THE RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2007  

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     ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Declaration  of  Rajiv  Gandhi  Institute  of  Petroleum  Technology  as  an  institution  of  national 

importance. 
3.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTE 

4.  Incorporation of Institute. 
5.  Constitution of Board of Governors. 
6.  Term of office of, vacancies among, and allowances payable to, members of Board. 
7.  Vesting of properties. 
8.  Effect of incorporation of Institute. 
9.  Functions of Institute. 
10.  Powers of Board. 
11.  Institute to be open to all races, creeds and classes. 
12.  Teaching at the Institute. 
13.  Visitor. 
14.  Authorities of Institute. 
15.  Establishment of General Council. 
16.  Powers and functions of General Council. 
17.  Senate. 
18.  Functions of Senate. 
19.  President of Board. 
20.  Director. 
21.  Registrar. 
22.  Powers and duties of other authorities and officers. 
23.  Grants by Central Government. 
24.  Fund of Institute. 
25.  Setting up of endowment fund. 
26.  Accounts and audit. 
27.  Pension and provident fund. 
28.  Appointments. 
29.  Statutes. 

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SECTIONS 

30.  Statutes how made. 
31.  Ordinances. 
32.  Ordinances how made. 
33.  Conduct of business by authorities of Institute. 
34. Tribunal of Arbitration. 

CHAPTER III 

MISCELLANEOUS 

35.  Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies. 
36.  Grant of degrees, etc., by Institute. 
37.  Sponsored schemes. 
38.  Power to remove difficulties. 
39.  Transitional provisions. 
40.  Statutes, Ordinances and notifications to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid before 

Parliament. 

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THE RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2007  

ACT NO. 54 OF 2007 

[20th December, 2007.] 

An Act to declare the institution known as the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology 
to  be  an  institution  of  national  importance  and  to  provide  for  its  incorporation  and  for 
matters connected therewith.  

 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

CHAPTER 1  

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Institute  of 

Petroleum Technology Act, 2007. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. 

2. Declaration of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology as an institution of national 
importance.—Whereas the  objects  of the institution  known  as the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Institute  of  Petroleum 
Technology,  Jais, District— Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh are such as to make the institution one of national 
importance,  it  is  hereby  declared  that  the  institution  known  as  the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Institute  of  Petroleum 
Technology is an institution of national importance. 

3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section (1) for coming into 

force of this Act; 

(b) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (1) of 

section 5; 

(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the General Council; 

(d) “Director” means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 20; 

(e) “fund” means the fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 24; 

(f) “General Council” means the General Council established under sub-section (1) of section 15; 

(g)  “Institute”  means  the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Institute  of  Petroleum  Technology  incorporated  under 

section 4;  

(h) “President” means the President of the Board appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of 

section 5; 

(i) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Institute referred to in section 21; 

(j) “Senate” means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 17; 

(k)  “Society”  means  the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Institute  of  Petroleum  Technology  Society,  Jais               
District—Rae  Bareli,  Uttar  Pradesh  registered  under  the  Societies  Registration  Act,  1860                   
(21 of 1860); and  

(l) “Statutes” and “Ordinances” mean, respectively, the Statutes and Ordinances of the Institute 

made under this Act.  

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CHAPTER II  

THE INSTITUTE  

4. Incorporation of Institute.—The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology shall be a body 
corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this 
Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name, sue and be sued. 

5. Constitution of Board of Governors.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government 
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be constituted by the Central Government 
for the purposes of this Act, a Board to be known as the Board of Governors consisting of the following 
members, namely:—  

(a) the President to be appointed by the Central Government in such manner as may be provided 

by the Statutes: 

Provided that the first President shall be appointed by the Central Government on such terms and 
conditions as it deems fit, for a period not exceeding six months from the date the first Statutes comes 
into force. 

(b) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; 

(c) two persons from the Board of Directors of the promoting companies to be nominated by the 

Central Government. 

