THE SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE ACT, 2014 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Declaration of certain Schools as Institutions of national importance. 
3.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE SCHOOL 

4.  Establishment and incorporation of Schools. 
5.  Objects of School. 
6.  Effects of incorporation of Schools. 
7.  Powers and functions of Schools. 
8.  Schools to be open to all races, creeds and classes. 
9.  Teaching at Schools. 
10.  School to be a distinct legal entity not-for-profit. 
11.  Visitor. 

CHAPTER III 

THE AUTHORITIES OF SCHOOLS 

12.  Authorities of Schools. 
13.  Board of Governors. 
14.  Term of office of vacancies among, and allowances payable to, Members of Board. 
15.  Powers and functions of Board. 
16.  Senate. 
17.  Functions of Senate. 
18.  Chairperson of Board. 
19.  Director. 
20.  Registrar. 
21.  Other authorities and officers. 
22.  Review of performance of School. 
23.  Grants by Central Government. 

CHAPTER IV 

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

24.  Fund of School. 
25.  Accounts and audit. 
26.  Pension and provident fund. 
27.  Appointments. 
28.  Statutes. 
29.  Statutes how made. 
30.  Ordinances. 
31.  Ordinances how made. 

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SECTIONS 

32.  Tribunal of Arbitration. 

CHAPTER V 

THE COUNCIL 

33.  Establishment of Council for Schools. 
34.  Term of office of vacancies among, and allowances payable to, Members of Council. 
35.  Functions of Council. 
36.  Chairperson of Council. 
37.  Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter. 

CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

38.  Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc. 
39.  Returns and information to be provided to Central Government. 
40.  Power to remove difficulties. 
41.  School to be public authority under Right to Information, Act, 2005. 
42.  Transitional provisions. 

THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE ACT, 2014 

ACT NO. 37 OF 2014 

An  Act  to  establish  and  declare  Schools  of  Planning  and  Architecture  as  Institutions  of 
national  importance  in  order  to  promote  education  and  research  in  architectural  studies 
including planning of human settlements. 

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

[18th December, 2014.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  School  of  Planning  and 

Architecture Act, 2014. 

(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and 
any reference to the commencement in any such provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference 
to the commencement of that provision. 

2. Declaration of certain Schools as Institutions of national importance.—Whereas the objects 
of  the  Schools  mentioned  in  the  Schedule  are  such  as  to  make  them  Institutions  of  national 
importance, it is hereby declared that each such School is an Institution of national importance. 

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

(a) “Board”, in relation to any School, means the Board of Governors thereof; 

(b) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; 

(c) “Corresponding School”, in relation to a School mentioned in column (3) of the Schedule, 

means the School as specified against the said School in column (5) of the Schedule; 

(d) “Council” means the Council established under sub-section (1) of section 33; 

(e) “Director”, in relation to any School, means the Director thereof; 

(f) “existing School” means the School mentioned under column (3) of the Schedule; 

(g) “Member” means a Member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; 

(h)  “notification”  means  a  notification  published  in  the  Official  Gazette  and  the  expression 

“notify” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; 

(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(j) “Registrar”, in relation to any School, means the Registrar thereof; 

(k) “Schedule” means the Schedule annexed to this Act; 

(l)  “School”  means  any  of  the  Schools  mentioned  in  column  (5)  of  the  Schedule  and  such 

other Schools established under this Act; 

(m) “Senate”, in relation to any School, means the Senate thereof; 

(n) “Society” means any of the societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 
(21 of 1860) or under the societies of respective State Governments and mentioned in column (3) 
of the Schedule; 

(o) “Statutes” and “Ordinances”, in relation to any School, means the Statutes and Ordinances 

of that School made under this Act. 

