(1) A registered Managing Committee which is intending to establish a Pre-University college shall intimate its intention to do so to the Director, in Form- I along with a fee of Rs. 500.00 The Director shall record such intimation in a register kept in Form II and thereafter issue a letter of intent to the managing committee within thirty days from the date of intimation from the managing committee.
(2) Upon receipt of the letter of intent, the managing committee intending to establish a Pre-University college shall,-
(a) Within one year from the date of letter of intent, acquire a minimum of 25,000 Sq. ft.
of land on which it intends to construct the college building including the principal's chambers, class rooms, library etc;
(b) within three years from the date of letter of intent construct on the said land a building with the following facilities and rooms which shall have a corridor or a veranda of at least 8 ft.
width abutting the entrance to the room, namely:-
(i) Principal’s chamber with a minimum plinth area of 250 sq. ft.,
(ii) Office room with a minimum plinth area of 250 sq. ft.,
(iii) Staff room with a minimum plinth area of 500 sq. ft.,
(iv) Waiting room with a minimum plinth area of 500 sq. ft for the girls with attached toilets for simultaneous use by 10 persons with sufficient water storage facilities,
(v) Toilets for boys with facility for simultaneous use by 10 persons,
(vi) Library with a minimum plinth area of 1000 sq. ft.,
(vii) Reading room with a minimum plinth area of 1000 sq. ft.,
(viii) At least 6 lecture halls, each measuring at least 22 ft. x 30 ft.,
(ix) Bicycle stand with a provision for parking minimum 100 bicycles at a time,
(x) If science subjects are taught, then three laboratories, one for Physics, one for Chemistry and one for Biology and if Electronics or Computer science subjects are taught separate laboratories for these subjects with a minimum plinth area of 24 ft. x 60 ft. each;
(c) Provide water, electricity and sanitary facilities in the laboratories, class rooms, office rooms and toilets making the building fit for running a Pre-University college;
(d) Provide desks, benches, tables, office furniture, shelves, office equipments, apparatus and equipment in the laboratories.
(3) The minimum requirements specified in sub-rule (2), are meant for six sections and where language subjects in Part-I are only two. For every additional language subject in Part-I, one lecture hall and for every additional subject in Part-II, two lecture halls shall be provided.
(4) The managing committee shall after complying with the requirements of sub-rules (2) and (3), intimate in writing to the Director the fact that they have acquired the necessary land, constructed the building and provided the basic facilities and civil amenities, etc., as required under sub-rule (2) and also specify the combinations of subjects which they intended to teach.
(5) The Director shall record such intimation in the register kept for the purpose and shall within the next thirty days request the Inspection Committee to visit the place of the intended location of the Pre-University college and hold inspection.
(6) The Inspection Committee shall within thirty days thereafter inspect the land and building and submit its report to the State Government through the Director giving specific findings in respect of compliance of the specifications of this rule.
(7) The managing committee shall furnish an undertaking to the Director in respect of the land and building acquired and built as contemplated under this rule in the proforma specified in Form-III to these rules and shall deposit of an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- in a scheduled bank or a post office branch in the name of the Director of Pre-University Education in Karnataka.
(8) After satisfying that the managing committee has complied with the requirements of sub-rules (2) and sub-rule (7), the State Government shall cause the Director to register the Pre- University college in the register maintained in accordance with section 31, and shall within one month from the date of undertaking under sub-rule (7), authorise the Managing Committee to recruit the minimum teaching and non-teaching personnel, as follows:-
(i) one principal;
(ii) one lecturer for each subject permitted to be taught including the subject taught by the principal;
(iii) one clerk, one peon and where science subjects are to be taught, one laboratory attender.
(9) The managing committee shall recruit the minimum teaching and non-teaching staff specified under sub-rule (8) within three months from the date of issue of such an authorisation.
(10) The Director shall accord recognition to the Pre-University college only after it has been registered in accordance with the sub-rule (8) and that the managing committee has complied with the requirements of sub-rule (9) and there after record the same in the register maintained under sub-rule (1).
(11) If, in a Pre-University college recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff is completed in all respects within the month of May of a calendar year, then the academic activities, such as, admission of students, teaching in class rooms etc., may commence from the month of June of the same calendar year. If the recruitment of the teaching and non-teaching staff is completed after the month of May of a calendar year, then the academic activities, shall commence only in the month of June of the next calendar year.
(12) If the managing committee fails to acquire the land within the stipulated time or construct the building as required under sub-rule (2) the letter of intent if any given under this rule shall be cancelled after providing an opportunity of being heard to the managing committee.