Explanation.—For  the  purposes  of  this  clause,  promoting  companies  mean  those  companies 

contributing to the endowment fund referred to in section 25; 

(d) one Professor of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur to be nominated by the Director 

of that Institute; 

(e)  five  eminent  experts  in  the  field  of  petroleum  technology  covering  the  entire  hydrocarbon 
value chain having specialised knowledge or operational experience in respect of education, research, 
engineering and technology to be nominated by the General Council, in consultation with the Director 
of the Institute; 

(f) two Professors of the Institute to be nominated by the Senate of the Institute; and  

(g)  one  representative  of  the  graduates  of  the  Institute  to  be  nominated  by  the  Executive 

Committee of the Alumni Association.  

(2) The Registrar of the Institute shall act as the Secretary of the Board. 

(3) The Board shall ordinarily meet four times during a calendar year. 

6. Term of office of, vacancies among, and allowances payable to members of Board.—(1) Save 
as  otherwise  provided  in  this  section,  the  term  of  office  of  the  President  or  any  other  member  of  the 
Board, other than ex officio members shall be three years from the date of his appointment or nomination 
thereto. 

(2) An ex officio member shall cease to be a member of the Board as soon as he vacates the office by 

virtue of which he is a member of the Board. 

(3) The term of a member nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainder of the 

term of the member in whose place he has been nominated. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, an outgoing member shall, unless the Central 
Government otherwise directs, continue in office until another person is nominated as a member in his 
place.  

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(5) The members of the Board shall be entitled to such allowances, if any, from the Institute, as may 
be provided for in the Statutes, but no member other than the member referred to in clause (f) of section 5 
shall be entitled to any salary. 

7. Vesting of properties.—On and from the appointed day and subject to the other provisions of this 
Act, all properties which had vested in the Society immediately before that day, shall, on and from that 
day, vest in the Institute. 

8. Effect of incorporation of Institute.—On and from the appointed day,—  

(a) any reference to the Society in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference 

to the Institute; 

(b)  all  the  rights  and  liabilities  of  the  Society  shall  be  transferred  to,  and  be  the  rights  and 

liabilities of, the Institute; and 

(c) every person employed by the Society immediately before the appointed day shall hold office 
or service in the Institute by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and 
conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension, leave, gratuity, provident fund and 
other matters as he would have held the same if this Act had not been passed, and shall continue to be 
so  unless  and  until  his  employment  is  terminated  or until  such  tenure, remuneration  and  terms  and 
conditions are duly altered by the Statutes: 

Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment may 
be terminated by the Institute in accordance with the terms of the contract with the employee or, if no 
provision  is  made  therein  in  this  behalf,  on  payment  to  him  by  the  Institute  of  compensation 
equivalent  to  three  months’  remuneration  in  the  case  of  permanent  employees  and  one  month’s 
remuneration in the case of other employees.  

9. Functions of Institute.—The Institute shall perform the following functions, namely:— 

(i) nurture and promote quality and excellence in education and research in the area of petroleum 

and hydrocarbons; 

(ii) provide for programmes and courses of instruction and  research leading to the award of the 
Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees in engineering and technology, management, sciences and 
arts in the area of petroleum and hydrocarbons; 

(iii)  grant,  subject  to  such  conditions  as  the  Institute  may  determine,  degrees,  diplomas, 
certificates or other academic distinctions or titles at various academic levels to candidates who have 
attained the prescribed standard of proficiency as judged on the basis of examination or on any other 
basis  of  testing  and  evaluation  and  to  withdraw  any  such  degrees,  diplomas,  certificates  or  other 
academic distinctions or titles for good and sufficient reasons; 

(iv)  confer  honorary  degrees  or  other  distinctions  and  to  institute  and  award  fellowships, 

scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals; 

(v) lay down standards of admission to the Institute through an examination or any other method 

of testing and evaluation; 

(vi) fix, demand and receive fees and other charges; 

(vii) manage the content, quality, design and continuous evaluation of its academic and research 

programmes in a manner that earns accreditation of an international stature; 