1.  22nd  January,  2015,  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  212(E),  dated 22nd  January,  2015,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,     

Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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CHAPTER II 

THE SCHOOLS 

4. Establishment and incorporation of Schools.—On and from the date of commencement of 
this  Act,  the  Schools  specified  in  column  (3)  of  the  Schedule,  shall  be  the  body  corporates  having 
perpetual  succession  and  a  common  seal  with  the  power  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  to 
acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable and to contract and shall by their 
respective names mentioned in column (5) of the Schedule, sue or be sued. 

5. Objects of Schools.—Each School shall have the following objects, namely:— 

(i) to support the establishment and development of Schools of Planning and Architecture; 

(ii) to provide global leadership in the field of architecture, planning and allied fields. 

6. Effect of incorporation of Schools.—On and from the commencement of this Act,— 

(a) any reference to any existing School in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed 

as a reference to the corresponding School; 

(b) all properties, movable and immovable, of or belonging to every existing School shall vest 

in the corresponding School mentioned under column (5) of the Schedule; 

(c) all  the  rights, debts  and  other liabilities  of  every  existing  School shall  be  transferred to, 

and be the rights and liabilities of, the corresponding School; 

(d)  every  person  employed  by  every  existing  School  shall  hold  his  office  or  service  in  the 
corresponding School with 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 if this Act had not been enacted and shall continue 
to  do  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 School 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  School,  of 
compensation equivalent to three months‟ remuneration in case of permanent employees and one 
month‟s remuneration in the case of other employees: 

Provided further that any reference, by whatever form of words, to the Director, Registrar and 
other officers of an existing School in any law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or 
other document, shall be construed as a reference to the Director, Registrar and other officers of 
the corresponding School; 

(e) every person pursuing, before the commencement of this Act, any academic or research 
course  in  every  existing  School,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  migrated  and  registered  with  the 
corresponding  School  on  such  commencement  at  the  same  level  of  study  in  the  School  from 
which such person migrated; 

(f) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted or which could have been instituted by or 
against an existing School, immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be continued 
or instituted by or against the corresponding School. 

7.  Powers  and  functions  of  Schools.—(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  every  School 

shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as specified below, namely:— 

(a) to organise and undertake research and innovations in architecture, planning, design and 
allied  activities  in  such  manner  as  the  School  may  think  fit,  including  in  collaboration  or 
association  with  any  other  School,  educational  institution,  research  organisation  or  body 
corporate; 

(b) to hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas, certificates and other degrees; 

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(c)  to  institute  fellowships,  Scholarships  and  confer  awards,  honorary  degrees  or  other 

academic distinctions or titles; 

(d) to fix, demand and receive fees and other charges; 

(e) to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of students; 

(f) to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the School 
and to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare and culture and corporate 
life; 

(g) to notify academic and other posts with the prior approval of the Central Government and 

to make appointment thereto excluding the post of Director; 

(h) to appoint persons working in any other School or educational institution or involved in 
research  of  significance  in  any  industry  as  adjunct,  guest  or  visiting  teachers  of  the  School  on 
such terms and for such duration as the School may decide; 

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

(j) to establish and maintain such infrastructure as may be necessary; 

(k)  to  deal  with  any  property  belonging  to  or  vested  in  the  School  in  such  manner  as  the 

School may deem fit for advancing the objects of the School; 

(l) to manage the fund of the School and receive gifts, grants, donations or benefactions from 
the  Government  and  to  receive  bequests,  donations  and  transfers  of  movable  or  immovable 
properties from testators or donors or transferors, as the case may be; 

(m) to co-operate with educational or other institutions in any part of the world having objects 
wholly or partly similar to those of the School by exchange of teachers, students and scholars and 
generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects on such terms as may be 
specified from time to time by the Senate; 

(n) to undertake consultancy in the areas or disciplines relating to the School for promotion of 

its common objectives; and 

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

or any of the objects of the School. 

(2)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-section  (1),  a  School shall  not  dispose  of in any 

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

8.  Schools  to  be  open  to  all  races,  creeds  and  classes.—(1)  Every  School  shall  be  open  to 
persons  of  either  sex  and  of  whatever  race,  creed,  caste  or  class,  religion,  disability,  domicile, 
ethnicity, social or economic background. 

