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THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHAKWAL ACT 2019
(Act I
of 2020)
C
O N T E N T S
Section Heading
1. Short
title and Commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Incorporation.
4. Functions
of the University.
5. Jurisdiction
of the University.
6. University
to be open to all classes and creeds.
7. Fee
and other charges.
8. Officers
of the University.
9. Chancellor.
10. Inspection
and inquiry.
11. Revisional powers of the Chancellor.
12. Pro-Chancellor.
13. Appointment
of the Vice Chancellor.
14. Powers
of the Vice Chancellor.
15. Pro-Vice
Chancellor.
16. Registrar.
17. Treasurer.
18. Controller
of Examinations.
19. Resident
Auditor.
20. Other
appointments.
21. Authorities
of the University.
22. Syndicate.
23. Powers
and duties of the Syndicate.
24. Academic
Council.
25. Powers
and duties of the Academic Council.
26. Board
of Faculty.
27. Board
of Advanced Studies and Research.
28. Functions
of the Board of Advanced Studies and Research.
29. Boards
of Studies.
30. Functions
of Boards of Studies.
31. Selection
Board.
32. Functions
of the Selection Board.
33. Finance
and Planning Committee.
34. Functions
of the Finance and Planning Committee.
35. Appointment
of Committees by Authorities.
STATUTES,
REGULATIONS AND RULES
36. Statutes.
37. Regulations.
38. Rules.
39. University
Fund.
40. Budget,
audit and accounts.
41. Appeal
to Syndicate.
42 Tripartite
mobility.
43. Transition.
44. Removal
of difficulties.
45. Indemnity.
[1]THE UNIVERSITY OF CHAKWAL ACT 2019
ACT I OF 2020
[9th
January 2020]
An Act to
provide for the establishment of University of Chakwal.
It is
necessary to provide for the establishment of University of Chakwal and to deal
with ancillary matters.
Be it enacted by Provincial
Assembly of the Punjab as follows:
1. Short title and Commencement.- (1)
This Act may be cited as the University of Chakwal Act 2019.
(2) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.- In
this Act:
(a) "Academic Council" means the Academic
Council of the University;
(b) "Act"
means the University
of Chakwal Act 2019;
(c) "affiliated
college" means a college or institute affiliated with the University;
(d) "Authority" means an Authority of the
University;
(e) "Chairperson" means the head of an
academic department;
(f) "Chancellor" means Chancellor of the University;
(g) "Commission" means the Higher Education
Commission established under the Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002
(LIII of 2002);
(h) "constituent
college" means a college maintained and administered by the University;
(i) "Controller of Examinations" means
Controller of Examinations of the University;
(j) "Dean" means the head of a Faculty of
the University;
(k) "department"
means a teaching or research department maintained and administered by the
University in the prescribed manner;
(l) "Faculty" means an administrative and
academic unit of the University consisting of one or more departments or a
constituent institute
or a constituent college;
(m) "Government" means Government of the
Punjab;
(n) "institute"
means an institute established, maintained and administered by the University;
(o) "prescribed" means prescribed by the statutes,
regulations or rules;
(p) "Principal" means the head of a
constituent college and includes Director of a constituent institute;
(q) "Pro-Chancellor" means Pro-Chancellor of
the University;
(r) "Pro-Vice Chancellor" means Pro-Vice
Chancellor of the University;
(s) "Punjab Higher Education Commission"
means the Punjab Higher Education Commission set up under the Punjab Higher
Education Commission
Act 2014 (I of 2015);
(t) "Registrar" means Registrar of the
University;
(u) "statutes", "regulations" and "rules"
respectively mean the statutes, regulations and rules made or deemed to have
been made under
the Act;
(v) "student" means
a student of the University;
(w) "Syndicate" means Syndicate of the
University;
(x)
"teacher"
includes a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or Lecturer,
Teaching Assistant, Demonstrator and Instructor
engaged whole time by the
University and such other person as may be prescribed;
(y) "Treasurer" means Treasurer of the
University;
(z) "University" means the University of
Chakwal; and
(aa) "Vice Chancellor" means Vice Chancellor of the University.
3. Incorporation.- (1) As soon as may
be after the commencement of the Act, the Government Postgraduate College for
Boys, Chakwal and Old Kachehri and Balkasar Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and
Technology, Taxila shall, by notification in the
official Gazette, be reconstituted as the University of Chakwal in accordance
with the provisions of
the Act.
(2) The University shall be a body corporate
by the name of University of Chakwal and shall have a perpetual succession and
a common seal
and may, by the said name, sue and be
sued.
(3) The University shall be competent to
acquire and hold property both movable and immoveable and lease,
sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immoveable property which vests in or
has been acquired by it subject to approval of the
Government.
(4) The University may, with the approval of
the Government, open or administer a sub-campus of the University after the
expiry of ten
years from the establishment of the University.
(5) Any property owned or possessed, and all
rights and all interests held or enjoyed by, and all liabilities subsisting
against Government
Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal and Old Kachehri and Balkasar
Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila,
shall stand transferred to the University.
(6) All employees of the Government, regular
or on contract, serving the Government Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal
and Old Kachehri and Balkasar
Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila,
immediately before coming into force of the Act, shall be considered on
deputation with the University but they shall not be entitled
to any deputation
allowance and shall be liable to be transferred to the University.
