(1) Save as otherwise provided in these regulations, no University employee shall accept or permit any member of his family or any other person acting on his behalf to accept any gift.
Explanation.─ The expression “gift” shall include free transport, boarding, lodging or other service or any other pecuniary advantage provided by a person other than a near relatives and friends having no official dealings with the University employee.
Note 1.─ A casual meal or other social hospitality shall not be deemed to be a gift.
Note 2.─ A University employee shall avoid accepting lavish hospitality or frequent hospitality from any individual having official dealings with him or from industrial or commercial firms, Organizations, etc.
(2) On occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals or religious functions, when the making of gift is in conformity with the prevailing religious and social practice, a University employee may accept gifts from his near relatives or from his personal friends having no official dealings with him, but shall make a report to the University, if the value of such gift exceeds― 65
1. Rs. 7,000/- in the case of a University employee holding any Group 'A' post;
2. Rs. 4,000/- in the case of a University employee holding any Group 'B' post;
3. Rs. 2,000/- in the case of a University employee holding any Group 'C' post; and
4. Rs. 1,000/- in the case of a University employee holding any Group 'D' post.
(3) In any other case, a University employee shall not accept any gift without the sanction of the University, if the value exceeds—
1. Rs. 1,500/- in the case of a University employee holding any Group 'A' & ‘B’ post;
2. Rs. 500/- in the case of a University employee holding any Group 'C' & ‘D’ post;
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulations (2) and (3), a University employee, being a member of the Indian delegation or otherwise, may receive and retain gifts from foreign dignitaries, if the market value of gifts received on one occasion does not exceed rupees one thousand. In all other cases, the acceptance and retention of such gifts shall be regulated by the instructions issued by the University in this regard from time to time.