Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
No person shall be excluded from holding any office in the University or from membership of any of the authorities of the University or from admission to any degree, diploma or other distinction or course of study, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, and it shall not adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be admitted thereto as a teacher or student or to hold any office therein or to qualify for any degree, diploma or other distinction or to enjoy or exercise any of the privileges of the University: University open to all classes, castes and creed. 14 [Act No.13 of 2024] Provided that – (1) The University may maintain affiliate or recognise any college or institution, intended exclusively for women, either for their education, or for their residence. (2) The University shall reserve seats in the University Colleges or constituent Centres for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other categories as specified by the Government from time to time as per the Rules of Reservation.