(7) Subject to the procedure notified by the
University, an employee serving the Government Postgraduate College for Boys,
Chakwal and
Old Kachehri and Balkasar
Sub-campuses of University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila,
on deputation with the University under subsection (6), may, within three
hundred and sixty five days from the date of coming into
force of the Act, opt
for absorption in the service of the University on such terms and conditions
and in such manner as may be prescribed
but such terms and conditions shall not
be less favourable than those admissible to such an
employee while in service of the
Postgraduate College for Boys, Chakwal and Old Kachehri
and Balkasar Sub-campuses of University of
Engineering and Technology, Taxila, immediately
before his deputation under subsection (6).
4. Functions
of the University.-
(1) The University shall:
(a) provide for instructions in such
branches of learning as it may deem fit, and make provisions for teaching,
training, research and
for the application, advancement and dissemination of
knowledge in such manner as it may determine;
(b) prescribe
courses of studies;
(c) hold
examinations in the prescribed manner and, if a person qualifies the
examination, award degree, diploma, certificate and other academic
distinction
to the person;
(d) confer degree on
a person who has successfully conducted research in the prescribed manner;
(e) create posts in
connection with teaching, research, administration, and for any other purpose
related thereto and appoint persons against
those posts;
(f) establish and
support other facilities for education, training and research;
(g) institute and
award financial assistance to students in need, fellowships, scholarships,
bursaries, medals and prizes in the prescribed manner;
(h) establish
academic departments, Faculties, constituent colleges and institutes for the
development of teaching and research and make such arrangements
for their
maintenance, management and administration, as it may determine;
(i) establish
either through its own sources or public-private partnership and maintain
University halls of residence for its students and staff
and approve any place
as hostel or lodging for students and staff;
(j) supervise and
control the discipline of students of the University;
(k) maintain order,
discipline and security in a campus of the University;
(l) take
disciplinary action against and impose penalty on students in the prescribed
manner;
(m) charge and
receive such fees and other payments as it may determine;
(n) receive and manage property (acquired or
transferred), grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other
contributions,
made to the University, and invest any fund representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts,
gifts, donations, endowments or contributions in such manner as it may deem
fit;
(o) provide for the
printing and publication of research and other work in the prescribed manner;
(p) provide career counselling and job search services to the students and
alumni;
(q) promote
co-curricular and recreational activities of the students and make arrangements
for promoting health and general welfare of the students;
and
(r) perform any
other prescribed or ancillary function.
(2) The University may:
(a) institute programmes for the exchange of students and teachers
between the University and any other university, educational institution or
research organization;
(b) develop and
implement fund-raising plans;
(c) accept an examination and the period of
study spent by a student at any other university or place of learning
equivalent to an examination
or period of study of the University and may withdraw
such acceptance;
(d) cooperate with a
public authority, university or private organization in the prescribed manner;
(e) make provisions
for research, advisory or consultancy services and enter into arrangements with
any other institution, public or private
body, commercial or industrial
enterprise in the prescribed manner;
(f) print and
publish research or work;
(g) exercise any
power ancillary to the above powers or as may be prescribed;
(h) admit any
college or other educational institution to its privileges or without such
privileges in the prescribed manner;
(i) affiliate or
de-affiliate a college or any other educational institution in the prescribed
manner; and
(j) carry out any
development projects of university through public-private partnerships subject
to approval by the Government.
5. Jurisdiction of the University.- The
jurisdiction of the University shall extend to Province of the Punjab.
6. University
to be open to all classes and creeds.- The
University shall be open to all persons irrespective of gender, religion, race,
creed, class or colour and no person shall be
denied the privileges of the
University on any such ground.
7. Fee and other charges.-(1)
The University may prescribe and, from time to time, increase fee and other
charges with the approval of the Syndicate.
(2) The Government may direct the University to maintain a
specific fee structure for any of its constituent colleges or any programs
being offered by the University, if warranted, under any special circumstances,
in the public interest.
8. Officers of the University.- The following shall
be the officers of the University:
(a) Chancellor;
(b) Pro-Chancellor;
(c) Vice Chancellor;
(d) Pro-Vice Chancellor;
(e) Principals;
(f) Directors;
(g) Deans;
(h) Chairpersons;
(i) Teachers;
(j) Registrar;
(k) Treasurer;
(l) Controller of Examinations;
(m) Resident Auditor; and
(n) such other
persons as may be prescribed.
9. Chancellor.- (1)
Governor of the Punjab shall be the Chancellor of the University.
(2) The University may, subject to prior
approval of the Chancellor, confer an honorary degree on a person of eminence.
(3) The Chancellor or a nominee of the
Chancellor shall preside at convocation of the University.
(4) In the performance of his functions
under the Act, the Chancellor shall act and shall be bound in the same manner
as the Governor
of a Province acts and is bound under Article 105 of the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
10. Inspection
and inquiry.- (1) The Chancellor
may direct inspection or inquiry into the affairs of the University.
(2) The Chancellor shall convey the views
with regard to the result of the inspection or inquiry to the Syndicate and
may, after ascertaining
the views of the Syndicate, direct any remedial action
to the Syndicate.
(3) The Syndicate shall, within the time
specified by the Chancellor, submit report to the Chancellor about the action
taken on the direction
of the Chancellor.
(4) If the Syndicate fails to take action to
the satisfaction of the Chancellor within the specified time, the Chancellor
may issue such
direction as the Chancellor deems appropriate, and the Syndicate
shall comply with the direction.
(5) The Chancellor may set aside a decision
or action of the Syndicate, which, in the opinion of the Chancellor, is against
the law, interest
of academic excellence of the University, religious or
cultural ideology, or national integrity.
11. Revisional
powers of the Chancellor.- The Chancellor may, on his own
motion or otherwise, call for and examine the record of any proceedings in
which an order has been
passed by any Authority for purposes of satisfying
himself as to the correctness, legality or propriety of any finding or order
and
may pass such orders as he may deem fit but no order shall be so passed
unless the person likely to be affected thereby is afforded
an opportunity of
being heard.
12. Pro-Chancellor.- (1) Minister for
Higher Education of the Government shall be the Pro-Chancellor of the
University.
(2) The Pro-Chancellor shall perform
functions under the Act and exercise such powers of the Chancellor, except the
powers under section
10, as may be prescribed or assigned to him by the
Chancellor.
13. Appointment of the Vice Chancellor.- (1) A person who is
eligible and who is not more than sixty five years of age on the last date
fixed for submission of applications
for the post of the Vice Chancellor may
apply for the post.
(2) The Chancellor shall determine, by
notification in the official Gazette, the qualifications, experience and other
relevant requirements
for the post of the Vice Chancellor.
(3) The Chancellor shall constitute, for a
term of two years, a Search Committee consisting of not less than three and not
more than five
members for making recommendations for appointment of the Vice
Chancellor.
(4) The Search Committee shall follow such
procedure and criteria, for selection of the panel for the post of the Vice
Chancellor, as
the Chancellor may, by notification, determine.
(5) The Search Committee shall recommend to
the Chancellor, in order of merit, a panel of three persons, who, in its
opinion, are suitable
for appointment as the Vice Chancellor.
(6) The Chancellor shall appoint the Vice
Chancellor for each term of four years but he shall serve during the pleasure
of the Chancellor.
(7) The Chancellor shall determine the terms
and conditions of service of the Vice Chancellor.
(8) The incumbent Vice Chancellor shall not
be allowed any extension in his tenure but subject to eligibility he may again
compete for
the post of the Vice Chancellor in accordance with the procedure
prescribed by or under this section.
(9) If the office of the Vice Chancellor is
vacant or the Vice Chancellor is absent or is unable to perform the functions
of the Vice
Chancellor owing to any cause, the Pro-Vice Chancellor shall
perform the functions of the Vice Chancellor but, if at any time, the
office of
Pro-Vice Chancellor is also vacant or the Pro-Vice Chancellor is absent or is
unable to perform the functions of the Vice
Chancellor owing to any cause, the
Chancellor shall make temporary arrangements for the performance of the duties
of the Vice Chancellor
but the period of such temporary arrangements shall not
exceed six months.
(10) The Pro-Vice Chancellor or any other
person acting as Vice Chancellor under subsection (9) shall not, in any case,
perform the functions
of the Vice Chancellor for the period of more than six
months and the Chancellor shall, within this period, ensure appointment of
the
Vice Chancellor under this section.
14. Powers of the Vice Chancellor.- (1) The Vice Chancellor
shall be
the chief executive and academic
officer of the University and shall ensure that the
provisions of the Act, statutes, regulations and
rules are faithfully observed in order
to promote teaching, research, technological development,
publications, administration and the general efficiency and good order of the
University.
(2) The Vice Chancellor shall preside over
the meetings of the Authorities of which he is the Chairperson and be entitled
to attend and
preside over any meeting of any other Authority or body of the
University.
(3) Subject to such conditions as may be
prescribed, the Vice Chancellor may, only in a financial matter / emergency,
take an action which
is not otherwise in the competence of the Vice Chancellor
but is in the competence of any other Authority.
(4) The Vice Chancellor shall, within
fifteen days of taking an action under subsection (3), submit a report to the
members of the Syndicate;
and, the Syndicate shall, within sixty days of the
action of the Vice Chancellor, pass such orders as it may deem appropriate.
(5) Subject to the general supervision and
control of the Syndicate, the Vice Chancellor may:
(a) direct a
teacher, officer or other employee of the University to take up such assignment
in connection with examination, administration
or any other activity in
relation to the University;
(b) sanction by
re-appropriation an amount for an unforeseen item not provided for in the
budget of the University;
(c) make appointments
of employees of the University in BS-16 or below in such manner as may be
prescribed;
(d) take
disciplinary action against a teacher, officer or any other (f) employee of the
University in the prescribed manner;
(e) delegate,
subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, any of his powers to a teacher
or officer of the University; and
(f) exercise such
other powers as may be prescribed or as may be assigned by the Syndicate.
(6) The Vice Chancellor shall prepare an
annual report containing information as regards the preceding academic year
including disclosure
of all relevant facts pertaining to academics, research,
administration and finances of the University.
