(a) the Vice-Chancellor ; Chairman
(b) the Advocate General, Punjab; Member
(c) the Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to Member Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs;
(d) the Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department Member of Finance or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary;
(e) the Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department Member of Higher Education and Languages or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary ;
(f) the Chairman, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana Member or his nominee from amongst the members of the Bar Council; and The Executive Council.
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(g) three teachers not below the rank of Professor of Members the University to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor by rotation for a period of one year.
(2) A membership of a person, who has become a member of the Executive Council by reason of the office or appointment, he holds, shall be terminated, when he ceases to hold that office or appointment.
(3) The term of office of the nominated members of the Executive Council shall be three years.
(4) A member of the Executive Council shall cease to be a member, if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind or becomes insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude. A member other than the Vice- Chancellor or teachers, shall also cease to be a member, if he accepts a full time appointment in the University or if he being a teacher fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Executive Council without the leave of the Chairman.
(5) A member of the Executive Council other than an ex-officio member, may resign his membership by a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor and such resignation shall take effect as soon as he has accepted it.
13. (1) The Executive Council shall be the Chief Executive Authority of the University, and as such, it shall have all powers, necessary to administer the University, subject to the provisions of this Act and the statutes made there under. The Executive Council may make regulations for that purpose and also with respect to matters mentioned in sub-section(2).
(2) The Executive Council shall have the following powers and functions, namely:—
(i) to recommend the names of three persons to the Chancellor for appointment as Registrar on the recommendations of a Selection Committee headed
(ii) by the Vice-Chancellor;
(iii) to prepare and present to the Governing Council at its annual meetings, a report on the working of the University, a statement of accounts and budget proposals for the ensuing academic year;
Powers and function of the Executive Council.
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(iv) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, properties, business and all other administrative affairs of the University and for that purpose, constitute committees and delegate the powers to such committees or such officers of the University as it may deem fit;
(v) to invest any money belonging to the University, including any unapplied income, in such stock, funds, shares or securities, as it may think fit, from time to time;
(vi) to transfer or accept transfers of any movable or immovable property on behalf of the University;
(vii) to enter into, vary, carryout and cancel contracts on behalf of the University and for that purpose to appoint such officers, as it may think fit;
(viii) to provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed for carrying on the work of the University;
(ix) to entertain, adjudicate upon, and if it thinks fit, to redress any grievances of the officers, the teachers, the students and the employees of the University;
(x) to create teaching, administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts, to determine the number and emoluments of such posts, to specify the minimum qualifications for appointment to such posts on such terms and conditions of service, as may be prescribed ;
(xi) to appoint examiners and moderators, and if necessary to remove them and to fix their fees, emoluments and travelling and other allowances, after consulting the Academic Council;
(xii) to select a common seal for the University; and
(xiii) to exercise such other powers and to perform such other duties, as may be considered necessary or imposed on it by or under this Act.
14. (1) The meeting of the Executive Council shall be called at least once in four months. For every meeting of the Executive Council, fifteen days’ notice shall be given to every member before the date of meeting.
Meetings of the Executive Council.
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(2) The meeting of the Executive Council shall be called by the Registrar under the instructions of the Vice-Chancellor or at the request of not less than six members of the Executive Council.
(3) One half of the members of the Executive Council shall form the quorum.
(4) In case of differences of opinion among the members, the opinion of the majority of the members shall prevail.
(5) Every meeting of the Executive Council shall be presided over by the Vice-Chancellor and in his absence, by a member, chosen by the members present.
(6) If an urgent action, to be taken by the Executive Council becomes necessary, the Vice-Chancellor may permit the business to be transacted by circulation of papers to the members of the Executive Council.
The action so proposed to be taken, shall not be taken unless agreed to by a majority of members of the Executive Council. The action so taken shall be forthwith intimated to all the members of the Executive Council In case, the authority concerned fails to take decision, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor, whose decision shall be final.