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To Assist the Government in formulation of policies, governance, management and execution of rural development programmes through Panchat Raj institutions. Hence the Bill, [L.A. Bill No.09 of 2016, File No. Samvyashae 12 Shasana 2016] [entry 25 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] II Amending Act 36 of 2017.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University Act, 2016 (Karnataka Act 16 of 2016),- (i) to enhance the upper age limit to hold office of Vice Chancellor to sixty seven years which is in conformity with the age limit of Vice Chancellors in the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000; and (ii) to make provisions also to designate or to appoint the Registrar in case if he is a Professor, to carry out the duties of the Vice Chancellor if the post of Vice Chancellor is temporarily vacant and if remains unfilled. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.33 of 2017, File No. Samvyashae 39 Shasana 2017] [entry 25 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] III Amendment Act 22 of 2025:- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University Act, 2016 (Karnataka Act 16 of 2016) to change nomenclature of “the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University” as “the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University”. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.07 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 11 SHASANA 2025] [Entry 25 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.205 in part-IVA dated:28.03.2025] 6 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 16 OF 2016 First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the twenty sixth day of July, 2016) 1[THE MAHATMA GANDHI RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYAT RAJ UNIVERSITY]1 ACT, 2016 (Received the assent of the Governor on the twenty third day of July, 2016) (As amended by Act 36 of 2017, 22 of 2025) An Act to provide for establishment of 1[the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University]1 of unitary in nature in the State of Karnataka for teaching, training, research on sustainable Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Institutions and matters concerned therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas it is expedient to provide for establishment of 1[the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University]1of unitary in nature in the State of Karnataka for teaching, training, research on sustainable Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Institutions and for the purposes hereinafter appearing. Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty seventh year of the Republic of India as follows. CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY