(1) The State Government shall regulate admission, fix fee and make reservation for different categories in admissions to private technical, vocational or professional institutions.
(2) The State Government shall ensure that the admission under all the categories in an institution is done in a fair and transparent manner.
(3) The State Government shall constitute a Admission and Fee Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Technical Education) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee’), consisting of such members as may be specified by the State Government, by notification, to recommend the 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PRIVATE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (REGULATION OF ADMISSION AND FIXATION OF FEE) ACT, 2008 mode of admission, making of reservation, allocation of seats and fixation of fees etc. to the State Government.
(4) The State Government, shall oversee the working of Admission and Fee Committee.
(5) The terms and conditions of the Committee constituted under subsection (3) and its members shall be specified, by the State Government, by notification, from time to time.
(6) If the State Government is satisfied that the institution has contravened any of the provisions of this Act, it may recommend to the Himachal Pradesh University or All India Council for Technical Education or National Council for Vocational Training or State Council for Vocational Training, as the case may be, for withdrawal of recognition or affiliation of such institution.
(7) The State Government shall take appropriate action whenever deemed necessary, with regard to improvement in the system of making admissions in the institutions, charging of fee by the institutions and on any other matter which may be necessary to facilitate smooth running of the system and to remove grievances.
(8) No act or proceedings of the Committee shall be deemed to be invalid by reason merely of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of the Committee.
(9) No person who is associated with a private aided or unaided institution shall be eligible for being a member of the Admission and Fee Committee.
(10) A member of the Admission and Fee Committee shall cease to be so, if he performs any act which in the opinion of the State Government is unbecoming of a member of the Committee:
Provided that no such member shall be removed from the Committee, without giving him an opportunity of being heard.
(11) The Admission and Fee Committee may frame its own procedure in accordance with the Regulations notified by the State Government in this regard.
(12) The Admission and Fee Committee may require a private aided or unaided professional educational institution or, a deemed to be University to furnish, by a prescribed date, information as may be necessary for enabling the Committee to determine the fee that may be fixed by the institution in respect of each professional course, and the fee so determined shall be valid for such period as may be notified by the State Government.