(2) No bequest, donation or transfer of any property shall be accepted by any School, which in the 
opinion  of  the  Council  involves  conditions  or  obligations  opposed  to  the  spirit  and  object  of  this 
section. 

9.  Teaching  at  Schools.—All  teaching  at  each  of  the  Schools  shall  be  conducted  by  or  in  the 

name of the School in accordance with the Statutes and Ordinances made in this behalf. 

10.  School  to  be  a  distinct  legal  entity  not-for-profit.—Each  School  shall  be  a  not-for-profit 
legal entity and no part of the surplus, if any, in revenue of such School, after meeting all expenditure 
in regard to its operations under this Act, shall be invested for any purpose other than for the growth 
and development of such School or for conducting research therein. 

11. Visitor.—(1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of every School. 

(2) The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of any School 
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 School shall be 
bound to comply with such directions within reasonable time. 

CHAPTER III 

THE AUTHORITIES OF SCHOOLS 

12. Authorities of Schools.—The following shall be the authorities of a School, namely:— 

(a) a Board of Governors; 

(b) a Senate; and 

(c)  such  other  authorities  as  may  be  declared  by  the  Statutes  to  be  the  authorities  of  the 

School. 

13. Board of Governors.—(1) The Board of each School shall be the principal executive body of 

that School. 

(2) The Board of every School shall consist of the following Members, namely:— 

(a)  Chairperson  to  be  appointed  by  the  Visitor  from  among  a  panel  of  three  names 

recommended by the Central Government who shall be an eminent Architect or Planner; 

(b)  Principal  Secretary  or  Secretary,  Technical  Education  or  Higher  Education  of  the 

respective State Government or Union territory in which the School is situated; 

(c)  one  representative  from  the  Institute  of  Town  Planners,  India  to  be  nominated  by  the 

President of the Institute of Town Planners, India; 

(d) one representative from the Council of Architecture to be nominated by the President of 

the Council of Architecture; 

(e) a representative from the All India Council for Technical Education to be nominated by 

the Chairman of All India Council of Technical Education; 

(f) a representative of the University Grants Commission; 

(g) one expert from the professions of architecture or landscape architecture or urban design 
and one from Urban and Regional Planning nominated by the Council of School of Planning and 
Architecture; 

(h) two representatives from Senate; one each from Department of Planning and Department 

of Architecture, by rotation, for a period of two years, in order of seniority; 

(i)  two  persons  not  below  the  rank  of  Joint  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  to  be 
nominated  by  the  Central  Government  from  amongst  persons  dealing  with  technical  education 
and finance or their nominee, ex officio; 

(j)  one  person  not  below  the  rank  of  Joint  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  to  be 

nominated by the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development; 

(k) the Director of the School, Member, ex officio; 

(l) the Registrar of the School shall act as a Secretary to the Board. 

14.  Term  of  office  of  vacancies  among,  and  allowances  payable  to,  Members  of  Board.—

Save as otherwise provided in this section— 

(a)  the  term  of  office  of  the  Chairperson  or  any  other  Members  of  the  Board  shall  be  five 

years from the date of his nomination; 

(b) the term of office of an ex officio Member shall continue so long as he holds the office by 

virtue of which he is a Member; 

(c)  the  term  of  office  of  a  Member  nominated  under  clause  (h)  of  section  13  shall  be  two 

years from the date of nomination or till he holds the office whichever is earlier; 

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(d)  a  casual  vacancy  of  a  Member  shall  be  filled  up  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 

section 13; 

(e) the term of office 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; and 

(f) the Members of the Board shall be entitled to such allowances, if any, from the School as 
may be specified in the Statutes, for attending meetings of the Board or as may be convened by 
the  School  but  no  Member  other  than  the  Members  referred  to  in  clauses  (h),  (k)  and  (l)  of                 
sub-section (2) of section 13 shall be entitled to any salary by reason of this clause. 

