(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-
(a) conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions;
(b) establishment and maintenance of the campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, University departments, institutions, conducted colleges, institutions of higher learning, research or specialized studies and hostels ;
(c) constitution, powers, duties and functions of authorities of University not laid down under any provisions of this Act ;
(d) abolition of University departments or institutions, campuses, or regional centres or skill centres or study centres;
(e) rules of procedure for conduct of business at the meetings of authorities of University ;
(f) appropriation of funds of the University for furtherance of the objects of the University;
(g) norms for grant of autonomy to University Departments or institutions, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions, subject to the approval of the State Government;
(h) acceptance and governing of trusts, bequests, donations, endowments and grants from individuals or organizations;
(i) disciplinary action against defaulting teachers, officers and other employees of the University, affiliated colleges and institutions, campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, other than the colleges or institutions managed and maintained by the State Government or Central Government or local authorities;
(j) conditions of residence, conduct and discipline of the students of the University, colleges and recognized institutions, and the action to be taken against them for breach of discipline or misconduct, including the following :-
(i) use of unfair means in an examination, or abetment thereof ;
(ii) refusal to appear or give evidence in any authorized inquiry by an officer in charge of an evaluation and examination, or by any officer or authority of the University ; or
(iii) disorderly or otherwise objectionable conduct, whether within or outside the University ;
(k) mechanism and procedure for redressal of grievances of the students ;
(l) functions and duties of Students Council in University, colleges and recognized institutions;
(m) procedure for conduct of elections to various authorities and bodies ;
(n) conditions and procedure for grant of approval to the appointments of the teachers in the colleges and recognized institutions and suspension or withdrawal thereof ;
(o) inspection of colleges, Skill Departments, campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, recognized institutions;
(p) procedure to be followed while granting permission for transfer of governing or management;
(q) norms and procedure to be followed while nominating members on authorities, boards and committees by the Vice-Chancellor under this Act;
(r) norms of grant and withdrawal of affiliations to colleges and institutions;
(s) transferring, in public interest, of the governing of a college or institution by the University and the conditions for such transferring, subject to the approval of the State Government;
(t) qualifications, recruitment, code of conduct, terms of office, duties and conditions of service including periodic training and advance training, field exposure, deputation, assessment of teachers, officers and other employees of the University and affiliated colleges except those colleges or institutions which are maintained by the State or Central Government or local authority, retirement benefits and the manner of termination of their services as approved by the State Government, provided that these shall not be in contravention of State Government policies in this regard;
(u) procedure to be followed for purchases by Purchase Committee;
(v) any matter which is to be prescribed by Statutes or which is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) The first Statute shall be made by the State Government.
(a) conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions;
(b) establishment and maintenance of the campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, University departments, institutions, conducted colleges, institutions of higher learning, research or specialized studies and hostels ;
(c) constitution, powers, duties and functions of authorities of University not laid down under any provisions of this Act ;
(d) abolition of University departments or institutions, campuses, or regional centres or skill centres or study centres;
(e) rules of procedure for conduct of business at the meetings of authorities of University ;
(f) appropriation of funds of the University for furtherance of the objects of the University;
(g) norms for grant of autonomy to University Departments or institutions, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions, subject to the approval of the State Government;
(h) acceptance and governing of trusts, bequests, donations, endowments and grants from individuals or organizations;
(i) disciplinary action against defaulting teachers, officers and other employees of the University, affiliated colleges and institutions, campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, other than the colleges or institutions managed and maintained by the State Government or Central Government or local authorities;
(j) conditions of residence, conduct and discipline of the students of the University, colleges and recognized institutions, and the action to be taken against them for breach of discipline or misconduct, including the following :-
(i) use of unfair means in an examination, or abetment thereof ;
(ii) refusal to appear or give evidence in any authorized inquiry by an officer in charge of an evaluation and examination, or by any officer or authority of the University ; or
(iii) disorderly or otherwise objectionable conduct, whether within or outside the University ;
(k) mechanism and procedure for redressal of grievances of the students ;
(l) functions and duties of Students Council in University, colleges and recognized institutions;
(m) procedure for conduct of elections to various authorities and bodies ;
(n) conditions and procedure for grant of approval to the appointments of the teachers in the colleges and recognized institutions and suspension or withdrawal thereof ;
(o) inspection of colleges, Skill Departments, campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, recognized institutions;
(p) procedure to be followed while granting permission for transfer of governing or management;
(q) norms and procedure to be followed while nominating members on authorities, boards and committees by the Vice-Chancellor under this Act;
(r) norms of grant and withdrawal of affiliations to colleges and institutions;
(s) transferring, in public interest, of the governing of a college or institution by the University and the conditions for such transferring, subject to the approval of the State Government;
(t) qualifications, recruitment, code of conduct, terms of office, duties and conditions of service including periodic training and advance training, field exposure, deputation, assessment of teachers, officers and other employees of the University and affiliated colleges except those colleges or institutions which are maintained by the State or Central Government or local authority, retirement benefits and the manner of termination of their services as approved by the State Government, provided that these shall not be in contravention of State Government policies in this regard;
(u) procedure to be followed for purchases by Purchase Committee;
(v) any matter which is to be prescribed by Statutes or which is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) The first Statute shall be made by the State Government.