THE
(Pb. Ord. XLVIII of 2002)
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C O N T E N T S |
Sections
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Incorporation.
4. Powers of the University.
5. Jurisdiction of the University.
6. University to be open to all classes, creeds, etc.
7. Teaching in the University.
8. Officers of the University.
9. Chancellor.
10. Revisional powers of the Chancellor.
11. Visitation.
11-A. Pro-Chancellor
12. Vice-Chancellor.
13. Powers and duties of the Vice-Chancellor.
14. Registrar.
15. Treasurer.
16. Controller of Examinations.
17. Resident Auditor.
18. Other officers.
19. Authorities of the University.
20. The Syndicate.
21. Powers and duties of the Syndicate.
22. Academic Council.
23. Powers and duties of the Academic Council.
24. Constitution, functions and powers of other Authorities.
25. Appointment of Committees by Authorities.
26. Statutes.
27. Regulations.
28. Rules.
29. Affiliation of educational institutions.
30. Extension of affiliation.
31. Inspection and reports.
32. Disaffiliation.
33. University Fund.
34. Audit and accounts.
35. Recovery of University dues.
36.
37.
Functions of
38. Committee of Control
39. Retirement from service.
40. Pension, insurance, gratuity, provident fund and benevolent fund.
41.
42. Appeal and Review.
43. Commencement of term of office of members of Authorities.
44. Filling of casual vacancies in Authorities.
45.
Filling of vacancies in authorities in certain
circumstances.
46. Disputes and Membership of Authority.
47. Tripartite mobility.
48. Proceedings of Authorities not invalidated by vacancies.
49. Indemnity.
50. Savings.
51. First Statutes.
52. Transitory Provisions.
53. Removal of difficulties.
54. Repeal.
SCHEDULE
[1]THE
(Pb Ord. XLVIII of
2002)
[
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of the
Preamble.– Whereas it is
expedient to establish the
And
whereas the Provincial
Assembly of the
And
whereas under Article 4 of
the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999, as amended by the
Chief Executive Order No.11 of 2000, the Governor of a Province may issue and
promulgate an Ordinance;
Now,
therefore, in exercise of
the aforesaid powers and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the
Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promulgate the following
Ordinance:-
1. Short title and commencement
–
(1)
This
Ordinance may be called the
(2) It shall come into force at
once.
2. Definitions
–
In
this Ordinance, unless the subject or context otherwise requires, the following
expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that
is to say –
(a) “Academic Council” means
the Academic Council of the University;
(b) “affiliated college”
means an educational institution affiliated to the University but not maintained
or administered by it;
(c) “Academic Department”
means a teaching, research and technological development Department maintained
and administered by the University;
(d) “Authority” means any of
the Authorities of the University specified in the
Ordinance;
(e) “Chairperson” means head
of an Academic Department;
(f) “Chancellor” means the
Chancellor of the University;
(g) “College” means a
(h) “Dean” means the
Chairperson of the Board of Faculty;
(i)
“Director” means the Director of an Institute;
(j) “Faculty” means a faculty
of the University;
(k) “Government” means the
Government of the
(l) “Institute” means a
teaching unit of the University;
(m) “officer” means an
officer of the University specified in the Ordinance;
(n) “prescribed” means
prescribed by Statutes, Regulations or Rules;
(o) “Principal” means the
head of a college;
[2][(o-a)
‘Pro-Chancellor’ means the Pro-Chancellor of the
University;]
(p) “Professor Emeritus”
means a retired Professor working in an honorary capacity;
(q) “Statutes”, “Regulations”
and “Rules” mean respectively the Statutes, the Regulations and the Rules made
or deemed to have been made under this Ordinance;
(r) “Syndicate” means the
Syndicate of the University;
(s) “teachers” mean
Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Research
staff having prescribed qualifications engaged whole time by the University for
teaching certificate, diploma, degree or postgraduate classes and engaged in
research and development of technologies and such other persons as may be
declared as teachers by Regulations;
(t) “Teaching Unit” means a
constituent or affiliated college, institute, department or such other unit
where instruction for research is being undertaken;
(u) “University” means the
(v)
“
(w) “Vice Chancellor” means
the Vice Chancellor of the University.
3. Incorporation
–
(1) The Government College,
(2) The University shall have its main
campus at,
(3) The University may open and administer
new campuses and institutes.
(4) The University shall consist of the
Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, members of the Syndicate and the Academic
Council, officers, teachers and Authorities.
(5) The University shall be a body corporate and shall have a perpetual succession and a common seal and may, by the aforesaid name, sue and be sued.
