Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Appointment of Special Officer - (1) The Government may, as soon as it is convenient administratively so to do, appoint any officer or any other person as the Special Officer of the medical college for the purpose of carrying on the management of such medical college and the Special Officer so appointed shall carry on the management of the medical college for and on behalf of the Government. (2) On the appointment of the Special Officer under sub-section (1), the management of the medical college shall vest in the Special Officer and all persons in charge of the management of such medical college immediately before such appointment shall cease to be in charge of the management and shall be bound to deliver such management to the Special Officer together with all assets, books of account, registers and other documents in their custody relating to such medical college. (3) The Government may issue such directions (including directions as to initiating, defending or continuing any legal proceedings before any court, tribunal or other authority) to the Special Officer as to his powers and duties as the Government deem to be desirable in the circumstances of the case, and the Special Officer may also apply to the Government at any time for instructions as to the manner in which he shall conduct the management of the medical college or in relation to any other matter arising in the course of such management. (4) Any person who, on the appointed day, has in his possession or under his control any books, papers or other documents relating to the medical college, including the minutes books containing the resolution of the persons in charge of the management thereof before the appointed day, the current cheque books relating to the medical college, any letters, memoranda notes or other communications between him and the private management in relation to the medical college, shall, notwithstanding anything in any other law for the time being in force, be liable to account for the books, papers and other documents to the Special Officer and shall deliver them to the Special Officer, or to any such person as may be authorised by the Government in this behalf. (5) Every persons in charge of the management of the medical college immediately before the appointed day shall, within ten days from that day or within such further period as the Government may allow in this behalf, furnish to the Special Officer a complete inventory of all the properties and assets (including particulars of book debts, investments and belongings) forming part of the medical college immediately before the appointed day and of all the liabilities and obligations of the private management in relation to the medical college, subsisting immediately before that day, and also of all agreements entered into by the private management in relation to the medical college and in force immediately before that day. (6) The Special Officer shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government and shall receive from the funds of the medical college such remuneration as may be fixed by the Government. 6.Payment of rent for property during the period of management of the medical college - The Government shall, during the period when the management of the medical college remains vested in them under this Act, pay to the person interested in respect of any property the possession of which is deliver to the Special Officer or other persons under sub-section (6) of section 4, such sum as is equal to the rent which would have been payable for its use and occupation, if it is an immovable property, or for its use, if it is a movable property, had it been taken on lease for that period: Provided that where the said sum is not settled by any agreement, the matter shall be referred to the arbitrator appointed by the Government for making an award in this behalf.