RESIDENCE OF STUDENTS

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.