(6) The University shall be competent to
acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and to lease, sell or
otherwise transfer any property vested in it or enter into contract for purposes
of this Ordinance.
(7) All properties, owned or possessed and
all rights and all interests held or enjoyed by, and all liabilities subsisting
against the
(8) All employees, regular or on contract
basis, serving the College, immediately before coming into force of this
Ordinance, shall stand transferred to the University except those who are
working in the College on deputation with or without deputation allowance;
provided that they shall remain on deputation with or without deputation
allowance, as the case may be, and shall be liable to be transferred to their
parent Department at any time.
– The University shall have the powers
to–
(a) provide for
instruction in such branches of learning as it may deem fit, and to make
provisions for teaching, training, research, demonstration and development of
technologies in the fields of Arts, Sciences and applied disciplines at the
undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels and for the advancements and
dissemination of knowledge in such manner and by such means as the University
may determine;
(b) frame and prescribe
courses of studies to be taught by it, and the institutes, affiliated and
University colleges;
(c) prescribe criteria
of admission, migration and examination of students and to admit and examine
students;
(d) establish
sub-campuses of the University;
(e) hold examinations
and to award and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic
distinctions on persons who have, under the prescribed conditions, been admitted
to and have passed its examinations;
(f) accept the
examinations passed and periods of study spent by the students of the University
at other Universities and places of learning, as equivalent to such examination
and period of study in the University as the University may determine, and to
withdraw such acceptances at any time;
(g) confer degrees on
persons who have carried on independent research under prescribed
conditions;
(h) confer, in the
prescribed manner, honorary degrees or other academic distinctions on such
persons as the Chancellor may approve on the recommendation of the
Syndicate;
(i)
collaborate with other universities, research and educational
institutions and commercial or industrial organizations, in the public or
private sectors or other public authorities in such manner and for such purposes
as it may determine;
(j) make provision for
teaching, research, consultancy and advisory services and with these objects to
enter into such arrangements with other institutions or organizations or with
public bodies as the University may consider desirable;
(k) recognize as
teachers such persons as it may deem fit;
(l) institute such
offices whether academic or not as may be required by the University, and to
appoint persons to and to remove them from such offices, and to prescribe their
conditions of service;
(m) create posts in
connection with teaching, research, development of technology, administration,
and for any other purpose related thereto and to select, appoint and promote
academic and administrative staff;
(n) institute and award
fellowships, scholarships, medals, bursaries and prizes in the prescribed
manner;
(o) institute
Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and Lecturerships and any other post and to appoint persons
thereto;
(p) establish
institutes, colleges, departments, faculties, centres
of advanced studies, laboratories, workshops, hospitals, farms, institutions,
museums and other centres of learning for the
development of teaching, research and technological development and make such
arrangements for their maintenance, management and administration, as it may
determine;
(q) establish, control
and maintain University halls of residence for students and approve any place as
hostel or lodging for students;
(r) supervise and
control the discipline of students of the University and promote co-curricular
and recreational activities of such students and make arrangements for promoting
their health and general welfare;
(s) take disciplinary
action against, and impose penalty on students, in the prescribed
manner;
(t) charge and receive
such fees and other payments as it may determine;
(u) enter into, carry
out, vary or cancel contracts;
(v) receive and
manage property (acquired or transferred), grants, bequests, trusts, gifts,
donations, endowments and other contributions, made to the University, and to
invest any fund representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts,
donations, endowments or contributions, and to convert one kind of property into
another in such manner as it may deem fit;
(w) provide for the
printing, recording, broadcasting, publication and distribution of teaching
material, research reports, papers and other works which may be issued by the
University;
(x) affiliate or
disaffiliate colleges and other educational institutions in the prescribed
manner;
(y) admit colleges and
other educational institutions to its privileges or withdraw such privileges
from them in the prescribed manner;
(z) inspect colleges,
affiliated or seeking affiliation;
(aa)
affiliate or associate itself with Examination Bodies and other
institutions within
(bb) provide for
teaching specified courses of training for persons not being the students of the
University and grant certificates and diploma to such persons;
(cc) do such other acts
or things, whether or not incidental to the powers aforesaid, as may be
necessary to further the objectives of the University as a place of education,
learning, research and technical development.
5. Jurisdiction of the University
–
The University shall have
jurisdiction within the limits of the Province of the
6. University to be open to all classes, creeds, etc
–
The
University shall be open to all persons irrespective of their religion, race,
creed, class or colour and no person shall be denied
the privileges of the University on any such ground.
7. Teaching in the University
–
(1) All recognized teaching
in various courses in the University and affiliated colleges shall be conducted
in the prescribed manner, and it may include lectures, tutorials, discussions,
seminars, demonstrations as well as practical work in laboratories and workshops
and other methods of instruction.
