TNDALU Act 15Chapter III · Officers of the University
Section 15 · Registrar
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(1)
The Registrar shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the University appointed by the Syndicate.(2)
The terms and conditions of service of the Registrar shall be as follows:(a)
The holder of the post of Registrar shall be an academician in the field of law not lower in rank than that of the Principal of Law college, or the Professor of the University who has put in a service in such capacity for a period of not less than three years or an officer of the Government not lower in rank than that of the Deputy Secretary to Government, Law Department.(b)
The Registrar shall hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment:(c)
The emoluments and other terms and conditions of service of the Registrar shall be such as may be prescribed.(d)
When the office of the Registrar is vacant or when the Registrar is, by reason of illness, absence or for any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office of the Registrar shall be performed by such person as the Vice-Chancellor may appoint for the purpose.(3)
(a)
The Registrar shall have power to take disciplinary action against such of the employees, excluding teachers of the University and academic staff, as may be specified in the orders of the Syndicate and to suspend them pending inquiry, to administer warnings to them or to impose on them the penalty of censure or with-holding of increments:(b)
An appeal shall lie to the Vice-Chancellor against any order of the Registrar imposing any of the penalties specified in clause (a).(c)
In any case where the inquiry discloses that the punishment beyond the powers of the Registrar is called for, the Registrar shall, upon conclusion of the inquiry, make a report to the Vice-Chancellor along with his recommendations and the Vice-Chancellor shall pass such order as he deems fit:(d)
No appeal under clause (b) or clause (c) shall be preferred after the expiry of sixty days from the date on which the order appealed against was received by the appellant.(4)
Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the Registrar shall be the ex-officio Secretary to the Syndicate, the Academic Senate, the Faculties and the Boards of Studies, but shall not be deemed to be a member of any of these authorities.(5)
It shall be the duty of the Registrar, -(a)
to be the custodian of the records, the common seal and such other property of the University as the Syndicate shall commit to his charge;(b)
to issue all notices convening meetings of the Syndicate, the Academic Senate, the Faculties, the Boards of Studies, the Boards of Examiners and of any Committee appointed by the authorities of the University;(c)
to keep the minutes of all the proceedings of the meeting of the Syndicate, the Academic Senate, the Faculties, the Boards of Studies, the Boards of Examiners and of any Committee appointed by the authorities of the University;(d)
to conduct the official correspondence of the Syndicate;(e)
to supply to the Chancellor, copies of the agenda of the meetings of the authorities of the University as soon as they are issued and the minutes of the proceedings of such meetings; and(f)
to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be specified in the statutes, the ordinances or the regulations or as may be required, from time to time, by the Syndicate or the Vice-Chancellor.(6)
In all suits and other legal proceedings by, or against the University, the pleadings shall be signed and verified by the Registrar and all processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to, and served on, the Registrar.Your private note on this section
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