State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH STATE UNIVERSITIES ACT, 1973

2- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:--- (1) "Academic Council", "Court" and ‘Executive Council" mean respectively the Academic Council, the Court and the Executive Council of the University : (2) "affiliated college" means an institution affiliated to the University in accordance with the provisions this Act and Statutes of that University ; (3) "area of the University" means the area specified in respect of the University by or under section 5 or section 4, as the case may be ; (4) "associated college" means any institution recognized by the University and authorized under the provisions of [this Act and the statutes of the University]1 to provide for the teaching necessary for admission to a degree of the University; (5) "autonomous college" means an affiliated or associated college declared as such in accordance with the provisions of section 42 ; {(5-A) the expression ‘other backward classes of citizens’ shall have the same meaning as in the Uttar Pradesh Public Service (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1994.} 3 {(5-B) central Board of Studies’ means the Central Board of Studies referred to in section 18-B;}4 (6) "constituent college" means an institution maintained by the University or by the State Government and named as such by the Statutes ; {(6-A) ‘Co-ordination Council’ means the Co-ordination Council constituted under section 18-A;}5 (7) "Director", in relation to an Institute, means the head of such Institute; (8) "existing University" means the University of Lucknow, Allahabad, Agra, {which shall from September 24, 1995 be called Doctor Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra}6, Gorakhpur {which shall with effect from the date of the commencement of the Uttar Pradesh State Universities(Second Amendment) Act, 1997 be called Deen Dayal Upadhaya, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur}8, Kanpur{which shall be called Shri Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur with effect from September 24, 1995 and Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur with effect from the date of commencement of the Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 1997}7 or Meerut {which shall from January 17, 1994 be called Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut,}2 or the {{Uttarakhand} Sanskrit University,Haridwar}9, as the case may be ; (9) "faculty" means a faculty of the University ; {(9-A) ‘foundation course’ means a course of greater awareness of oneself and of the social, cultural and natural environment;}3 (10) "hall (or college) of a University" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognised by the' University at which provision is made for imparting tutorial and ether supplementary instruction; (11) "hostel of a University" means a unit of residence for students maintained or recognised by the University, other than a hall, and "hostel of an affiliated or associated college" means a unit of residence for students of that college; (12) "Institute" means an Institute established by the University under section 44 ; (13) "management", in relation to an affiliated or associated college, means the managing committee or other body charged with managing the affairs of that college and recognised as such by the university : [Provided that in relation to any such college maintained by a Municipal Board or a Nagar Mahapalika, the expression Management" means the education committee of such Board or Mahapalika, as the case may be, and the expression Head of the Management' means the Chairman of such committee;]2 (14) "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes ; (15) "Principal", in relation to an affiliated, associated or a constituent college, means the head of such college ; (16) "registered graduate" means a graduate of the University registered under the provisions of this Act or under any enactment repealed by this Act; (17) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean respectively the Statues, Ordinances and Regulations of the University ; (18) "teacher", means a person employee [for imparting instruction or guiding or conducting research in the University or in an Institute or, in a constituent, affiliated or associated college]1 and includes a Principal or a Director; (19) "teacher of the University" means a teacher employed by the University or Imparting instruction and guiding or conducting research either in the University or in an Institute or in a constituent college maintained by the University; (20) "University" means an existing University or a new University established after the commencement of this Act under section 4 ; (21) "Working Men’s College" means an affiliated or associated college recognized as such in accordance with the provisions of section 43.