State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE UNIVERSITY ACT, 2026

35.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the teachers of the University shall be appointed by the Executive Council on the recommendation of a Selection Committee in the manner hereinafter provided. The Selection Committee shall meet as often as is required for the appointment of teachers and also well before the superannuation of teachers: Provided that the reservation policy of the Government shall be duly adhered to while recruiting/ appointing teachers. (2) The appointment of every such teacher not being an appointment under sub-section (3), shall in the first instance be on probation for one year which may be extended for a period not exceeding one year: Provided that no order of termination of service during or on the expiry of the period of probation shall be passed in the case of a teacher of the University, except by order of the Executive Council made after considering the report of the Vice-Chancellor, and (unless the teacher is himself the Head of Department), the Head of the Department concerned: Provided further that no such order of termination shall be passed except after notice to the teacher concerned giving him an opportunity of explanation in respect of the grounds on which his services are proposed to be terminated: Provided also that if a notice is given before the expiry of the period of probation or the extended period of probation, as the case may be, the period of probation shall stand extended until the final order of the Executive Council or until the approval of the Vice Chancellor is communicated to the teacher concerned. (3) In the event of a requirement for an officiating appointment in a vacancy caused by the grant of leave to a teacher of the University other than a Professor, the procedures may be such as may be prescribed in the Ordinances or Statutes. (4) The Selection Committee for the appointment of a teacher of the University shall consist of,— (i) the Vice-Chancellor, who shall be the Chairperson thereof; (ii) the Head of the Department concerned: Provided that the Head of the Department shall not sit in the Selection Committee, when he is himself a candidate for appointment or when the post concerned is of a higher rank than his substantive post and in that event his office shall be filled by the Professor in the Department and if there is no professor, then the Dean of the Faculty; (iii) in the case of a Professor or Associate Professor, three experts, and in any other case two experts to be nominated by the Chancellor; (iv) one representative each of the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes as per the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994. (5) (a) A panel of six or more experts in each subject of study shall be drawn up by the Chancellor after consulting the corresponding faculty in Indian Universities or such academic bodies or research institutions in or outside Uttar Pradesh as the Chancellor may consider necessary. Every expert to be nominated by the Chancellor under sub-section (4) shall be a person whose name is borne on such panel; (b) The Board of each Faculty shall maintain a standing panel of ten or more experts in each subject of study, and every expert to be nominated by the Chancellor under sub-section (4) shall be a person whose name is borne on the panel; (c) The panel referred to in clause (a) shall be revised after every three years; (d) The Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor as the case may be, intimate in a specified order, a larger number of names of experts than required under sub-section (4) for serving as his nominees on the Selection Committee. In such a case where any person whose name appears higher in the specified order is not available for a meeting of the selection committee, then, the person whose name appears nearest lower in the specified order shall be requested to serve on the Committee. (6) No recommendation made by a Selection Committee referred to in sub-section (4) shall be considered to be valid unless one of the experts had agreed to such selection. (7) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (6), the majority of the total membership of any Selection Committee shall form the quorum of any of such Committee: Provided that in the case of a Professor or an Associate Professor, the persons present to form the quorum must include at least two experts. (8) It shall be open to the Selection Committee to recommend one or more but not more than three names for each post. (9) (a) In the case of appointment of a teacher of the University, if the Executive Council does not agree with the recommendation made by the Selection Committee, the Executive Council shall refer the matter to the Chancellor along with the reasons of such disagreement, and his decision shall be final: Provided that if the Executive Council does not take a decision on the recommendations of the Selection Committee within a period of four months from the date of the meeting of such Committee, then also the matter shall stand referred to the Chancellor, and his decision shall be final; (b) Where the failure of the Executive Council to take a decision within the period specified in the proviso to clause (a) is not attributable to any fault of the Executive Council, the Chancellor may require the Executive Council to take a decision within such time as the Chancellor may from time to time allow, and may direct the Vice-Chancellor to call a meeting of the Executive Council for that purpose: Provided that,- (i) if the Executive Council does not agree with the recommendations made by the Selection Committee, the Executive Council shall refer the matter to the Chancellor along with the reasons of such disagreement and his decision shall be final; (ii) if the Executive Council does not take a decision within the time allowed by the Chancellor, the Chancellor shall decide the matter and his decision shall be final. (10) The disqualification of members of Selection Committee for appointment of teachers of the University on the ground of interest for participating in the deliberations of such Committees and other matters relating to appointment of such teachers shall be as prescribed by the Statutes. (11) No selection for any appointment under this section shall be made except after advertisement of the vacancy in at least three issues of two newspapers having adequate circulation in Uttar Pradesh. (12) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the Executive Council, with the prior approval of the Chancellor may appoint on the post of a teacher, any Government servant who possesses the requisite minimum qualifications prescribed for the post. The emoluments and allowances of such appointed teachers shall be as decided in this regard by the State Government.