(viii)  promote  research  and  development  for  the  benefit  of  oil,  gas  and  petrochemical  industry 

through the integration of teaching and research; 

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(ix) foster close educational and research interaction through networking with national, regional 

and international players in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry; 

(x) co-operate with educational and research institutions in any part of the world having objects 
wholly or partly similar to those of the Institute by exchange of teachers and scholars, conduct of joint 
research, undertaking sponsored research and consultancy projects, etc; 

(xi)  organise  national  and  international  symposia,  seminars  and  conferences  in  the  area  of 

petroleum and hydrocarbons; 

(xii) establish, maintain and manage halls, residences and hostels for students; 

(xiii)  create  academic,  administrative,  technical  and  other  posts  and  to  make  appointments 

thereto; 

(xiv) lay down conditions of service including a code of conduct for teachers and other categories 

of employees; 

(xv) supervise, control and regulate the discipline of all categories of employees of the Institute 

and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare; 

(xvi)  supervise  and  regulate  the discipline  of  students  and  to  make  arrangements  for  promoting 

their health, general welfare and cultural and corporate life; 

(xvii) frame Statutes and Ordinances and to alter, modify or rescind the same; 

(xviii)  deal  with  any  property  belonging  to  or  vested  in  the  Institute  in  such  manner  as  the 

Institute may deem fit for advancing its objects; 

(xix) receive gifts, grants, donations or benefactions from the Central and State Governments and 
to  receive  bequests,  donations,  grants  and  transfers  of  movable  or  immovable  properties  from 
testators, donors, transferors, alumni, industry or any other person; 

(xx) borrow money for the purposes of the Institute with or without security of the property of the 

Institute; 

(xxi) integrate new technology in the classroom to encourage student-centric learning strategies 

and the development of an attitude for learning; 

(xxii)  develop  and  maintain  an  information  resource  centre  of  print  and  non-print  knowledge 
resources in the field of petroleum sector covering the entire hydrocarbon value chain as well as other 
related areas of science and technology; 

(xxiii)  provide  for  further  education  to  the  working  professionals  and  other  employees  of  the 
Institute  in  the  advanced  areas  of  technology  relating  to  oil,  gas  and  complete  hydrocarbon  value 
chain; and 

(xxiv) do all things, not specifically covered above, as may be necessary, incidental or conducive 

to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Institute.  

10. Powers of Board.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall be responsible for 
the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all the 
powers not otherwise provided for by this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, and shall have the power 
to review the acts of the Senate. 

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(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall—  

(a)  take  decisions  on  questions  of  policy  relating  to  the  administration  and  working  of  the 

Institute; 

(b) lay down policy regarding the duration of the courses, nomenclature of the degrees and other 

distinctions to be conferred by the Institute; 

(c)  institute  courses  of  study  and  to  lay  down  standards  of  proficiency  and  other  academic 

distinctions in respect of the courses offered by the Institute; 

(d)  lay  down  policy  regarding  the  cadre  structure,  qualification,  the  method  of  recruitment  and 
conditions of service of the teaching and research faculty as well as other employees of the Institute; 

(e) guide resource mobilisation of the Institute and to lay down policies for investment; 

(f) consider and approve proposals for taking loans for purposes of the Institute with or without 

security of the property of the Institute; 

(g) frame Statutes and to alter, modify or rescind the same; 

(h)  consider  and  pass  resolutions  on  the  annual  report,  the  annual  accounts  and  the  budget 
estimates of the Institute for the next financial year as it thinks fit together with a statement of its 
development plans; and 

(i) do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any 

of the aforesaid powers.  

(3)  The  Board  shall  have  the  power  to  appoint  such  committees  as  it  considers  necessary  for  the 

exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this Act. 

(4) The Board shall have the power to establish campus and academic centres at any place within or 

outside India: 

Provided that no campus or academic centre shall be established outside India without prior approval 

of the Central Government.  

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4, the Board shall not dispose of in any manner, 

any immovable property of the Institute without prior approval of the Central Government. 

(6) The Board may, through a specific resolution to this effect, delegate any of its powers and duties 
to  the  President,  Director,  any  officer  or  any  authority  of  the  Institute  subject  to  reserving  the  right  to 
review the action that may be taken under such delegated authority. 

11. Institute to be open to all races, creeds and classes.—(1) The Institute shall be open to persons 
of either sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class, and no test or condition shall be imposed as to 
religious  belief  or  profession  in  admitting  students,  appointing  teachers  or  employees  or  in  any  other 
connection whatsoever. 

(2) No bequest, donation or transfer of any property shall be accepted by the Institute which in the 

opinion of the Board involves conditions or obligations opposed to the spirit and object of this section. 

12.  Teaching  at  the  Institute.—All  teaching  and  other  academic  activities  at  the  Institute  shall  be 
conducted by or in the name of the Institute in accordance with the Statutes and the Ordinances made in 
this behalf.  

13. Visitor.—(1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of the Institute. 

(2) The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of the Institute and 

to hold inquiries into the affairs thereof and to report thereon in such manner as the Visitor may direct. 

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(3) Upon receipt of any such report, the Visitor may take such action and issue such directions as he 
considers  necessary  in  respect  of  any  of  the  matters  dealt  with  in  the  report  and  the  Institute  shall  be 
bound to comply with such directions. 

14. Authorities of Institute.—The following shall be the authorities of the Institute, namely:— 

(a) the General Council; 

(b) the Board of Governors; 

(c) the Senate; and 

(d) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the Institute.  

15. Establishment of General Council.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government 
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established, for the purposes of this 
Act, a body to be known as the General Council. 

(2) The General Council shall consist of the following members, namely:—  

(a) the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the Central Government,  ex officio, 

who shall be the Chairperson; 

(b) the Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, ex officio; 

(c) the Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, ex officio; 

(d) the Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, ex officio; 

(e) the Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ex officio; 

(f) the Chairman and Managing Director, Gas Authority of India Limited, ex officio; 

(g) the Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited, ex officio; 

(h) the Director General of Hydrocarbons, ex officio; 

(i) the Principal Advisor (Energy), Planning Commission, ex officio;  

(j) the Executive Director, Oil Industry Safety Directorate, ex officio;  

(k) the Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, ex officio;  

(l) the Director, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai University, ex officio; 

(m) the Secretary, Oil Industry Development Board, ex officio;  

(n) the President of the Board, ex officio; 

(o) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; and  

(p) persons, not less than two but not exceeding four, representing the private entities in the field 

of petroleum sector operating in the country, to be nominated by the Chairperson. 

(3) The Registrar of the Institute shall be the ex officio Secretary of the General Council. 

(4) The Chairperson shall have the power to invite any person who is not a member of the General 

Council to attend its meeting but such invitee shall not be entitled to vote. 

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16. Powers and functions of General Council.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the General 

Council shall have the following powers and functions, namely:— 

(a) review from time to time the broad policies and programmes of the institute and to suggest 

measures for the improvement and development thereof; 

(b)  consider  the  annual  statement  of  accounts  including  a  balance-sheet  together  with  the  audit 
report thereto and the observations of the Board of Governors thereon and to suggest improvements in 
fiscal management of the Institute; 

(c) review and evaluate overall quality and effectiveness of the Institute and to advise measures 
for  improvement  of  performance  and  for  confidence-building  between  the  Institute  and  its 
stakeholders; 

(d) provide credibility, aura, connectivity and contacts for the Institute especially with regard to 

student placement and resource mobilisation; and 

(e) advise the Institute and its Board in respect of the advanced areas of technology in the field of 
petroleum sector covering the entire hydrocarbon value chain as well as in respect of any other matter 
that may be referred to it for advice by the Board.  

17.  Senate.—The  Senate  of  the  Institute  shall  be  the  principal  academic  body  and  its  composition 

shall be such as may be provided by the Statutes. 

18. Functions of Senate.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, the 
Senate shall have the control and general regulation, and be responsible for the maintenance of standards 
of  instruction,  education  and  examination  in  the  Institute  and  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and 
perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes.  

19. President of Board.—(1) The President shall ordinarily preside at the meetings of the Board and 

at the Convocations of the Institute. 

(2)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  ensure  that  the  decisions  taken  by  the  Board  are 

implemented. 

(3) The President shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned 

to him by this Act or the Statutes. 

20. Director.—(1) The Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the Central Government in such 

manner and on such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Statutes: 

Provided  that  the  first  Director  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  on  such  terms  and 
conditions as it deems fit, for a period not exceeding six months from the date the first Statutes comes 
into force.  

(2)  The  Director  shall  be  the  principal  academic  and  executive  officer  of  the  Institute  and  shall  be 
responsible for the proper administration and academic performance of the Institute and for imparting of 
instruction and maintenance of discipline therein. 

(3) The Director shall submit annual reports and accounts to the Board. 

(4) The Director shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to 

him by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances.  

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21.  Registrar.—(1)  The  Registrar  of  the  Institute  shall  be  appointed  in  such  manner  and  on  such 
terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  provided  by  the  Statutes  and  shall  be  the  custodian  of  records,  the 
common seal, the funds of the Institute and such other property of the Institute as the Board shall commit 
to his charge. 

(2) The Registrar shall act as the Secretary of the General Council, the Board, the Senate and such 

committees as may be provided by the Statutes. 

(3) The Registrar shall be responsible to the Director for the proper discharge of his functions.  

(4) The Registrar shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned 

to him by this Act, the Statutes or by the Director.  

22. Powers and duties of other authorities and officers.—The powers and duties of authorities and 

officers, other than those hereinbefore mentioned, shall be determined by the Statutes. 

23.  Grants  by  Central  Government.—For  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  institute  to  discharge  its 
functions  efficiently  under  this  Act,  the  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the institute in each financial year such sums of money and in 
such manner as it may think fit. 

24. Fund of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall maintain a fund to which shall be credited—  

(a) all moneys provided by the Central Government;  

(b) all fees and other charges;  

(c) all moneys received by the Institute by way of grants, gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests 

or transfers; and  

(d) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source.  

(2) All moneys credited to the fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as 

may be decided by the Board.  

(3)  The  fund  shall  be  applied  towards  meeting  the  expenses  of  the  Institute  including  expenses 

incurred in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its duties under this Act. 

25. Setting up of endowment fund.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 24, the Institute 

may,—  

(a) set up an endowment fund and any other fund for a specified purpose; and 

(b) transfer money from its fund to the endowment fund or any other fund.  

26. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Institute shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts,  including  the  balance-sheet,  in  such  form  as  may  be 
prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and 
any  expenditure  incurred  by  him  in  Connection  with such audit shall  be payable  by  the  Institute  to  the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  person  appointed  by  him  in  connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  same  rights,  privileges  and  authority  in 
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the 
audit  of  the  Government  accounts,  and,  in  particular,  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  the  production  of 
books,  accounts,  connected  vouchers  and  other  documents  and  papers  and  to  inspect  the  offices  of  the 
Institute.  

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(4) The accounts of the Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  each 
House of Parliament. 

27. Pension and provident fund.—(1) The Institute shall constitute for the benefit of its employees, 
including the Director, such pension, insurance and provident fund scheme as it deems fit, in such manner 
and subject to such conditions as may be provided by the Statutes.  

(2) Where any such provident fund has been so constituted, the Central Government may declare that 
the  provisions  of  the  Provident  Funds  Act,  1925  (19  of  1925),  shall  apply  to  such  fund  as  if  it  were  a 
Government provident fund.  

