1.
Definition
(a)
College Hostel means a hostel which is
under the direct control and management of a College maintained by or
affiliated to the University and which generally admits only students of that
College.
(b)
Non-collegiate Hostel means a hostel
run by private agencies and accommodating students only.
(c)
Lodging means a hostel or boarding
house run by private agencies or individuals which is not reserved exclusively
for students and which has been recognised by the Syndicate.
2.
Recognition of Hostel: -
The Syndicate
shall prescribe from time to time such general or special conditions as it may
deem necessary for recognition of hostels and shall have power to grant or to
withhold recognition to any hostel.
3.
Colleges to provide Hostels:-
Every College
shall provide residential quarters for such percentage of students as the
Syndicate may decide from time to time.
4.
Residence:-
Every student
not residing with his parents or guardian shall be required to reside in any of
the hostels maintained by the University or by the Institution affiliated to
the University or in hostels or lodgings recognised by the University. The Syndicate shall maintain a register of
recognised hostels and lodgings.
5. Procedure for recognition:
(1)
The
Principal, Warden, Manager or Proprietor of an Institution who desires to have
it placed on the list of recognised hostels and lodgings, shall apply to the
Registrar furnishing the following particulars:-
(i) The locality of the hostel or lodging and its surroundings;
(ii) The
accommodation provided;
(iii) Arrangements made for water supply, lighting, sanitation, medical help, boarding,
games, etc.
(2)
The
application shall ordinarily be made in the month of June every year.
(3)
The
applicant shall also forward a copy of the rules for the management of the
Institution and a sketch plan of the buildings and grounds. The Syndicate may appoint any person to
inspect the Institution and after consideration of the report of the inspection
and after any further enquiry which it may deem necessary, shall decide whether
the Institution can be placed on the list.
Any recognised hostel or lodging shall be open to inspection at any time
by any person deputed by the Syndicate.
Changes in the rules for the management of an Institution shall be made
only with the approval of the Syndicate.
6. Class of residence:
-
The following classes of residence may be recognised by the
Syndicate:
(i)
Collegiate
Hostels
(ii) Non-collegiate Hostels
(iii) Lodgings
7. Management of Collegiate Hostels: -
A Collegiate
Hostel shall be managed by the Managing Council/Governing Body of the College
to which the hostel belongs. There
shall be in every such hostel a Warden, Superintendent or Proctor working under
the immediate direction, control and supervision of the Principal of the
College to which the hostel is attached.
Students living in such hostels shall be under the disciplinary control
of the Warden, Superintendent or Proctor, as the case may be. For every fifty students in a hostel there
shall be one Resident Tutor or Assistant Warden. The Principals of the colleges concerned shall frame rules for
their collegiate hostels, and submit them for approval by the Syndicate.
8. Management of Non-Collegiate Hostels:
(1)
Non-Collegiate
Hostels shall be managed by a regularly constituted managing body, the
constitution of which shall be subject to the approval of the Syndicate.
(2)
Only
students of Colleges maintained by or affiliated to the University shall be
admitted to such hostels.
(3)
There
shall be in every such hostel a Resident Warden, Superintendent or Proctor and
if necessary one or more Assistant Superintendents or Assistant Warden.
(4)
The
appointment of the Superintending staff of every such hostel shall be made by
the managing body or by any authority to whom such body has delegated the power
and all such appointments shall be reported to the University and the College
or Colleges in which the boarders are studying.
(5)
The
hostel shall be open to inspection at any time by the Principal of a College
whose students constitute the boarders of the hostel either wholly or partly,
or by any member of the teaching staff of the College authorised by the
Principal in this behalf.
(6)
Every
Non-collegiate Hostel shall have written rules approved by the Syndicate.
9. Management of Lodgings:
Students may be
permitted to live in recognised lodgings provided the Syndicate is satisfied
that they can be permitted to do so without detriment to their health, studies
or character.
10.
Recognition of Lodgings:
Recognition of lodgings shall be subject to the
following conditions, namely: -
(i)
The
proprietor or keeper of the lodging shall undertake to permit inspection at any
time by the Principal or Principals concerned and by any person deputed by the
Syndicate; and
(ii) He shall
undertake to abide by their requirements regarding supervision.
11.
Prohibition of Compulsory
Religious Instruction :-
No student shall be compelled to undergo any religious instruction or observance in any hostel or approved lodging.
12.
Periodical Inspection: -
The
Syndicate shall arrange for the periodical inspection of all hostels and
lodgings by persons selected for the purpose.
A recognised hostel or lodging shall maintain and produce for inspection
when called for by an authorised person, an admission register, a register of
attendance and a conduct register.
*12 A.Hostel Inspection
Board: -
The Hostel Inspection Board shall consist of the Convener of the Standing Committee of the Syndicate on Affiliation of Colleges and Courses of Studies as the Chairman and the Convener of the Standing Committee of the Syndicate on Student Services as the Vice-Chairman. The other members of the Board shall be all members of the Standing Committee on Student Services, the Registrar, the Director of Student Services and the Director of College Development Council.
13. Annual Report: -
The management of every hostel shall submit to the Registrar at the end of each year a report on the working of the hostel for the year.
1.
Suspension or Withdrawal of
Recognition: -
The Syndicate,
may suspend or withdraw the recognition granted to a hostel or lodging which is
not conducted according to the conditions of recognition, provided that, before
any action is taken, the management concerned shall be given an opportunity of
making such representation in the matter as it may desire to make.
2.
Expelled Students:
Students
expelled from Colleges shall not be admitted to any recognised hostel or
lodging. Students who have been
rusticated shall not be permitted to reside in a recognised hostel or lodging
during the period of rustication.
* Introduced
vide Amendment No. 113
16. Compliance Report by Principal: -
The Principal of a College shall satisfy himself that the management of a hostel in which students of his College reside, is maintained in accordance with the conditions under which it received its recognition and shall report to the University, if it is not maintained satisfactorily.
17. Information
as to Place of Residence:
Every student
shall inform the Principal of his College of his place of residence. Change of
residence, if any, shall also be reported.
18. Shifting
of Residence: -
A student whose
residence is found unsatisfactory, shall be called upon to shift to recognised
hostel or lodging.
19. Information
to the Students Council: -
As soon as
possible after the reopening of a College, the Principal shall submit to the
Students Council, the following information, namely: -
(i)
The
number of hostels and lodging; and names of the Warden, Superintendent or
Proctor as the case may be;
(ii) The
number of students in each hostel and lodging; and
(iii) The
number of students living with parent or guardian
20. Condition for admission: -
No student shall
be admitted to a hostel or lodging without the approval in writing of the
Principal and the Warden if any, of any hostel in which he previously resided
and it shall be recorded in the admission register that such approval has been
obtained.