(1) If any difficulty arises as to the first constitution or reconstitution of any authority of the University after the notifies date or otherwise in giving effect to the provisions of this At, the Government may, by notification, make such provision, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such notification shall be issued after the expiry of five years from the date of establishment of the University under section 3.
(2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) or under any other provisions of this Act shall, as soon as possible after it is issued, be placed on the table of the Legislative Assembly, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the Assembly makes any modification in any such notification or the Assembly decides that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification.
(By order of the Governor) A. KRISHNAKUTTY NAIR Secretary to Government Law Department 45 Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances Act No.4 OF 2006 An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002 BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Fifty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 2002 1 This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Open University(Amendment) Act, 2006 Short title Amendment of Section 10 2 In Section 10 of the Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002:-
(1) In Sub-section (3), for the expression “shall not be eligible for a second term”, the expression “shall be eligible for re-appointment for a further period of three years” shall be substituted;
(2) In Sub-section(4), for the expression, “the senior-most Professor of the University shall exercise the powers and perform the current duties of the Vice-Chancellor”, the expression “the Syndicate shall, as soon as possible, make the requisite arrangements for exercising the powers and performing the current duties of the Vice-Chancellor” shall be substituted.
An amendment to the Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002 Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 2002 13 In Section 10 of Tamil Nadu Open University Act, 2002, for sub-section(2) including the proviso thereto, the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:- Amendment of Section 10
(2) For the purpose of Sub-section(1), the Committee shall consist of-
(i) a nominee of the Chancellor, who shall be retired Judge of Supreme Court or any High Court of an eminent educationist;
(ii) a nominee of the Government, who shall be a retired serving officer of the State Government not below the rank of Principal Secretary to Government or an eminent educationist; and
(iii) a nominee of the Syndicate who shall be an eminent educationist
Explanation:- For the purpose of this sub-section, “eminent educationist” means a person
(i) who is or has been a Vice-Chancellor of any University established by the State Government or Central Government; or
(ii) who is a distinguished academician, with minimum of ten years of experience a Professor in a State or Central University or in both taken together, or 46
(iii) who is or has been a Director or Head of any Institute of national importance;
Provided that the person so nominated shall not be a member of any of the authorities of the University or shall not be connected with the University or any college or any recognized institution of the University (2-A) A person recommended by the Committee for appointment as Vice-Chancellor shall-
(i)be a distinuguished academician with highest level of competence, integrity, morals and institutional commitment;
(ii) possess such educational qualifications and experience as may be specified by the State Government in consultation with the Chancellor by an order published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
(2-B) This process of nominating members to the Committee by the authority of the University, the Government and the Chancellor shall begin six months before the probable date of occurrence of vacancy in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and shall be completed four months before the probable date of occurrence of vacancy in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor.
(2-C) The process of preparing the panel of suitable persons for appointment as Vice- Chancellor shall begin at least four months before the probable date of occurrence of the vacancy in office of the Vice-Chancellor.
(2-D) The Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Chancellor within four months from the date of its constitution. If the Committee does not submit the recommendation to the Chancellor within the said period, the Chancellor may grant further time to the Committee to submit its recommendation or take steps to constitute another Committee in accordance with Sub-section (2)”.
(By Order of the Governor) ..Sd… L.JAYASANKARAN Secretary to Government Law Department