Subject to the provisions of this Act, the appointment, procedure for selection pay and allowances and other conditions of service of officers, teachers and other persons employed in the University shall be such as may be prescribed.
Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, the word “officers” shall not include the Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor.
46. Terms and conditions of service of the Heads of the Department (1) Each Department of the University shall have a Head who be Professor or Director and whose duties and functions and terms and conditions of appointment shall be prescribed by the ordinances;
provided that if there is more than one professor in any Department, then Head of the Department shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by the ordinances;
provided further that in a department where there is no Professor, an Assistant Professor, or a Associate Professor may be appointed as Head of the Department in the manner prescribed by the ordinances;
(2) It shall be open to a Professor or Assistant Professor or Associate Professor to decline the offer of appointment as Head of the Department.
(3) A person appointed as Head of the Department shall hold office as such for a period of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(4) A Head of the Department may resign his office at any time during his tenure of office.
(5) A Head of the Department shall perform such function as may be prescribed by the ordinances.