( I) The University shall be open to persons of either sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class, and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession or political opinion in order to entitle him to be appointed as a teacher of the University, or to hold any other office therein or to be admitted as a student of the University or to graduate thereat, or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof.
(2) The University shall be open to itudents of any nationality and they may be admitted in a manner so prescribed.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making any special provision for the appointment or admission of women or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society, and in particular, of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and other backward classes.