(7) The Vice Chancellor shall, within three
months of the conclusion of an academic year, submit the annual report of the
University to
the Syndicate.
15. Pro-Vice Chancellor.- (1)
The Chancellor shall nominate the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University, from
amongst three senior most Professors of the University,
for a term of three
years.
(2) A Pro-Vice Chancellor shall perform such
functions as may be assigned to him under the Act, statutes or regulations.
(3) The Syndicate or the Vice Chancellor may
assign any other functions to the Pro-Vice Chancellor in addition to his duties
as Professor.
16. Registrar.- (1)
The Vice Chancellor shall recommend to the Government, in order of merit, a
panel of three persons short-listed through a competitive
process as may be
prescribed by the Administrative Department, for appointment as Registrar.
(2) The Government shall appoint the
Registrar for each term of three years in such manner and on such terms and
conditions as may be
prescribed, however, the
Registrar shall work during the pleasure of the Government.
(3) The Government shall not appoint a person
as Registrar unless he possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(4) The Registrar shall be a wholetime officer of the University and shall:
(a) be the
administrative head of the secretariat of the University and be responsible for
the provision of secretarial support to the Syndicate
and the Vice Chancellor;
(b) be the
custodian of the common seal and the academic records of the University;
(c) maintain a
register of the students and graduates in the prescribed manner;
(d) supervise the
process of election, appointment or nomination of a member to an authority or
body of the University in the prescribed manner;
and
(e) perform such
other duties as may be prescribed, or as may be assigned by the Vice Chancellor
or the Syndicate.
17. Treasurer.- (1)
The Chancellor shall, on the recommendations of the Syndicate, appoint the
Treasurer on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and until so prescribed as the
Chancellor may determine.
(2) A person shall not be appointed as
Treasurer unless he possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(3) The Treasurer shall be a wholetime officer of the University and shall:
(a) manage the
assets, liabilities, receipts, expenditures, funds and investments of the
University;
(b) prepare the annual
and revised budget estimates of the University and present the estimates to the
Syndicate;
(c) ensure that the
funds of the University are spent according to the budget or any other special
arrangement;
(d) ensure that the
accounts of the University are audited annually and are available for
submission to the Syndicate within six months of the
end of a financial year;
and
(e) perform such
other functions as are prescribed or as may be assigned to him by the Vice
Chancellor or the Syndicate.
(4) The Treasurer shall hold office for each
term of three years.
18. Controller of Examinations.- (1) The Chancellor
shall, on the recommendations of the Syndicate, appoint the Controller of
Examinations on such terms and conditions
as may be prescribed and until so
prescribed as the Chancellor may
determine.
(2) A person shall not be appointed as
Controller of Examinations unless he possesses the prescribed qualifications
and experience.
(3) The Controller of Examinations shall be
a wholetime officer of the University and shall be
responsible for all matters connected with the conduct of examinations and
shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed or assigned by the Vice
Chancellor or the Syndicate.
(4) The Controller of Examinations shall
hold office for each term of three years.
19. Resident Auditor.- (1)
The Syndicate shall appoint, on deputation, a Resident Auditor of the
University from amongst the panel recommended by the Government.
(2) The University shall request the
Government to send a panel of three Government officers qualified to be
appointed as the Resident
Auditor of the University.
(3) The Resident Auditor shall hold office
for each term of three years.
(4) The Resident Auditor shall perform such
functions as are prescribed or as the Syndicate may assign.
20. Other appointments.- The
University may appoint such persons in its service as may be necessary in such
manner and on such terms and conditions as may
be prescribed.
21. Authorities
of the University.- (1)
The following shall be the Authorities of the University:
(a) Syndicate;
(b) Academic Council;
(c) Boards of Faculties;
(d) Board of Advanced Studies and Research;
(e) Boards of Studies
(f) Selection Board;
(g) Finance Committee;
(h) Planning and
Development Committee; and
(i) such other
Authorities as may be prescribed under the statutes.
(2) The Syndicate may constitute committees
consisting of the members of the Syndicate or it may create committees
consisting of members
of the Syndicate or teachers or officers of the
University or a combination of all or any of such persons.
22. Syndicate.- (1)
The Syndicate shall consist of:
(a) Pro Chancellor who shall be its
Chairperson;
(b) Vice Chancellor;
(c) Pro-Vice Chancellor;
(d) Secretary to the Government, Higher
Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary;
(e) Secretary to the Government, Finance
Department or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary;
(f) Secretary to the Government, Law and
Parliamentary Affairs Department or a nominee not below the rank of Additional
Secretary;
(g) Chairperson of the Commission or his
nominee not below the rank of a whole-time Member of the Commission;
(h) Chairperson of the Punjab Higher
Education Commission or his nominee not below the rank of a whole-time member
of the Commission;
(i) Three members of Provincial Assembly of
the Punjab, including at least one female member of the Assembly to be
nominated by the Speaker
of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab;
(j) one Vice
Chancellor of any University in the public sector in the Punjab to be nominated
by the Chancellor;
(k) two Deans to be
nominated by the Chancellor;
(l) one Principal
or Director of a constituent college or a constituent institute to be nominated
by the Administrative Department;
(m) one Principal of
an affiliated college or institute to be nominated by the Administrative
Department; and
(n) five persons of
eminence from the private sector, including at least two women to be nominated
by the Chancellor.
