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(1) No University employees shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organization, which takes part in politics, nor shall take part in, or subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.
(2) It shall be the duty of every University employee to endeavour to prevent any member of his family from taking part in or subscribing in aid of or assisting in any other manner, any movement of, activity which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be subversive of the University as by law established, and where a University employee is unable to prevent member of his family from taking part in or subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner, any such movement of activity, he shall make a report to that effect to the University.
(3) If any question arises whether a party is a political party or whether any organization takes part in politics or whether any movement or activity fall within the scope of sub-regulation (2), the decision of the University thereon shall be final.
(4) No University employee shall canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with or take part in, an election to any legislature or local authority.
(5) No University employee shall seek election to Parliament, State Legislature or a Local Body such as Municipal Corporation/Committee, Zila Parishad, Gram Panchayat, except with the previous permission of the Executive Council on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor.
Further, no employee will be allowed to contest election for any Society or any other such associations.
Provided that a University employee─
(a) qualified to vote at such election may exercise his right to vote, but where he does so, he shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted;
(b) shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this subregulation by reason only that he has assisted in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under 61 any law for the time being in force.
Explanation.─ The display by a University employee on his person, vehicle or residence of any electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election, within the meaning of this subregulation.