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(1) The Court shall consist of the following members, namely :- (a) Ex-officio Members (i) the Chancellor; (ii) the Vice-Chancellor; (ii-a) the Pro-Vice-Chancellor. (iii) the Secretary to Government, Haryana, Education Department, or in his absence, his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary; (iv) the Secretary to Government, Haryana, Finance Department, or in his absence, his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary; (v) the Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana, or in his absence, Joint Director (Colleges), Haryana; (vi) the Deans of Faculties; (vii) the Registrar; (viii) the Dean of Students’ Welfare, if any; (ix) the Dean Academic Affairs; (x) the Dean of Colleges; (xi) the Controller of Examinations; (xii) the Librarian. KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA 24 (b) Other Members (i) two persons to be elected by the Haryana Vidhan Sabha from amongst its members out of which at least one should be woman; (ii) professors of the University not exceeding ten, on the basis of seniority by rotation; (iii) five teachers to be elected from amongst associate professors/readers and assistant professors of the University of whom at least two shall be associate Professors/readers. Out of the aforementioned five elected teachers at least one should be woman. (iv) (a) one principal and three teachers to be elected from amongst themselves by the principals and teachers respectively, holding their posts in a substantive capacity in Government Colleges of Arts, Science/Commerce, included in each of the two zones to be demarcated by the Vice-Chancellor. (b) one principal and three teachers to be elected from amongst themselves by the principals and teachers respectively, holding their posts in a substantive capacity in Non-govt. colleges of Arts, Science/Commerce, included in each of the four zones to be demarcated by the Vice-Chancellor. (c) one principal and three teachers to be elected from amongst themselves by the principals and teachers respectively, holding their posts in a substantive capacity in Colleges/Institutes of Education. (d) one principal and three teachers to be elected from amongst themselves by the principals and teachers respectively, holding their posts in a substantive capacity in other professional colleges. Provided that not more than one teacher elected from a zone shall belong to any one college, and out of the three elected teachers from a zone at least one shall be a woman. (v) Secretary, Kurukshetra University Students’ Union and two Secretaries to be elected from amongst themselves by secretaries of the Students’ Union in Colleges for the period from the date of election till 31st May of the academic year; (vi) fifteen representatives (ten from amongst eminent academicians and five representatives from industry, commerce, medicine, engineering etc.) to be nominated THE ACT & STATUTES 25 by the Chancellor, for a term of three years; Out of the aforementioned fifteen representatives at least five should be women; (vii) (a) one of the principals of colleges maintained by the University, by rotation; (b) one teacher other than principals to be elected from amongst themselves by the teachers holding their posts in a substantive capacity in the two maintained Colleges by the University. (viii) four persons elected from amongst themselves by the representatives of the managements of colleges, as mentioned below: (a) two persons elected from managements of Non- professional colleges, i.e. Arts, Science/Commerce colleges; (b) two persons from managements of professional colleges. (c) The Registrar shall be the Member-Secretary of the Court. Provided that no salaried servant of the University, including its allied institutions, shall be eligible for election or nomination under any of the preceding sub-clauses except sub-clauses (ii) to (vi) and (ix) and that if any person elected or nominated under any of the preceding sub-clauses except sub-clauses (ii) to (vi) and (ix) is subsequently appointed to any salaried post in the University or its allied institutions, he shall cease to be a member of the Court. Provided further that no person shall be eligible for nomination or election to the Court except under sub-clause (vii) unless he has attained the age of 25 years. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided, the members of the Court, other than ex-officio members, shall hold office for a term of two years. (3) At all meetings of the Court two-fifth of the members shall form a quorum. (4) If the required number of members for purposes of quorum is not present within half-an-hour after the appointed time of the meeting, the meeting shall not be held and the Registrar shall make a record of that fact. (5) The method of election shall be by simple majority voting by ballot and the elections shall be conducted in accordance with the rules framed by the Vice-Chancellor. KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA 26 Meetings of the Court