(2) The Registrar will be the Secretary of
the Syndicate.
(3) The Pro-Chancellor may nominate a member
of the Syndicate to preside over a meeting of the Syndicate in the absence of
the Pro-Chancellor.
(4) The members of the Syndicate, other than
ex-officio members, shall be appointed for three years but they shall serve
during the pleasure
of the Chancellor.
(5) The quorum for a meeting of the
Syndicate shall be one half of the total number of members, a fraction being
counted as one.
(6) A meeting of the Syndicate shall be held
in such manner as may be prescribed and until so prescribed as the Chairperson
determines.
(7) The Syndicate shall take decision by
majority of the votes of members present and voting and the Registrar shall
clearly reflect in
the minutes of the meeting the dissent, if any, along with
the reasons of such dissent.
23. Powers
and duties of the Syndicate.- (1)
The Syndicate shall be the executive body of the University and shall, subject
to the provisions of the Act and the statutes,
take effective measures to raise
the standard of teaching, research, technological development, publication and
other academic pursuits
and exercise general supervision over the affairs of
the University and management of the property of the University.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing powers and subject to the provisions of the Act, the Syndicate
may:
(a)
hold, control
and administer the property and funds of the University;
(b)
govern and
regulate, with due regard to the advice of the Finance and Planning Committee,
the finances, accounts and investments of
the University and for that purpose,
to appoint such agents as it may deem fit; consider and approve the annual
report, the annual
and revised budget estimates and to re-appropriate funds
from one major head of expenditure to another;
(c)
transfer and
accept transfer of movable or immovable property on behalf of the University;
(d)
enter into,
vary, carry out or cancel contracts on behalf of the University;
(e)
cause proper
books of account to be kept for all sums of money received and expended by the
University and for the assets and liabilities
of the University;
(f)
invest any money
belonging to the University including any unapplied income in any of the
securities described in section 20 of the
Trusts Act 1882 (II of 1882), or in the purchase of immovable property or in such
other manner, as it may determine, with the like power of varying such
investments;
(g)
receive and
manage any property transferred, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations,
endowments and other contributions made to
the University;
(h)
determine the
form, custody and regulation of the use of the common seal of the University;
(i)
provide
buildings, libraries, premises, furniture, apparatus, equipment and other means
required for carrying out the work of the
University;
(j)
establish and maintain halls of residence
and hostels or approve or license hostels or lodgings for the residence
of students;
(k)
affiliate or
de-affiliate colleges and institutes;
(l)
admit
educational institutions to the privileges of the University and withdraw such
privileges;
(m)
arrange for the
inspection of the academic departments;
(n)
institute posts
of Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers and other
posts, and suspend or abolish such
posts;
(o)
create, suspend
or abolish such administrative, technical, research, extension or other posts
as may be necessary;
(p)
appoint
University teachers and other officers on the recommendation of the Selection
Board for teaching and other managerial posts;
(q)
confer, with
prior approval of the Chancellor, an honorary degree on a person of eminence;
(r)
prescribe the
duties of the officers, teachers and other employees of the University and of
those working in the University on deputation
or on contract;
(s)
appoint members
to the various Authorities, committees and bodies in the prescribed manner;
(t)
remove any
person from the membership of any Authority if such person has accepted any
assignment which involves absence from the
University for a continuous period
of six months or more;
(u)
regulate,
determine and administer, all other matters concerning the University and to
this end exercise all necessary powers not
specifically mentioned in the Act
and statutes but not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act or the
statutes;
(v)
appoint Professor
Emeritus on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed;
(w)
suspend, punish
and remove from service in the prescribed manner officers, teachers and
employees whom it is empowered to appoint;
(x)
consider and
approve regulations recommended by the Academic Council;
(y)
approve statutes
and recommend those drafts of the statutes, for approval of the Chancellor,
which pertain to terms and conditions
of service of the University employees;
(z)
delegate any of
its powers to an Authority or officer or a committee or sub-committee; and
(aa)
perform such
other functions as may be assigned to it under the Act and the statutes.
(3) The Syndicate may delegate any of its
functions to an Authority or officer or a committee or sub-committee except the
following functions:
(a)
approval of statutes
or recommendation of the drafts of the statutes to the Chancellor;
(b)
approval of
regulations;
(c)
approval of
annual budget of the University, annual report, the annual and revised budget
estimates and re-appropriation of funds
from one major head of expenditure to
another;
(d)
approval of
investment or purchase of immovable property by the University; and
(e)
transfer of
immovable property of the University.
24. Academic
Council.- (1) The Academic Council shall consist of:
(a)
Vice Chancellor
(Chairperson);
(b)
Pro-Vice
Chancellor;
(c)
Principals or
Directors of constituent colleges or institutes
(d)
Deans;
(e)
Director, Board
of Advanced Studies and Research;
(f)
two senior most
Professors, other than ex-officio members,
from each academic department;
(g)
all Professors
Emeritus;
(h)
Chairpersons of
the academic departments;
(i)
four University
teachers, other than Professors, two from each category of Associate professors
and Assistant Professors, to be appointed
by the Syndicate;
(j)
three persons
eminent in sciences, social sciences and Arts, of whom one shall be from each
category and shall include at least one
woman from any of the categories, to be
nominated by the Chancellor in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor;
(k)
Secretary to
Government, Higher Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of
Deputy Secretary;
(l)
Director Public
Instructions (Colleges) of the Government;
(m)
Librarian of the
University;
(n)
Controller of
Examinations;
(o)
five experts in
the field of education, including at least two women, to be nominated by the
Chancellor; and
(p)
Registrar
(Member/Secretary).
(2) A Member of the Academic Council
appointed by nomination shall hold office for three years; and, if the office
of any such member
becomes vacant before the expiry of the term, the vacancy
shall be filled for the remaining period in the prescribed manner.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Academic
Council shall be one-third of the total number of members, a fraction being
counted as one.
25. Powers
and duties of the Academic Council.- (1)
The Academic Council shall be the academic body of the University and may lay
down proper standards of instruction, research,
publication and examination and
regulate and promote the academic life of the University and its constituent
and affiliated colleges/institutes.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to
the generality of the foregoing provision, the Academic Council may:
(a)
advise the
Syndicate on academic matters;
(b)
regulate
teaching, research and examinations;
(c)
regulate the
admission of students to the courses of studies and examinations of the
University and affiliated colleges;
(d)
regulate the
award of studentships, scholarships, medals and prizes;
(e)
regulate the
conduct and discipline of students of the University and affiliated colleges;
(f)
propose to the
Syndicate schemes for the constitution and organization of faculties,
institutes and other academic bodies;
(g)
propose
regulations on the recommendations of the Boards of Faculties and the Boards of
Studies for consideration and approval of
the Syndicate;
(h)
propose for each academic year, on the recommendations
of the Boards of Studies, regulations prescribing
the courses of studies, the syllabi
and the outlines of
tests for all examinations;
provided that, if
the recommendations of a Board of Faculties
or the Board of Studies
are not received by the prescribed date, the Academic
Council may, subject to the approval of the Syndicate, permit such regulations to continue for
the following years;
(i)
recognize the
examinations of other Universities or examining bodies as equivalent to the
corresponding examinations of the University;
(j)
appoint members
to the Authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Act; and
(k)
perform such
other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes or assigned by the
Syndicate.
26. Board
of Faculty.- (1) There shall
be a Board of Faculty for each Faculty which shall consist of:
(a)
Dean of the
Faculty (Chairperson);
(b)
Professors and
the Chairpersons in the Faculty;
(c)
two members to
be nominated by the Academic Council on the basis of their specialized
knowledge of the subjects which, though not
assigned to the Faculty, have in
the opinion of the Academic Council, important bearing on the subjects assigned
to the Faculty;
(d)
two experts,
including at least one woman, in the field from outside the University to be
appointed by the Syndicate; and
(e)
one
member from amongst the officers of the University to be nominated by the Vice
Chancellor on recommendations of the Principal of
the constituent college or
Director of a constituent institute.
(2) The members other than ex-officio
members of a Board of Faculty shall hold office for a period of three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of a Board of
Faculty shall be one half of the total number of members, a fraction being
counted as one.
(4) A Board of Faculty, subject to the
general control of the Syndicate and Academic Council, may:
(a)
co-ordinate the
teaching and research work in the subjects assigned to the Faculty;
(b)
scrutinize the
recommendations of a Board of Studies comprising a Faculty with regard to the
appointment of paper setters and examiners
for graduate and postgraduate
examinations and to forward the panels of suitable paper setters and examiners
for each examination
to the Vice Chancellor;
(c)
consider any
other academic matter relating to the Faculty and submit its report to the
Academic Council;
(d)
prepare a
comprehensive annual report regarding the performance of each department in the
Faculty for presentation to the Academic
Council; and
(e)
perform such
other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.
27. Board of Advanced Studies and Research.- (1) The Board of
Advanced Studies and Research shall consist of:
(a)
Vice Chancellor
(Chairperson);
(b)
All Principals
and Directors of constituent colleges and institutes;
(c)
all the Deans;
(d)
Controller of
Examinations;
(e)
one University
Professor from each Faculty to be nominated by the Syndicate;
(f)
one member from
amongst the officers of the University to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor;
(g)
three members
from the relevant field, research organizations and Government, including at
least one woman from any of the categories,
to be nominated by the Syndicate;
and
(h)
Registrar
(Secretary).
(2) The term of office of the members of the
Board of Advanced Studies and Research, other than ex-officio members, shall be
three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Board of
Advanced Studies and Research shall be one half of the total number of members,
a fraction
being counted as one.
28. Functions
of the Board of Advanced Studies and Research.- The
Board of Advanced Studies and Research shall:
(a)
advise an
Authority on all matters connected with the promotion of advanced studies and
research publication in the University;
(b)
consider and
report to an Authority with regard to a research degree of the University;
(c)
propose
regulations regarding the award of a research degree;
(d)
appoint
supervisors for a postgraduate research student and to approve title and
synopsis of a thesis or dissertation;
(e)
recommend panels
of names of examiners for evaluation of a research examination; and
(f)
perform such
other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.
