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(1) Each Teaching Department shall have a Chairperson who shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor for a period of three years by rotation as per seniority. Provided that (a) if a Department has two or more professors, the Chairmanship shall rotate by seniority only among professors. Provided that a Professor appointed as Chairperson will get his next turn after all the Professors in the Department have been appointed as Chairperson in order of their seniority. (b) if a Department has only one professor, the chairpersonship shall rotate between the professor and the senior-most associate professor/reader; (c) if a Department has no professor, the chairpersonship shall rotate between the two senior-most associate professors/readers; (d) the Vice-Chancellor, if he considers it necessary for any administrative reason, may deviate from the principle of seniority, in which case he will report the matter to the Executive Council at its next meeting. (2) In the case of a Department where no teacher is eligible for appointment as Chairperson or for such Departments where instruction is imparted only up to the Under-graduate level in the colleges, the Dean of the concerned Faculty shall be the Chairperson. (3) In case a senior person is on long leave, the next eligible person will be appointed as Chairperson of the Department and he will continue as such till the completion of his term, even if the senior person returns from leave during that period. However, the senior THE ACT & STATUTES 37 person will be eligible for appointment as Chairperson after the expiry of the term of the present incumbent. (4) In case the Chairperson of a Department, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, is unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by the next eligible person, unless, the Vice-Chancellor orders otherwise. (5) In case a person refuses to accept the offer of appointment as Chairperson or resigns on his own, he will not be eligible for appointment as Chairperson of the Department till his turn comes again after the completion of the rotation circle among the eligible teachers. (6) If the Vice-Chancellor deems it necessary, he may appoint the next eligible person as Chairperson irrespective of the fact that the term of the present Chairperson has not yet expired, in which case he will report the matter to the Executive Council at its next meeting. (7) The Directors of the Institutes included under Statute 26 shall be appointed as per provision of Statute 21. However, the Vice- Chancellor may appoint a Director till a regular appointment as per seniority is made and report the matter to the Executive Council. KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA 38 Appointments