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(1) Save as hereinafter otherwise provided, the local limits of jurisdiction of the University (hereinafter referred to as the territorial limits of the University) shall not extend beyond the limits of any district referred to in clause (7) of section 2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( I ), any college or institution situated beyond the limits of any district defined in clause (7) of section 2, if the State Government in consultation with the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education accords approval, may apply to the University for affiliation and the University may, subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may, with the approval of the State Government, think fit to impose, admit the same to all the privileges of the University. PART 111] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 6, 2014 7 The Bankura University Act, 2011 (Chapter IL—The University and its Officers.—Sections 6-9.) Delegation of powers. Officers of the University. The Chancellor. The Vice- Chancellor. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force with effect from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said date)— (a) such colleges existing on the said date within the limits of the districts referred to in clause (7) of section 2 as may be specified in the notification, shall— (i) be deemed to be affiliated to the University and continue to be so affiliated until the University otherwise directs; and (ii) cease to be affiliated to the Burdwan University or any other University to which they may have been affiliated before the said date subject to the conditions that nothing in this Act shall affect the powers exercised by the West Bengal University of Technology and the West Bengal University of Health Sciences; (b) any Teacher, Principal or member of Governing Body of any such college or institution holding, by virtue of his being such Teacher, Principal or member of Governing Body, any office in or under the Burdwan University or any of the authority of the said University or the other University, as the case may be, shall cease to hold such office and the vacancy so caused shall be deemed to be a casual vacancy for the purpose of the Burdwan University Act, 1981; (c) no college or institution situated within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the University, but not admitted to its privileges, shall be associated with or be admitted to the privileges of any other University except with the prior approval of the State Government; Explanation.—For the purpose of this section, to enable higher education to reach the unreached, the territorial limit shall not be insisted upon in the matter of Distance Education Mode of Learning.