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

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

the following powers, namely:— 

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

School; 

(b) establish departments, faculties or schools of studies and initiate programmes or courses 

of study at the School; 

(c) make Statutes governing the administration, management and operations of such School; 

(d) appoint persons to academic and non-academic section of the School; 

(e) consider and modify or cancel Ordinances; 

(f)  consider  and  pass  resolutions  on  the  annual  report,  the  audited  accounts  and  the  budget 
estimates of the School for the next financial year as it thinks fit and submit them to the Council 
together with a statement of its development plans; 

(g) provide, by Statutes, the qualifications, criteria and processes for appointment to teaching 

and other posts in such School; 

(h) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed 

upon it by this Act or the Statutes. 

(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  conduct  an  annual  review  of  the  performance  of  the  Director  with  specific 

reference to his leadership in the context of the achievement of the objects of the School. 

(5) The Board shall in exercise of powers and discharge of functions strive, to the extent possible, 
to provide autonomy in academic matters to the Senate and Departments or Faculties or Schools, as 
the case may be. 

(6) Where in the opinion of the Director or the Chairperson, the situation is so emergent that an 
immediate  decision  needs  to  be  taken  in  the  interest  of  the  School,  the  Chairperson,  on  the 
recommendation of the Director may issue such orders as may be necessary, recording the grounds in 
his opinion: 

Provided that such orders shall be submitted for ratification of the Board in the next meeting. 

16. Senate.—(1) The Senate of every School shall consist of the following persons, namely:— 

(a) the Director of the School, Chairman of the Senate, ex officio; 

(b) five persons, from amongst the educationists of repute or eminent professionals, who are 

not in the service of the School, nominated by the Chairperson of the Board of Governors; 

(c) a nominee of the Institute of Town Planners, India; 

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(d) a nominee of the Council of Architecture; 

(e) a nominee of All India Council for Technical Education; 

(f)  Dean  in  charge  of  academic,  research,  student  affairs,  faculty  welfare  and  planning  and 

development of the School; 

(g) all the Heads of the Departments; 

(h) all Professors other than the Heads of the Departments; 

(i)  four  Members  of  the  teaching  staff,  representing  Associate  Professors  and  the  Assistant 

Professors of the School, by rotation, for a period of two years: 

Provided that an employee of the School shall not be eligible for the membership referred to in 

clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e). 

(2) The term of the Members of the Senate other than ex officio Members shall be two years. 

17.  Functions  of  Senate.—(1)  Subject  to  the  provision  of  this  Act,  the  Statutes  and  the 
Ordinances,  the  Senate  of  a  School  shall  be  the  principal  academic  body  of  the  School  and  be 
responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination in the School 
and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon 
it by the Statutes. 

(2)  Without  prejudice  to  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (1),  the  Senate  shall  have  the  following 

powers, namely:— 

(a)  to  specify  the  criteria  and  process  for  admission  to  courses  or  programmes  of  study 

offered by the School; 

(b)  to  recommend  to  the  Board  for  creation  of  teaching  and  other  academic  posts, 
determination of the number and emoluments of such posts and defining the duties and conditions 
of service of teachers and other academic posts; 

(c)  to  recommend  to  the  Board  for  the  commencement  of  new  programmes  and  courses  of 

study; 

(d)  to  specify  the  broad  academic  content  of  programmes  and  courses  of  study  and  to 

undertake modifications therein; 

(e)  to  specify  the  academic  calendar  and  approve  grant  of  degrees,  diplomas  and  other 

academic distinctions or titles; 

(f) to exercise such other powers and discharge such other functions as may be assigned to it, 

by Statutes or by the Board. 

18. Chairperson of Board.—(1) The Chairperson shall ordinarily preside at the meeting of the 

Board and at the convocations of the School. 

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

implemented. 

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

assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes. 

19. Director.—(1) The Director of a School shall be appointed by the Central Government with 
the prior approval of the Visitor, on such terms and conditions of service as may be provided by the 
Statutes. 

(2) The Director shall be the principal academic and executive officer of the School and shall be 
responsible  for  the  implementation  of  the  decisions  of  the  Board  and  Senate  and  day-to-day 
administration of the School. 

(3)  The  Director  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes or delegated by the Board or the Senate or the Ordinances. 

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

20.  Registrar.—(1)  The  Registrar  of  every  School  shall  be  appointed  on  such  terms  and 
conditions  as  may  be  laid  down  by  the  Statutes  and  shall  be  the  custodian  of  records,  the  common 
seal, the funds of the School and such other property of the School as the Board shall commit to his 
charge. 

(2) The Registrar shall act as the Secretary of the Board, Senate and such committees as may be 

prescribed 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 or the Statutes or by the Director. 

21. Other authorities and officers.—The powers and duties of authorities and officers other than 

those mentioned above shall be determined by the Statutes. 

22.  Review  of  performance  of  School.—(1)  Every  School  shall,  within  seven  years  from  the 
establishment and incorporation of School under this Act and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth 
year,  constitute,  with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Central  Government,  a  Committee  to  evaluate  and 
review the performance of the School in achievement of its objects in the said period. 

(2) The Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of members of acknowledged 
repute  in  academia  or  industry,  drawn  from  such  fields  of  knowledge  as  may  have  relevance  to 
teaching, learning and research in such School. 

(3)  The  Committee  shall  assess  the  performance  of  School  and  make  recommendations  to  the 

Board in accordance with the provisions laid down in Statutes. 

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

CHAPTER IV 

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

24. Fund of School.—(1) Every School shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited to— 

(a) all moneys provided by the Central Government; 

(b) all fees and other charges received by the School; 

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

bequests or transfers; 

(d)  all  moneys  received  by  the  School  from  utilisation  of  intellectual  property  arising  from 

research conducted or provision of advisory or consultancy services by it; and 

(e) all moneys received by the School in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) All moneys credited to the Fund of every School shall be deposited in such banks or invested 
in  such  manner  as  the  School  may,  with  the  approval  of the  Finance  Committee  and the  governing 
body, decide. 

(3)  The  fund  of  any  School  shall  be  applied  towards  meeting  the  expenses  of  the  School, 

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

25.  Accounts  and  audit.—(1)  Every  School  shall  maintain  proper  accounts  and  other  relevant 
records  and  prepare  annual  statement  of  accounts  including  the  balance  sheet  in  such  form  and 
accounting standard as may be specified by notification, by the Central Government in consultation 
with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

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(2)  Where  the  statement  of  income  and  expenditure  and  the  balance  sheet  of  the  School  do  not 
comply  with  the  accounting  standards,  the  School  shall  disclose  in  its  statement  of  income  and 
expenditure and balance sheet, the following, namely:— 

(a) the deviation from the accounting standards; 

(b) the reasons for such deviation; and 

(c) the financial effect, if any, arising out of such deviation. 

(3)  The  accounts  of  every  School  shall  be  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of 
India and any expenditure incurred by audit team in connection with such audit shall be payable by 
the School to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(4) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  School  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 rights to demand the production 
of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect the offices of 
the School. 

(5) The accounts of every School 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  in  accordance  with  such  procedure  as  may  be  laid  down  by  the 
Central Government. 

26.  Pension  and  provident  fund.—(1)  Every  School  may  constitute  for  the  benefit  of  its 
employees  such  provident or  pension  fund  or  provide  such  insurance  scheme  as  it  may  deem  fit  in 
such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

(2) Where such provident fund or pension 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. 

27. Appointments.—All appointments of the staff of every School, except that of the Director, 

shall be made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Statutes, by:— 

(a)  the  Board,  if  the  appointment  is  made  on  the  academic  staff  in  the  post  of  Assistant 
Professor or if the appointment is made on the non-academic staff in every cadre the maximum of 
the pay scale for which exceeds prevalent grade pay scale for Group „A‟ Officers; 

(b) the Director, in any other case. 

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

following matters, namely:— 

(a) the conferment of honorary degrees; 

(b) the formation of departments of teaching and centres for research; 

(c)  the  fees  to  be  charged  for  courses  of  study  in  the  School  and  for  admission  to  the 

examinations of degrees and diplomas of the School; 

(d) the institution of fellowship, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

(e) the term of office and the method of appointment of officers of the School; 

(f) the qualifications of teachers of the School; 

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

conditions of service of teachers and other staff of the School; 

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

teachers and other staff of the School; 

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(i) the constitution, powers and duties of the authorities of the School; 

(j) the establishment and maintenance of halls and hostels; 

(k) the conditions of residence of students of the School and the levying of fees for residence 

in the halls and hostels and of other charges; 

(l) the allowances to be paid to the Chairperson and Members of the Board; 

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

(n) the  meetings  of  the  Board, the  Senate,  or any  Committee,  the  quorum  at  such  meetings 

and the procedure to be followed in the conduct of their business. 

29.  Statutes  how  made.—(1)  The  first  Statutes  of  each  School  shall  be  framed  by  the  Central 
Government with the approval of the Visitor and a copy of the same shall be laid as soon as may be 
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 provided in this section. 

(3) Every new Statutes or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of Statutes shall 
require  the  prior  approval of  the Visitor  who  may  grant assent or  withhold  assent  or  remit  it  to  the 
Board for consideration. 

(4)  New  Statutes  or  a  Statute  amending  or  repealing  an  existing  Statute  shall  have  no  validity 

unless it has been assented to by the Visitor: 

Provided that the Central Government with the prior approval of the Visitor may frame or amend 
the Statutes for the School, if the same is required for uniformity and a copy of the same shall be laid 
as soon as may be before each House of Parliament. 

30. Ordinances.—Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, the Ordinances of every 

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

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

(b) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees and diplomas of the School; 

(c)  the  conditions  under  which  students  shall  be  admitted  to  the  degree  or  diploma  courses 

and to the examinations of the School, and shall be eligible for degrees and diplomas; 

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

(e) the conditions and mode of appointment and duties of examining bodies, examiners and 

moderators; 

(f) the conduct of examinations; 

(g) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the School; and 

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

Ordinances. 

31. 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 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. 

32.  Tribunal  of  Arbitration.—(1)  Any  dispute  arising  out  of a  contract  between  a  School  and 
any of its employees shall, at the request of the employee concerned or at the instance of the School, 

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be  referred  to  a  Tribunal  of  Arbitration  consisting  of  one  Member  appointed  by  the  School,  one 
Member nominated by the employee, and an umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(2) The decision of the Tribunal shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court. 

(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: 

Provided that the Tribunal shall have regard to the principles of natural justice while making such 

procedure. 

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

arbitrations under this section. 

CHAPTER V 

THE COUNCIL 

33.  Establishment  of  Council  for  Schools.—(1)  With  effect  from  such  date  as  the  Central 
Government  may,  by  notification,  specify  in  this  behalf,  there  shall  be  established  for  all  Schools 
specified in column (3) of the Schedule, a central body to be called the Council. 

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

(a) the Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department of the Central Government having 

administrative control of the technical education, ex officio, as Chairperson; 

(b) two Members of the Parliament of India (one Member to be nominated by the Speaker of 

Lok Sabha and one member to be nominated by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha), ex officio; 

(c) the Secretary to the Government of India in charge of the Ministry or Department of the 
Central Government having administrative control of the technical education, ex officio, as Vice-
Chairperson; 

(d) the Chairperson of every Board, ex officio; 

(e) the Director of every School, ex officio; 

(f) the Chairman, University Grants Commission, ex officio; 

(g) the President, Council of Architecture, New Delhi, ex officio; 

(h) the President, Institute of Town Planners, India, ex officio; 

(i) the Chairman, Indian Institute of Architects, ex officio; 

(j) the President, Institution of Surveyors of India, ex officio; 

(k) two Secretaries to the Government of India to represent the Ministries or Departments of 

the Central Government dealing with Urban Development and Defence, ex officio; 

(l) the Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, ex officio; 

(m)  three  persons  to  be  nominated  by  the  Visitor,  at  least  one  of  whom  shall  be  a  woman, 
having  special  knowledge  or  practical  experience  in  respect  of  Architecture  or  Landscape 
Architecture or Urban Design and one from Urban and Regional Planning, ex officio; 

(n) two Secretaries to the State Government, from amongst the Ministries or Departments of 

that Government dealing with technical education where the Schools are located, ex officio; 

(o)  Financial  Advisor,  dealing  with  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development, 

Department of the Central Government, ex officio; and 

(p)  one  officer  not  below  the  rank  of  Joint  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  in  the 
Ministry or Department of the Central Government having administrative control of the Technical 
Education, ex officio, as Member Secretary. 

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(3) The Council shall have a Secretariat with officials to be appointed by the Statutes. 

(4)  The  Council,  may,  constitute  a  Standing  Committee  of  the  School  of  Planning  and 

Architecture Council to assist the Council in discharge of its duties and responsibilities. 

34. Term of office of vacancies among, and allowances payable to, Members of Council.—(1) 
Save as otherwise provided in this section, the term of office of a Member of the Council, other than 
an ex officio Member, shall be three years from the date of notification. 

(2) The terms of office of an ex officio Member shall continue so long as he holds office by virtue 

of which he is such a Member. 

(3) The term of office of a member nominated under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 33 

shall expire as soon as he ceases to be Member of the House, which elected him. 

(4) The term of office of a Member of the Council nominated or elected to fill a casual vacancy 

shall continue for the remainder of the term of the Member in whose place he has been appointed. 

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section an outgoing Member of the Council shall, 
unless the Central Government otherwise directs, continue in office until another person is appointed 
as a Member in his place. 

(6) The members of the Council shall be entitled to such travelling and other allowances, as may 

be prescribed, for attending meetings of the Council or the Committees thereof. 

35.  Functions  of  Council.—(1)  It  shall  be  the  general  duty  of  the  Council  to  co-ordinate  the 

activities of all the Schools. 

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Council shall perform the following 

functions, namely:— 

(a) to advise on policy matters relating to the duration of the courses, the degrees and other 
academic  distinctions  to  be  conferred  by  the  Schools,  admission  standards  and  other  academic 
matters; 

(b) to recommend to the Central Government, proposals for establishment of new Schools of 

Planning and Architecture; 

(c) to deliberate on such matters of common interest to Schools as may be referred to it by 

any School; 

(d) to lay down policy regarding cadres, methods of recruitment and conditions of service of 
employees, institution of scholarships and freeships, levying of fees and other matters of common 
interest; 

(e)  to  examine  the  development  plans  of  each  School  and  to  approve  such  of  them  as  are 
considered  necessary  and  also  to  indicate  broadly  the  financial  implications  of  such  approved 
plans; 

(f)  to  advise  the  Visitor,  if  so  required,  in  respect  of  any  function  to  be  performed  by  him 

under this Act; and 

(g) to perform such other functions as may be referred to it by the Central Government: 

Provided that nothing in this section shall derogate the powers and functions vested in the Board 

or Senate or other authorities of a School. 

36. Chairperson of Council.—(1) The Chairperson of the Council shall ordinarily preside at the 

meetings of the Council: 

Provided that in his absence, the Vice-Chairperson of the Council shall preside at the meetings of 

the Council. 

(2) It shall be the duty of the Chairperson of the Council to ensure that the decisions taken by the 

Council are implemented. 