28. Appointments.—All appointments of the staff of the Institute, except that of the Director shall be 

made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Statutes,— 

(a)  by  the  Board,  if  the  appointment  is  made  on  the  academic  staff  in  the  post  of  Assistant 
Professor  or  above  or  if  the  appointment  is  made  on  the  non-academic  staff  in  any  cadre,  the 
maximum of the pay-scale for which is the same or higher than that of Assistant Professor; and  

(b) by the Director, in any other case.  

29.  Statutes.—Subject  to the  provisions  of  this  Act, the  Statutes  may  provide  for  all  or  any  of  the 

following matters, namely:— 

(a) the formation of departments of teaching and other academic units; 

(b) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(c) the classification of posts, term of office, method of appointment, powers and duties and other 
terms and conditions of service of the officers of the Institute including the President, the Director, 
the Registrar, and such other officers as may be declared as officers of the Institute by the Statutes; 

(d)  the  classification,  the  method  of  appointment  and  the  determination  of  the  terms  and 

conditions of service of officers, teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

(e) the reservation of posts for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other categories of 

persons as may be determined by the Central Government; 

(f)  the  constitution  of  pension,  insurance  and  provident  funds  for  the  benefit  of  the  officers, 

teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

(g) the constitution, powers and duties of the other authorities of the Institute referred in clause 

(d) of section 14; 

(h) the delegation of power; 

(i)  the  code  of  conduct,  disciplinary  actions  thereto  for  misconduct  including  removal  from 
service of employees on account of misconduct and the procedure for appeal against the actions of an 
officer or authority of the Institute; 

(j) the conferment of honorary degrees; 

(k) the establishment and maintenance of halls, residences and hostels; 

(l) the authentication of the orders and decisions of the Board; and 

(m) any other matter which by this Act is to be, or may be, provided by the Statutes.  

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30.  Statutes  how  made.—(1)  The  first  Statutes  of  the  Institute  shall  be  framed  by  the  Central 
Government and a copy of the same shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of 
Parliament. 

(2) The Board may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the 

Statutes in the manner hereafter in this section provided. 

(3) A new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require the 
previous  approval  of  the  General  Council  who  may  assent  thereto  or  withhold  assent  or  remit  it  to  the 
Board for consideration 

(4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing an existing Statute shall have no validity unless 

it has been assented to by the General Council.  

31. Ordinances.—Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, the Ordinances may provide 

for all or any of the following matters, namely:—  

(a) the admission of the students to the Institute; 

(b)  the  reservation  for  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and  other  categories  of 

persons; 

(c) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees, diplomas and certificates of the Institute;  

(d) the conditions under which students shall be admitted to the degree, diploma and certificate 

courses and to the examinations of the Institute and the eligibility conditions for awarding the same; 

(e) the conditions of award of the fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(f)  the  conditions  and  manner  of  appointment  and  duties  of  examining  bodies,  examiners  and 

moderators; 

(g) the conduct of examinations; 

(h) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the institute; 

(i)  the  fees  to  be  charged  for  courses  of  study  at  the  Institute  and  for  admission  to  the 

examinations; 

(j) the conditions of residence of students of the Institute and the levying of the fees for residence 

in the halls and hostels and of other charges; and 

(k)  any  other  matter  which  by  this  Act  or  the  Statutes  is  to  be,  or  may  be,  provided for  by  the 

Ordinances.  

32. Ordinances how made.—(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, Ordinances shall be made 

by the Senate. 

(2)  All  Ordinances  made  by  the  Senate  shall  have  effect  from  such  date  as  it  may  direct,  but  every 
Ordinance so made shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the Board and shall be considered by the 
Board at its next succeeding meeting.  

(3)  The  Board  shall  have  power  by  resolution  to  modify  or  cancel  any  such  Ordinance  and  such 
Ordinance shall from the date of such resolution stand modified accordingly or cancelled, as the case may 
be.  

33. Conduct of business by authorities of Institute.—The authorities of the Institute may have their 
own rules of procedure, consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances for the 
conduct of their own business and that of the committees, if any, appointed by them and not provided for 
by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances.  