(2) The teaching in any prescribed course in
the University or affiliated colleges shall be organized by such Authority as
may be prescribed.
(3) The courses and the curricula for
teaching in the University and affiliated colleges shall be such as may be
prescribed.
(4) A discipline to be called Islamic and
Pakistan Studies shall be offered, as a compulsory subject at the Bachelor’s
level, in the University and affiliated colleges provided that non Muslim
students may opt for Ethics and Pakistan Studies.
(5) The degree, diploma or certificate at the
University shall only be granted to a student after fulfilling the prescribed
requirements for the said degree, diploma or certificate.
(6) A continuous evaluation shall be built
into the system of studies.
– The following shall be the officers of the University:-
(a) the
Chancellor;
(b) the
Vice-Chancellor;
(c) the
Deans;
(d) the Associate
Deans;
(e) the Directors of
Institutes;
(f) the
(g) the Chairmen of Academic
Departments;
(h) the
Registrar;
(i)
the Treasurer;
(j) the Controller of
Examinations;
(k) the Librarian;
and
(l) such other persons as may
be prescribed to be officers.
9. Chancellor
– (1) The Governor
of the
(2) The Chancellor or his nominee shall
preside at the convocation of the University.
(3) If the Chancellor is satisfied that the
proceedings of any Authority or the orders of any officer are not in accordance
with the provisions of this Ordinance, the Statutes, the Regulations or the
Rules, he may, after calling upon such Authority or officer to show cause why
such proceedings or orders should not be annulled, by order in writing, annul
such proceedings or orders.
(4) Every proposal to confer an honorary
degree shall be subject to confirmation by the Chancellor.
(5) The Chancellor shall have the power to
assent to such statutes as are required to be submitted to him by the University
or withhold assent or refer them back to the University for
reconsideration.
(6) The Chancellor may remove any person from
the membership of any Authority if such person –
(i)
has become of unsound mind; or
(ii) has become subject to
any incapacity which prevents him from functioning as member of such Authority;
or
(iii) has been convicted by a
court of law of an offence involving moral turpitude; or
(iv) does not attend three
consecutive meetings of the Authority, without intimation to the
Vice-chancellor; or
(v) remains absent from the
country for more than six months without intimation to the
Vice-Chancellor:
Provided that no
order under this sub section shall be passed unless the person to be affected
thereby is afforded an opportunity of being heard.
[3][(7) In the performance of
his functions under this Ordinance, the Chancellor shall act and 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. Revisional powers of the Chancellor
–
The Chancellor may, of 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
the purpose of satisfying himself as to the correctness, legality or propriety
of any finding or order and may pass such order as he may deem
fit.
11. Visitation
–
(1) The
Chancellor may cause an inspection or inquiry to be made in respect of any
matter directly or indirectly connected with the affairs of the University and
shall, from time to time, appoint one or more persons to conduct inspection
of–
(i)
the University, its buildings, laboratories, libraries, museums,
workshops and equipment;
(ii) any institution, college
or hostel maintained, recognized or licensed by the
University;
(iii) the teaching and other work conducted by
the University; and
(iv) the conduct of examinations held by the
University.
(2) The Chancellor shall in every such case
give notice to the Syndicate of his intention to cause an inspection or inquiry
to be made, and the Syndicate shall be entitled to be represented
thereat.
(3) After the inspection or inquiry is
completed, the Chancellor shall cause his views as a result thereof to be
communicated to the Syndicate, and after ascertaining the views of the
Syndicate, the Chancellor may advise the Syndicate to refrain from taking an
action or to take such action, and within such time, as he may specify in this
behalf.
(4) Where the Syndicate fails to carry out
the advice of the Chancellor given under sub-section (3), the Chancellor may,
after considering the explanation or representation, if any, made by the
Syndicate, issue such directions as he may deem fit, and the Vice-Chancellor
shall comply with such directions.
[4][11-A. Pro-Chancellor
–
(1) The Minister for Education, Government of the
(2) He shall
perform such duties and functions and exercise such powers as may be assigned
and delegated to him by the Chancellor.]
12. Vice-Chancellor
–
(1) The
Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor on such terms and
conditions as the Chancellor may determine, and shall hold office during the
pleasure of the Chancellor for a term not exceeding four
years.
(2) At any time when the office of
Vice-Chancellor is vacant, or he is absent or is unable to perform the functions
of the office due to illness or some other cause, the Chancellor shall make such
arrangements for the performance of the duties of the Vice-Chancellor as he may
deem fit.
13. Powers and duties of the Vice-Chancellor