(i) the admission of students, the courses of study and the fees thereof, the qualifications pertaining to the award of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions, the conditions for the grant of fellowships and awards and the like;
(ii) the conduct of examinations, including the terms and conditions of office and appointment of examiners;
(iii) the conditions of residence of students and their general discipline;
(iv) the procedures for the settlement of disputes between the employees and the Institute or between the students and the Institute;
(v) maintenance of discipline among the students of the Institute;
(vi) regulation of the conduct and duties of the employees and regulation of the conduct of the students of the Institute;
Procedure for making Statutes.
Regulation.
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(vii) determination of the categories of misconduct for which action may be taken under this Act or the Statutes or the Regulations; and
(viii) any other matter which, by or under this Act or the Statutes, is to be, or may be, provided for by the Regulations.
(2) The first Regulation shall be made by the Director with the approval of the Government and Subsequent Regulations shall be made by the Senate;
(3) All Regulations made by the Senate shall have the effect from such date as it may direct, but every regulation so made shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the Board and shall be considered by the Board at its next succeeding meeting; and
(4) The Board shall have power by resolution to modify or cancel any such regulation and such regulation shall, from the date of such resolution, stand modified accordingly or cancelled, as the case may be.
25. (1) The first Rules shall be made by the Director with the approval of the Government and subsequent Rules may be made by the Senate and Finance Committee with the approval of the Board.
(2) The Rules made by the Senate and the Finance Committee shall be in consistent with the Act and the Statutes which shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Statutes for the conduct of their business.
26. (1) The Institute shall establish and maintain a Institute Fund to which be credited,-
(i) all moneys received from the State Government, Central Government and Government agencies;
(ii) all fees and other charges received by the Institute;
(iii) all moneys received by the Institute by way of gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests or transfers; and
(iv) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source.
(2) The Institute may create special purpose fund with the approval of the Board.
(3) All moneys credited to the fund shall be deposited in Scheduled banks or invested in such securities as may be decided by the Board.
(4) The funds shall be applied towards meeting capital and revenue expenses of the Institute incurred in exercise of powers and discharge of duties of the Institute in the manner, as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
27. The Board may, with the previous sanction of the Government as regards the purpose and amount of loan and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Government as to security and rate of interest, borrow any sum of money from any Scheduled bank or any incorporated Body.
28. (1)The annual accounts and balance sheet of the Institute shall be prepared by the Comptroller of Finance under the direction of the Board and all moneys accruing to or received by the Institute from whatever sources and all amounts disbursed and paid by the Institute shall be entered in the account.
Rules Funds of the Institutes Power to borrow.
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(2) The accounts of the Institute shall, at least once in every year and at an interval of not more than fifteen months, be audited in accordance with the provisions of the Orissa Local Fund Audit Act, 1948.
(3) All reports on audit made under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after they are received from the Examiner of Local Accounts, be laid before the State Legislature for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one or more sessions.
(4) The Government shall have powers to issue direction to conduct special audit, if required, in respect of utilization of funds and the Institute shall comply with the directions issued by the Government on such audit.
(5) The Institute shall also take steps forthwith to rectify or remedy the defect or irregularity, if any, pointed out by the auditors.
29. (1) The financial estimates of receipts and expenditure of the Institute shall be prepared by the Finance Committee in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
(2) The Board shall consider the estimates prepared by the Finance Committee and approve them with or without modification.
(3) The Board may, in urgent cases where expenditure in excess of the amounts provided for in the budget is found to be necessary, for reasons to be recorded in writing, incur such expenditure.
30. - (1) The annual report of the Institute shall be prepared under the directions of the Director and shall include, among other matters, the steps taken by the Institute towards the fulfillment of its objectives and for realigning the Institute in accordance with the overall directions and general policies set by the Board.
(2) The annual report so prepared shall, after the approval of the Board, be submitted to the Government which shall, as soon as may be, cause the same to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of Odisha.
31. The Institute shall constitute for the benefit of its employees such provident fund or pension fund or provide such insurance schemes as it may deem fit in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
32. If any question arises as to whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body of the Institute, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final.
33. All vacancies arising by reason of death, resignation or otherwise among the members of any authority or other body of the Institute shall be filled up, as soon as may be convenient, in the same manner as those were filled up and the new members shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.
34. (1) Any member of any authority of the Institute may resign from his office by a letter addressed to the Registrar and the resignation shall take effect from the date of receipt of the letter by the Registrar.
(2) The Director may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove the name of Annual Budget Annual Report.
Pension and Provident fund.
Dispute relating to constitution of authorities of the Institute.
Filling up of Casual Vacancies.
Registration and removal of members.
16 any person, convicted by a court of law of any offence involving moral delinquency or punished by the Institute for malpractice connected with any Institute examination, from membership of any authority of the Institute and for the same reason, may withdraw any degree or diploma conferred or granted by the Institute.
(3) The Director may, on the recommendation of the Board, also remove any person from the membership of any authority of the Institute, if he becomes mentally unsound or a deaf or mute or has applied to be adjudicated or has been adjudicated as insolvent.
(4) If a member of any authority of the Institute, who is not an ex-officio member, fails to attend three consecutive meetings of that authority, he shall cease to be a member of such authority, and thereupon the Registrar shall intimate him that he has ceased to be such member:
Provided that such authority may, if satisfied that there was sufficient cause for the failure of the member to attend the meetings, restore him to its membership with an intimation to the Registrar.
35. No act or proceedings of any authority or other body of the Institute shall be invalid merely by reason of existence of any vacancy or vacancies of its members.
36. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie in any court against the Institute or against any authority, officer or employee of the Institute for anything which is in good faith, done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, the Statutes, the Regulations, and the Rules.
37. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order, published in the official Gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
38. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Governing Body of the Society functioning as such immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to function until a new Board is constituted for the Institute under this Act, and on constitution of a new Board under this Act, the members of the Governing Body of the Society holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office:
(2) Person holding the office as Director of the Society immediately before the appointed date referred to in section 4 shall be deemed to be the Director of the Institute with effect from that date until regular appointment is made to the post by the Chancellor in accordance with the provision of this Act and Statutes.
(3) Person holding the office as Registrar and person holding the office of the Comptroller of Finance of the Society immediately before the appointed date referred to Vacancies not invalidate proceedings of the authorities.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
Power to remove difficulties.
Transitory provisions 17 in section 4 shall be deemed to be the Registrar and the Comptroller of Finance of the Institute with effect from that date until regular appointments are made to the said offices in accordance with the provision of this Act and Statutes.
(4) Until Statutes, Regulations and Rules are made under the appropriate provisions of this Act, the Regulations and Rules, if any, which were made by the Society and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be in force.
By Order of the Governor S. PUJAHARI Principal Secretary to Government _________