as such by a University but does not include a Government College;
(f) "Government College" means a college maintained and managed by the State Government;
(g) "Government Sponsored College" means a college declared by the State Government as such;
(h) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of West Bengal;
(i) "Medical College" means a college in which instruction is provided primarily for courses of study leading to any degree, diploma or certificate of a University in medicine and which is recognised as such under any enactment in force for the time being;
(j) "member" means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairman;
(k) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(m) "Principal" means the head of a college by whatever name called;
(n) "regulations" means regulations made under section 17;
(o) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Commission;
(p) "Teacher" means a Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Tutor, Demonstrator, Physical Instructor or any other person holding a teaching post of a college recognised by the University to which such college is affiliated and appointed as such by such college and includes its Principal and Vice-Principal;
(q) "University" means any of the Universities constituted or established, as the case may be, under-
(i) the Jadavpur University Act, 1955,
(ii) the Burdwan University Act, 1959,
(iii) the Kalyani University Act, 1960,
(iv) the North Bengal University Act, 1961,
(v) the Rabindra Bharati Act, 1961,
(vi) the Calcutta University Act, 1966, and
(vii) the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya Act, 1974.
3. Constitution of the Commission. - (1) The State Government shall, with effect from such date as it may, by notification, appoint, constitute a Commission by the name of the West Bengal College Service Commission consisting of seven members of whom one shall be the Chairman.
(2) Of the members one shall be a person who, not being an educationist, occupies or has occupied, in the opinion of the State Government, a position of eminence in public life or in Judicial or Administrative Service and the others shall have teaching experience either as a Professor of a University or as a Principal for a period of not less than ten years, or as a teacher, other than Principal of a College, for a period of not less than fifteen years.