Bare ActsThe Panjab University Act, 1947

Section 7

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A Professor on Sabbatical Leave shall not take up, during the period of that leave, any regular appointment under another organisation in India or abroad. (K) MATERNITY LEAVE (i) Maternity leave on full pay may be granted to a woman teacher for a period which may extend up to the end of six months from the date of commencement of leave or to end of six weeks from the date of confinement whichever is earlier. Maternity leave may also be granted in case of miscarriage including abortion, accidental or voluntary, subject to the condition that the leave applied for does not exceed six weeks and the application for leave is supported by a medical certificate. (ii) Maternity leave may be combined with earned leave, half pay leave or extraordinary leave but any leave applied for in continuation of maternity leave may be granted if the request is supported by a medical certificate. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 145 (L) QUARANTINE LEAVE (i) Quarantine leave is leave of absence from duty necessitated in consequence of the presence of an infectious disease in the family or household of a teacher. (ii) Quarantine leave may be granted on medical certificate for a period not exceeding 21 days. In exceptional cases this limit may be raised to thirty days. Any leave necessary for quarantine purposes in excess of this period shall be treated as ordinary leave. Quarantine leave may be combined with earned leave, half pay leave or extraordinary leave. (iii) A teacher on quarantine leave is not treated as absent from duty and his pay is not affected. (M) VACATION (i) Vacation may be taken in combination with any kind of leave except casual and special casual leave and special academic leave provided that vacation shall not be both prefixed and suffixed to leave. (ii) Except in special circumstances vacation and earned leave taken together shall not extend beyond six months. (iii) When a vacation falls between two periods of leaves so as to result in a continuous period of absence from duty during the entire period such vacation shall be treated as part of the leave. (iv) For the vacation period, a teacher shall be entitled to the same pay as when on duty. A teacher will, however, be entitled only to half of such pay if he has given notice of resignation and the period of such notice expires during the vacation or within one month from last day thereof. PART II Teachers Appointed on probation A teacher appointed as a probationer against a substantive vacancy and with definite terms of probation shall during the period of probation be granted leave which would be admissible to him on the assumption that he holds his post substantively otherwise than on probation. If for any reason it is proposed to terminate the services of a probationer, any leave granted to him should not extend beyond the date on which the probationary period expires or any earlier date on which his services are terminated by the orders of the Syndicate. On the other hand, a teacher appointed ‘On probation’ to a post, not substantively vacant to assess his suitability to the post shall until he is substantively confirmed, be treated as a temporary teacher for purposes of grant of leave. If a person in the permanent service of the University is appointed on probation to a higher post he shall not, during probation be deprived of the benefit of leave Rules applicable to his permanent post. PART III Temporary Teachers Temporary teacher shall be governed by the provision of (Part I) of these Rules subject to the following conditions and exceptions : (1) Earned Leave (a) A temporary teacher shall be entitled to earned leave as a permanent teacher except that in respect of the first year of his service he shall be entitled to earned leave as follows: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 146 (b) (i) 1/60th of the period of actual service plus (ii) 1/3rd of the period, if any during which he is required to perform duty during vacation. (c) A temporary teacher appointed without interruption of duty substantively to a permanent post will be credited with the earned leave which would have been admissible if his previous duty had been in permanent employ diminished by any earned leave already taken. Leave is not interruption of duty for the purpose of this regulation. (2) Half Pay Leave No half pay leave may be granted to a temporary teacher unless the authority competent to sanction leave has reason to believe that the teacher will return to duty on the expiry of such leave. (3) Commuted Leave Temporary teacher shall not be entitled to commute any portion of the half pay leave. (4) Extraordinary Leave In the case of temporary teacher the duration of extraordinary leave on any occasion shall not exceed the following limits :- (a) Three months at a time; (b) Six months in cases where the teacher has completed three years continuous service and the leave application is supported by a medical certificate; (c) Eighteen months where the teacher is undergoing treatment in a recognized hospital for tuberculosis, cancer or leprosy; (d) (i) 24 months in cases where the leave is required for prosecuting the studies certified to be in the University interest provided that the teacher has completed three years continuous service on the date of commencement of extraordinary leave. In cases, where this condition is not satisfied, extraordinary leave to this extent may be sanctioned in continuation of any other kind of leave due and applied for [including three months extraordinary leave under (a) above] if the teacher completes three years continuous service on the date of expiry of such leave. (ii) When a temporary teacher fails to resume duty on the expiry of the maximum period of extraordinary leave granted to him or where a teacher who is granted a lesser amount of leave remains absent from duty for any period which together with the extraordinary leave granted exceeds the limit up to which he could have been granted such leave under (i) above he shall unless the Syndicate, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, be deemed to have resigned his appointment and shall accordingly cease to be the University employee. (5) Leave not due, Study Leave & Sabbatical leave Temporary teachers shall not be entitled for the grant of leave not due, study leave and sabbatical leave. (6) Vacation A University teacher appointed on ad hoc/temporary basis shall be entitled to CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 147 summer vacation salary as under :- (i) those who complete nine months’ service full salary (ii) those who complete service Proportionate salary on the basis of or three months or more full salary for nine months’ service. but less than nine months Provided that - (1) no one who has served for less than three months will be entitled to any salary for the summer vacation. (2) no one shall draw salary for the period of summer vacation from two sources, (3) if a teacher leaves service before or during the summer vacation of his own accord, he shall not be entitled to any salary for the period of summer vacation. PART IV Teachers appointed on contract The teachers appointed on contract will be granted leave in accordance with the terms of the contract. PART V Honorary and Part-time teachers Honorary and part-time teachers of the University shall be entitled to leave on the same terms as are applicable to whole-time teachers of the University. _______ CONDITIONS OF SERVICE } } CHAPTER VII (A) REGISTER OF STUDENTS [Regulations under Section 31 (2)(h) of the Panjab University Act, 1947] 1.1. The Registrar shall maintain in such form as the Syndicate may from time to time, prescribe a register of all under-graduates and graduates studying for University examinations in the University Teaching Departments including Regional Centres and the affiliated institutions or carrying on research work in the University. 1.2. The register shall contain, in respect of each student, the name in full, the name of father, institution entered, year of admission, year of passing the Matriculation/ Higher Secondary examination, every pass or failure in a University examination with roll number, and any University scholarship, medal or prize won. 1.3. Any student who is not registered with this University, shall pay to the University, at the time of admission, and registration fee of Rs. 5 or as decided by the Syndicate from time to time through the Department/College which he joins. No further fee for registration shall be charged except in a case of re-admission of a student whose name is struck off the rolls of the Department/College and in that case he shall pay Rs. 1 or as decided by the Syndicate from time to time for making necessary entries in the University Register.

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