29. Boards
of Studies.- (1) There shall
be a separate Board of Studies for each subject or group of subjects as may be
prescribed by regulations.
(2) A Board of Studies shall consist of:
(a)
all the teachers
of the department concerned;
(b)
three to five
experts or teachers, other than University teachers, to be appointed by the
Syndicate according to the need of each
Board; and
(c)
not more
than five teachers of the affiliated colleges teaching undergraduate and
post-graduate courses in that subject to be nominated
by the Academic Council.
(3) The term of office of members of a Board
of Studies other than ex- officio members shall be three years.
(4) The quorum for meeting of the Board of
Studies shall be one-half the number of members, a fraction being counted as
one.
(5) The Chairperson of the concerned
University Teaching Department shall be the Chairperson and Convener of the
Board of Studies.
30. Functions of Boards of Studies.- A Board of Studies shall perform the
following functions:
(a)
advise the
Authorities on all academic matters connected with instruction, publication,
research and examination in the subject or
subjects concerned;
(b)
proposing
curricula and syllabi for all degree, diploma and certificate courses in the
subject or subjects concerned;
(c)
suggesting a
panel of names of paper setters and examiners in the subject or subjects
concerned; and
(d)
undertaking such
other functions as may be prescribed by Regulations.
31. Selection Board.- (1)
The Selection Board shall consist of:
(a)
Vice Chancellor
(Chairperson);
(b)
Secretary to the
Government, Higher Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of
Deputy Secretary;
(c)
Principal or
Director of the constituent college or institute;
(d)
Dean of the
faculty concerned;
(e)
Chairperson
concerned;
(f)
one member of
the Syndicate to be nominated by the Syndicate;
(g)
one eminent
scholar to be nominated by the Syndicate;
(h)
two experts,
including at least one woman, to be nominated by the Government; and
(i)
Registrar
(Secretary).
(2) The members, other than ex-officio
members, shall hold office for a period of three years.
(3) Five members including at least one
expert shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of the Selection Board.
(4) No member who is a candidate or whose
family member is a candidate, for a post to which appointment is to be made,
shall take part
in the proceedings of the Selection Board for selection of a
candidate on such post.
(5) In selection of candidates for the post
of Professor or Associate Professor, the Selection Board shall co-opt or
consult three experts
in the subject and in selecting candidates for any other
teaching post, two experts in the subject, to be nominated by the Vice
Chancellor
from a standing list of experts for each subject approved by the
Syndicate.
(6) The Syndicate may approve or revise the
standing list of experts of a subject on recommendations of the Selection
Board.
32. Functions
of the Selection Board.- The
Selection Board shall:
(a)
consider the
applications and recommend to the Syndicate, the names of suitable candidates
for appointment to teaching and other posts
and recommend suitable salary for
the selected candidate; and
(b)
consider all
cases of promotion of officers of the University and recommend the names of
suitable candidates for such promotion to the Syndicate.
33. Finance and Planning Committee.- (1)
The Finance and Planning Committee shall consist of:
(a)
Vice Chancellor
(Chairperson);
(b)
All Principals
or Directors of constituent colleges or institutes;
(c)
all the Deans;
(d)
one member of
the Syndicate to be nominated by the Syndicate;
(e)
one member of
the Academic Council to be nominated by the Academic Council;
(f)
one
representative each from Higher Education Department and Finance Department of
the Government not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary;
(g)
Director
Planning or any other nominee of the Commission;
(h)
one nominee of
Punjab Higher Education Commission who deals with Finance and Planning;
(i)
Registrar; and
(j)
Treasurer
(Secretary).
(2) The term of office of the nominated
members shall be three years.
(3) Six members of the Finance and Planning
Committee shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of the Finance and Planning
Committee.
34. Functions
of the Finance and Planning Committee.- The
Finance and Planning Committee shall:
(a)
prepare the
annual statement of accounts and propose annual budget estimates and make
recommendations to the Syndicate;
(b)
review
periodically the financial position of the University;
(c)
advise the
Syndicate on all matters relating to finance, investments and accounts of the
University; and
(d)
perform such
other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.
35. Appointment of Committees by Authorities.- Any
Authority may constitute such standing, special or advisory committees as it
may deem fit, and may also appoint on such committees
such persons as are not
its members.
STATUTES,
REGULATIONS AND RULES
36. Statutes.- (1)
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Syndicate may make statutes or
recommend statutes relating to the matters specified
in clauses(a) and (b) of subsection (2) to the
Chancellor.
(2) The statutes may be made to provide for
and regulate all or any of the following matters:
(a)
scales of pay,
method of recruitment and other terms and conditions of service of officers,
teachers and other employees of the University
and the constitution of their
pension, insurance, gratuity, provident fund and benevolent fund;
(b)
conduct and
discipline of the officers, teachers and other employees of the University;
(c)
constitution,
powers and duties of the Authorities and conduct of elections to such
Authorities and related matters;
(d)
affiliation and
de-affiliation of colleges and institutes and related matters;
(e)
admission of
educational institutions to the privileges of the University and the withdrawal
of such privileges;
(f)
establishment of
institutes, colleges, faculties, departments and academic divisions;
(g)
powers and
duties of officers, teachers and employees of the University;
(h)
conditions for
appointment of Professors Emeritus;
(i)
conditions on
which the University may enter into arrangements with public bodies or other
organizations for purposes of research
and advisory services;
(j)
general scheme
of studies including the duration of courses, the system of examinations and
the number of subjects and papers for
examinations;
(k)
award of
honorary degrees;
(l)
maintenance of
register of students and registered graduates; and
(m)
all
other matters which are to be prescribed or regulated by the statutes.
(3) The Syndicate shall recommend statutes
under clauses (a) and (b) of subsection (2) to the Chancellor who may approve
it with or without
any modification or may refer it back to the Syndicate for
reconsideration or may reject the statutes.
37. Regulations.- (1)
Subject to the provisions of the Act and the statutes, regulations may be
framed for any of the following matters:
(a)
courses of study
for degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University;
(b)
manner in which
the recognized teaching is conducted in the University and constituent and
affiliated colleges;
(c)
admission of
students to the University and conditions under which they admitted or allowed
to take courses and examinations of the
University and become eligible for the
award of degrees, diplomas and certificates;
(d)
conduct of
examinations;
(e)
fees and other
charges to be paid by the students for admission to the courses of study and
the examinations of the University;
(f)
conduct and
discipline of students of the University;
(g)
conditions of
residence of the students of the University including the levying of fees for
residence in halls of residence and hostels;
(h)
approval and
licensing of hostels and lodgings;
(i)
conditions under
which a person should conduct research to entitle him to a degree;
(j)
institution of
fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes;
(k)
institution of
stipends and free and half-free studentship;
(l)
academic
costumes;
(m)
use of the
library; and
(n)
establishment of
academic departments.
(2) The Academic Council shall prepare and
submit the regulations to the Syndicate and the Syndicate may approve them with
or without
modifications or refer them back to the Academic Council for
reconsideration or reject them.
38. Rules.- (1)
An Authority or a body of the University may make rules consistent with the
Act, statutes and regulations, to regulate the conduct
of its business.
(2) The Syndicate may direct any Authority
or body of the University to amend or repeal any rules made by the Authority or
body.
39. University
Fund.- (1) There shall
be a Fund to be known as the University of Chakwal Fund to which shall be
credited all sums received by the University.
(2) The University may accept donations in
the shape of moneys, land, vehicles, equipment or any other items that may
facilitate the functioning
of the University and all such donations shall be
used, maintained and disposed of by the University in the prescribed manner.
40. Budget,
audit and accounts.- (1)
The budget of the University shall be approved and its accounts shall be
maintained and audited in such manner as may be prescribed
by the Syndicate.
(2) The Syndicate may approve the budget of
the University, appropriation of accounts of the University and settle an audit
para relating
to the audit of the University.
(3) The Syndicate may delegate the power of
appropriation or re- appropriation of funds to an officer of the University.
(4) The annual statement of accounts of the
University signed by the Treasurer and the Resident Auditor shall be submitted
to the Government
within six months of the closing of the financial year.
(5) The accounts of the University together
with audit objections, if any, and the observations of the Treasurer and the
Resident Auditor
shall, in the prescribed manner, be presented to the Syndicate
along with the observations of the Finance and Planning Committee.
41. Appeal
to Syndicate.- (1) If an order
is passed by an Authority, body or officer of the University, other than the
Chancellor, and an appeal against the
order
is not provided under the statutes or the regulations, any aggrieved
person may, within thirty days of the communication of the order,
prefer an
appeal against the order to the Syndicate.
(2) The Syndicate may constitute a committee
of its members to hear and dispose of any appeal on behalf of the Syndicate.
(3) If a member of the Syndicate is the
officer who passed the order or who is also member of the Authority against
whose order appeal
is filed before the Syndicate, such member shall not hear
the appeal as member of the Syndicate or committee constituted to hear
and
dispose of the appeal.
42 Tripartite
mobility.- (1) An officer
or teacher of the Government or employee
of the University, on recommendations of the Syndicate, may be directed to
serve in any post in the University or under the
Government or in an
educational or research institution.
(2) The Government may, in consultation with
the Selection Board, place the services of an employee of the Government or any
other University
or of an educational or research institution at the disposal
of the University in public interest.
(3) The terms and conditions offered to a
person appointed under this section shall not be less favourable
than those enjoyed by him immediately before his services are placed at the
disposal of the University, Government, educational or
research or any other
institution, and full benefit of his previous service shall be allowed until
altered in accordance with law.
43. Transition.-The
Chancellor shall constitute a Chancellor's Committee to exercise the powers
assigned to the Syndicate under the Act till such
time the Syndicate is
constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Act or until expiry of two
years from the date of establishment
of the University, whichever is earlier.
44. Removal
of difficulties.- If any
difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of the Act, the
Government may give such directions, not inconsistent
with the Act, as it may
consider necessary for the removal of such difficulty.
45. Indemnity.- No
suit or legal proceedings shall lie against the Government, the University or
any Authority, officer or employee of the Government
or the University or any
person in respect of anything which is done in good faith under the Act.
[1]This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly
on 30 December 2019; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 08 January 2020;
and
was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 09 January 2020, pages 2787-2802.
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