(1) The rights conferred on a college by affiliation may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, or modified if the college has failed to carry out any of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 40 or it has failed to observe any of the conditions of its affiliation or it is conducted in a manner which is prejudicial to the interests of agricultural education.
(2) A motion for the withdrawal or the modification of such rights shall be initiated only in the Academic Council. The member of the Council who intends to move such a motion shall give notice of it and shall state in writing the grounds on which it is made.
(3) Before taking the said motion into consideration the Academic Council shall send a copy of the notice and written statement mentioned in sub-section (2) to the Principal of the college concerned together with an intimation that any representation in writing submitted within a period specified in such intimation on behalf of the college will be considered by the Academic Council :
Provided that, the period so specified may, if necessary, be extended by the Academic Council.
(4) On receipt of the representation or on the expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (3), the Academic Council after considering the notice of motion, statement and representation and after such inspection by any person authorised in this behalf by the Academic Council as it deems fit, shall consider the action to be taken in the matter. If the Academic Council considers that action should be taken for withdrawal of affiliation, in whole or in part, the Academic Council shall pass a resolution for that purpose, stating the grounds for such withdrawal, and make a recommendation to that effect to the Executive Council.
(5) On receipt of such recommendation by the Academic Council, the Executive Council may, after such further inquiry as may appear to it to be necessary, decide whether the affiliation should be withdrawn or not and whether in whole or in part.