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L. A. BILL No. XXXVII OF 2022.

A BILL

to amend the Self-financed Universities Acts.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Self-financed Universities Acts,

for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-

third Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

This Act may be called the Self-financed Universities (Amendment)

Act, 2022.

In,—

(1) the Amity University Act, 2014 ;

(2) the Spicer Adventist University Act, 2014 ;

Short title.

Amendments

of sections 14

and 36 of

Self-financed

Universities

Acts.

Mah. XIII

of 2014.

Mah. XIV

of 2014.

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MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT

The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on

the 26^th December, 2022 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative

Assembly Rules.

RNI No. MAHBIL/2009/40123

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(1)

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(3) the FLAME University Act, 2014 ;

(4) the Ajeenkya D. Y. Patil University Act, 2014 ;

(5) the Sandip University Act, 2015 ;

(6) the MIT Art, Design and Technology University Act, 2015 ;

(7) the Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Act,

2016 ;

(8) the Symbiosis Skills and Professional University Act, 2017 ;

(9) the Vishwakarma University Act, 2017 ;

(10) the DSK World University Act, 2017 ;

(11) the Sanjay Ghodawat University, Kolhapur, Act, 2017 ;

(12) the D. Y. Patil International University, Pune Act, 2017 ;

(13) the G. H. Raisoni University, Amravati Act, 2018 ;

(14) the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University, Panvel Act, 2018 ;

(15) the Vijaybhoomi University, Raigad Act, 2018 ;

(16) the Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai Act, 2019 ;

(17) the D. Y. Patil University, Pune Act, 2019 ;

(18) the Sri Balaji University, Pune Act, 2019 ;

(19) the Ramdeobaba University, Nagpur Act, 2019 ;

(20) the MGM University, Aurangabad Act, 2019 ;

(21) the D. Y. Patil Agriculture and Technical University,

Talsande, Kolhapur Act, 2020 ;

(22) the NICMAR University, Pune Act, 2022 ;

(23) the Dr. P. A. INAMDAR University, Pune Act, 2022 ,—

Mah. II

of 2015.

Mah. III

of 2015.

Mah.

XXXVIII

of 2015.

Mah.

XXXIX

of 2015.

Mah.

XXXV of

2017.

Mah.

XXXVII

of 2017.

Mah.

XXXVIII

of 2017.

Mah.

XXXIX

of 2017.

Mah. XL

of 2017.

Mah.

LXIII

of 2017.

Mah.

XXIX

of 2018.

Mah.

XXXII

of 2018.

Mah.

LXXVII

of 2018.

Mah. V

of 2019.

Mah. VI

of 2019.

Mah. XII

of 2019.

Mah. XIII

of 2019.

Mah.

XXVI

of 2019.

Mah.

XXXVI

of 2020.

Mah.

XXXVI

of 2022.

Mah.

XXXVII

of 2022.

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(a) in section 14, in sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the

words “The Vice-Chancellor” and ending with the words “the Governing Body

and” the following portion shall be substituted, namely :—

“The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the President, from a

panel of three persons, fulfilling such eligibility criteria and on such

terms and conditions as may be specified by Statutes, recommended by

the Search-cum-Selection Committee constituted as per the rules or

regulations framed by the University Grants Commission. The Vice-

Chancellor” ;

(b) for section 36, the following section shall be substituted, respectively,

namely :—

“ 36.

(1) The university may, from time to time, prepare its fees

structure for various courses and programmes and forward it for approval

of the Fees Structure Review Committee constituted by the State

Government by the Government Resolution, issued from time to time, to

review the fees structure, for various courses and programmes of all self-

financed universities.

(2) The procedure to be adopted by the Fees Regulating Authority and

factors for determination of fees structure provided in sections 14 and 15

of the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions

(Regulations of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2015, shall mutatis mutandis be

followed by the Fees Structure Review Committee while considering the

fees structure proposal prepared by the university.

(3) The committee shall consider the fees structure prepared by the

university, review it and shall submit its recommendations to the

Government after taking into consideration whether the proposed fees is,—

(a) sufficient for,—

(i) generating resources for meeting the recurring expenditure

of the university; and

(ii) the savings required for further development of the

university; and

(b) not unreasonably excessive.

(4) After receipt of the recommendations under sub-section (3), if the

Government is satisfied that the proposed fees structure is sufficient and

reasonable, it may approve the fees structure. If the Government is satisfied

that the proposed fees structure is not sufficient and unreasonable then, it

may reject it and send it back to the committee for it’s reconsideration. The

fees structure approved by the Government shall remain valid until next

revision.

(5) The State Government shall not reimburse any fees or shall not take

any financial liability for students belonging to the backward classes

admitted into the university.

(6) The university shall not charge any fees, by whatever name called,

other than that for which it is entitled under sub-section (4).”.

Fees Structure

Review

Committee.

Mah.

XXVIII

of 2015.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

In order to ensure highest standards and quality of the higher education,

to meet the needs of the students under the ever changing academic and

economic scenario and to create confidence in the minds of the public, the

Government of Maharashtra has granted permission to those private

institutions that have demonstrated exceptional track record in establishing

and running courses of the higher education, to establish self-financed

universities in the State. Accordingly number of self-financed universities

are established in the State by various Self-financed Universities Acts of

the State Legislature.

Section 14 of the Self-Financed Universities Acts provides for the

appointment of the Vice-Chancellor on the terms and conditions specified

by the Statutes from a panel of three persons recommended by the

Governing body.

The provisions of the constitution of Selection Committee for

appointment of Vice-Chancellor have been modified subsequently by the

University Grants Commission vide the University Grants Commission

(Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic

Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance

of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018 framed under the

University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956).

In view of above, the existing provisions regarding appointment of

Vice-Chancellor contained in the Self-Financed Universities Acts needs to

be amended suitably so as to make them in consonance with the UGC

Regulations.

Section 36 of the Self-financed Universities Acts provides for the

fees structure and constitution and composition of the Fees Structure

Review Committee. There is no uniformity in the provisions of the Self-

financed Universities Acts regarding fees structure for various courses and

programmes of self-financed universities. In order to bring the uniformity

in the provisions of fees structure and to constitute one Fees Structure

Review Committee for all self-financed universities and to provide for the

procedure to be adopted by the said Committee and factors for

determination of fees structure, it is necessary to substitute section 36 of

the Self-financed Universities Acts.

The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.

CHANDRAKANT PATIL,

Nagpur,

Minister for Higher and

Dated the 23rd December, 2022.

Technical Education.

Vidhan Bhavan,

RAJENDRA BHAGWAT,

Nagpur,

Principal Secretary,

Dated : 26^th December, 2022.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR,

RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT PRESS AND B00K DEPOT, CIVIL LINES, NAGPUR-440 001 AND PUBLISHED AT

DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004.

EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.