Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
For Section 15 A of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely :— A ua« Act XVI *f 1947 15A(1) (a) There shall be a Selection Committee for making recommendations to the Execu tive Council for appointment of Professors, Readers, Lecturers, Registrar, Treasurer, Librarian and other officers of the Univer sity as may be provided for by the Statutes consisting of the following members :— (i) The Vice-Chancellor as Chairman of the Selection Committee. (ii) three persons not holding any office of profit under the University of whom one nominated by the Chancellor, one to be no minated by the State Government and the other to be nominated by the Executive Council (iii) The Registrar shall be the member-Sec- retary of the Selection Committee except for the Selection Committee for the appoint ment of Registrar in which case the Vice- Chancellor shall nominate one person as member-Secretary in consultation with the Executive Council. (b) Tn making recommendations for the ap pointment of Professors of the University, the Selection Committee shall co-opt the Head of the Department concerned, if he is a Professor, on- Professor of the Depart ment to be no ited by the Vice-Chancel- 10’- and two persons not in the services ol 946 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCT. 29, 19? the University to be nominated by the Exe cutive Council out of a panel of not less than five names of persons recommended by the Academic Council, who have special know ledge of the subject for which the Professor is to be selected. (c) In making recommendations for the ap pointment of Readers or Lecturers and other teachers of the University, the Selec tion Committee shall co-opt the Head of the Department concerned, one Professor o' Deptt. to be nominated by the Vice- Chancellor and two persons to be nominated by the Executive Council out of a panel of not less than five names of persons recommended by the Academic Council being persons not connected with the University, who have special knowledge of or interest in the subject for which the Reader or Lecturer is to be selected : Provided that, where the Executive Council proposes to make an appointment otherwise than in order of merit arranged by the Selection Committee in the post of Professors, Readers or Lecturers it shall record its reasons in writing and submit them to the Chancellor who may approve the proposal or return it to the Executive Council for reconsideration. After recon sideration, if the Executive Council desires to pursue its original proposal, it shall refer the matter again to the Chancellor for his derision which shall be final: Provided further that, where a Selection Committee recommends to the Executive Council the name of one person only and that person is not acceptable to the Execu tive Council, the Executive Council shall record its reasons in writing for not accep ting the recommendation and direct the Re gistrar to advertise the vacancv again and convene a meeting of the Selection Commit tee for making fresh recommendation, and, in so doing, communicate to every member of the Selection Committee the reasons re corded as above. (d) Where an appointment is to he made to a temporary vacancy of Teachers of the Uni versity, the appointment shall be made, if vacancy is for a period of one year or more on the recommendation of the Selection THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, OCT. 29, 1975, 947 Committee in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sub-sections and no ad-hoc appointment shall be made by the Execu tive Council.” T , .