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(3)  The  Chairperson  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  are 

assigned to him by this Act. 

(4) The Council shall meet once in every year and follow such procedure in its meetings as may 

be prescribed. 

37. Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter.—(1) The Central Government 

may, after previous publication, by notification, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may 

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

(a) the manner and the conditions for providing provident fund and pension fund or insurance 

scheme under sub-section (1) of section 26; 

(b)  the  travelling  and  other  allowances  for  the  Members  for  attending  the  meetings  of  the 

Council or the Committees thereof under sub-section (6) of section 34; 

(c)  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  the  meetings  of  the  Council  under  sub-section  (4)  of 

section 36. 

(3) Every rule made by the Central Government 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  aforesaid,  both  Houses  agree  in  making  any  modification  in  the  rule  or  both 
Houses  agree  that  the  rule  should  not  be  made,  the  rule  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 rule. 

CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

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

(a) any vacancy 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. 

39.  Returns  and  information  to  be  provided  to  Central  Government.—Each  School  shall 
furnish  to  the  Central  Government  such  returns  or  other  information  with  respect  to  its  policies  or 
activities as the Central Government may, for the purpose of reporting to Parliament or for the making 
of policy, from time to time require. 

40. 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  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  as  may  appear  to  it  to  be  necessary  or 
expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date 

on which this Act receives the assent of the President. 

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

each House of Parliament. 

41. School to be public authority under Right to Information Act, 2005.—The provisions of 
the  Right  to  Information  Act,  2005  (22  of  2005)  shall  apply  to  each  School,  as  if  it  were  a  public 
authority defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. 

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42. Transitional provisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act— 

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

(b) every Academic Council constituted in relation to every School before the commencement 
of this Act shall be deemed to be the Senate constituted under this Act until a Senate is constituted 
under  this  Act  for  that  School  but  on  the  constitution  of  the  new  Senate  under  this  Act,  the 
Members  of  the  Academic  Council  holding  office  before  such  constitution  shall  cease  to  hold 
office; 

(c)  the  Board  of  Governors,  Finance  Committee,  Academic  Council,  Executive  Council, 
Building and Works Committee and such other Committees of every School functioning as such 
immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to so function until a new Board 
is constituted for the School under this Act, but on the constitution of a new Board under this Act, 
the  Members  of the  Board  of  Governors,  Finance  Committee,  Academic  Council,  Building  and 
Works Committee and such other Committees holding office before such constitution shall cease 
to hold office; 

(d) any student who joined classes of the existing School on or after the academic year 2008-
2009 or completed the course on or after the academic year 2011-2012 shall for the purpose of 
clause  (c)  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  7,  be  deemed  to  have  pursued  a  course  of  study  in  the 
existing  Schools  located  at  Bhopal  and  Vijayawada  only  if  such  student  has  not  already  been 
awarded degree or diploma for the same course of study. 

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THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 3(k) and section 4] 

(1) 
SI. 
No. 

(2) 

Name of the 
State 

(3) 

Name of the 
existing School 

1. 

Delhi 

2.  Madhya Pradesh 

3. 

Andhra Pradesh 

School  of  Planning  and 
Architecture, 
a 
society registered under the 
Societies  Registration  Act, 
1860 (21 of 1860) 

being 

School  of  Planning  and 
Architecture, 
a 
society registered under the 
Societies  Registration  Act, 
1860 (21 of 1860)  

being 

School  of  Planning  and 
Architecture, 
a 
society registered under the 
Societies  Registration  Act, 
1860 (21 of 1860) 

being 

(4) 
Location 

New Delhi 

(5) 
Name  of  School 
incorporated  under 
this Act 

School  of  Planning 
and  Architecture, 
New Delhi. 

Bhopal 

School  of  Planning 
and  Architecture, 
Bhopal. 

Vijayawada 

School  of  Planning 
and  Architecture, 
Vijayawada. 

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