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34. Tribunal of Arbitration.—(1) Any dispute arising out of a contract between the Institute and any 
of  its  employees  shall,  at  the  request  of  the  employee  concerned  or  at  the  instance  of  the  Institute,  be 
referred  to  a Tribunal  of Arbitration  consisting  of  one  member  appointed  by  the  Institute,  one  member 
nominated by the employee, and an umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(2) The decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration shall be final.  

(3)  No  suit  or  proceeding  shall  lie  in  any  court  in  respect  of  any  matter  which  is  required  by                      

sub-section (1) to be referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration. 

(4) The Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure. 

(5)  Nothing  in  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force relating  to  arbitration  shall  apply  to  arbitrations 

under this section.  

CHAPTER III  

MISCELLANEOUS 

35.  Acts  and  proceedings  not  to  be  invalidated  by  vacancies.—No  act  of  the  Institute  or  the 
General  Council  or  Board  or  Senate  or  any  other  body  set  up  under  this  Act  or  the  Statutes,  shall  be 
invalid merely by reasons of—  

(a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof, or 

(b) any defect in the election, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof, 

or 

(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.  

36.  Grant  of  degrees,  etc.,  by  Institute.—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  University 
Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), or in any other law for the time being in force, the Institute 
shall have power to grant degrees and other academic distinctions and titles under this Act. 

37.  Sponsored  schemes.—Notwithstanding  anything  in  this  Act,  whenever  the  Institute  receives 
funds from any Government, the University Grants Commission or any other agency including industry 
sponsoring  a  research  scheme,  a  consultancy  assignment,  a  teaching  programme  or  a  chaired 
professorship or a scholarship, to be executed or endowed at the Institute,—  

(a) the amount received shall be kept by the Institute separately from the fund of the Institute and 

utilised only for the purpose of the scheme; and 

(b)  the  staff  required  to  execute  the  same  shall  be  recruited  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and 

conditions stipulated by the sponsoring organisation: 

Provided  that  any  money  remaining  unutilised  under  clause  (a)  shall  be  transferred  to  the 

endowment fund created under section 25.  

38. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any  difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions 
or give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or 
expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of two years from the appointed day.  

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 

House of Parliament.  

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39. Transitional provisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,— 

(a)  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Society  functioning  as  such  immediately  before  the 
commencement  of  this  Act  shall  continue  to  so  function  until  a  new  Board  is  constituted  for  the 
Institute under this Act, but on the constitution of a new Board under this Act, the members of the 
Board holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office; and 

(b)  until  the  first  Statutes  and  the  Ordinances  are  made  under  this  Act,  the  Statutes  and  the 
Ordinances of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Society, or notification as in force, 
immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to apply to the Institute in so far as 
they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.  

40. Statutes, Ordinances and notifications to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid 
before Parliament.—(1) Every Statute and every Ordinance made or notification issued under this Act 
shall be published in the Official Gazette. 

(2)  Every  Statute  and  every  Ordinance  made  or  notification  issued  under  this  Act  shall  be  laid,  as 
soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period 
of  thirty  days  which  may  be  comprised  in  one  session  or  in  two  or  more  successive  sessions,  and  if, 
before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, 
both Houses agree in making any modification in the Statute, Ordinance or notification or both Houses 
agree that the Statute, Ordinance or notification should not be made or issued, the Statute, Ordinance or 
notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; 
so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of 
anything previously done under that Statute, Ordinance or notification. 

(3)  The  power  to  make  the  Statutes,  Ordinances  or  notification  shall  include  the  power  to  give 
retrospective  effect  from  a  date  not  earlier than  the  date of commencement  of this  Act, to the  Statutes, 
Ordinances,  notifications  or  any  of  them  but  no  retrospective  effect  shall  be  given  to  any  Statute, 
Ordinance or notification so as to prejudicially affect the interests of any person to whom such Statute, 
Ordinance or notification may be applicable. 

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