THE ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT, 1987 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

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CHAPTER 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL 

3.  Establishment of the Council. 
4.  Term of office of members. 
5.  Meetings of the Council. 
6.  Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Council. 
7.  Temporary association of persons with the Council for particular purposes. 
8.  Appointment of officers and other employees of the Council. 
9.  Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Council. 

CHAPTER III 

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL 

10.  Functions of the Council. 
11.  Inspection. 

12.  Executive Committee of the Council. 
13.  Boards of Studies. 
14.  Regional Committees. 

CHAPTER IV 

BODIES OF THE COUNCIL 

CHAPTER V 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

15.  Payment to the Council. 
16.  Fund of the Council. 
17.  Budget. 
18.  Annual report. 
19.  Accounts and audit. 

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CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

SECTIONS 

20.  Directions by the Central Government. 
21.  Power to supersede the Council. 
22.  Power to make rules. 
23.  Power to make regulations. 
24.  Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament. 
25.  Power to remove difficulties. 

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THE ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT, 1987 

ACT NO. 52 OF 1987 

[23rd December, 1987.] 

An Act to provide for the establishment of an All India Council for Technical Education with a view 
to  the  proper  planning  and  co-ordinated  development  of  the  technical  education  system 
throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation 
to  planned  quantitative  growth  and  the  regulation  and  proper  maintenance  of  norms  and 
standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith. 

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

CHAPTER I 

 PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  All  India  Council  for  Technical 

Education Act, 1987. 

(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official 

Gazette, appoint. 

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

(a)  “Commission” means  the  University  Grants  Commission  established  under  section 4 of  the 

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

(b) “Council” means the All India Council for Technical Education established under section 3; 

(c) “Fund” means the Fund of the Council constituted under section 16; 

(d) “member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and Vice-Chairman; 

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

(f) “regulations” means regulations made under this Act; 

(g)  “technical  education” means  programmes  of  education,  research  and  training  in  engineering 
technology,  architecture,  town  planning,  management,  pharmacy  and  applied  arts  and  crafts  and 
such other programme  or  areas  as  the  Central  Government  may,  in  consultation  with  the  Council,  by 
notification in the Official Gazette, declare; 

(h)  “technical  institution” means  an  institution,  not  being  a  University,  which  offers  courses  or 
programmes of technical education, and shall include such other institutions as the Central Government 
may,  in  consultation  with  the  Council,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  declare  as  technical 
institutions; 

(i)  “University” means  a  University  defined  under  clause  (f)  of  section 2 of  the  University  Grants 
Commission  Act, 1956  (3  of  1956) and  includes  an  institution  deemed  to  be  a  University  under 
section 3 of that Act. 

1.  28th  March,  1988,  vide  notification  No.  S.O.  317  (E),  dated  28th  March,  1988,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,                      
Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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CHAPTER II 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL 

3. Establishment of the Council.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by 
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Council by the name of the All India 
Council for Technical Education. 

(2)  The  Council shall  be  a  body corporate  by  the  name  aforesaid,  having  perpetual  succession  and  a 

common seal, with power to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 

(3) The head office of the Council shall be at Delhi and the Council may, with the previous approval of 

the Central Government, establish offices at other places in India. 

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

(a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; 

(b) a Vice-Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; 

(c) the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the Central Government dealing with 

education, ex officio; 

(d) the Educational Adviser (General) to the Government of India, ex officio; 

(e) the Chairmen of the four Regional Committees, ex officio; 

(f) the Chairmen of,— 

(i) the All India Board of Vocational Education, ex officio; 

(ii) the All India Board of Technician Education, ex officio; 

(iii) the All India Board of Under-graduate Studies in Engineering and Technology, ex officio; 

(iv)  the  All  India  Board  of  Post-graduate  Education  and  Research  in  Engineering  and 

Technology, ex officio; 

(v) the All India Board of Management Studies, ex officio; 

(g) one member to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the Ministry of Finance of 

the Central Government; 

(h) one member to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the Ministry of Science and 

Technology of the Central Government; 

(i) four members to be appointed by the Central Government by rotation to represent the Ministries 

and the Departments of the Central Government, other than those specified in clauses (g) and (h); 

(j) two members of Parliament of whom one shall be elected by the House of the People and one by 

the Council of States; 

(k) eight members to be appointed by the Central Government by rotation in the alphabetical order to 

represent the States and the Union territories: 

Provided  that  an  appointment  under  this  clause  shall  be  made  on  the  recommendation  of  the 

Government of the State, or as the case may be, the Union territory concerned; 

(l)  four  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  to  represent  the  organisations  in  the 

field of industry and commerce; 

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(m) seven members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent,— 

(i) the Central Advisory Board of Education; 

(ii) the Association of Indian Universities; 

(iii) the Indian Society for Technical Education; 

(iv) the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technology; 

(v) the Pharmacy Council of India; 

(vi) the Council of Architecture; 

(vii) the National Productivity Council; 

(n) four members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the professional bodies in 

the field of technical and management education; 

(o)  not  more  than  two  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  to  represent  such 

interests not covered by the foregoing clauses as the Central Government may deem fit; 

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

(q) the Director, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi, ex officio; 

(r) the Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ex officio; 

(s) the Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, ex officio; 

(t) Member-Secretary to be appointed by the Central Government. 

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4),— 

(a)  the  first  Chairman  shall  be  the  Minister  of  Human  Resource  Development  of  the  Central 

Government; 

(b) the first Vice-Chairman of the Council shall be the Minister of State for Education of the Central 

Government; 

(c)  the  first  Member-Secretary  of  the  Council  shall  be  the  Educational  Adviser  (Technical)  of  the 

Central Government. 

4. Term of office of members.—(1) The term of office of a member, other than an ex officio member, on 

the first constitution of the Council shall be five years and thereafter three years. 

(2) If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of the Chairman, whether by reason of his death, resignation 
or inability to discharge his functions owing to illness or other incapacity, the Vice-Chairman holding office 
as such for the time being shall act as the Chairman and shall, unless any other person is appointed earlier as 
the  Chairman,  hold  office  of  the  Chairman  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  of  office  of  the  person  in  whose 
place he is to so act. 

(3) If a casual vacancy occurs in the office of the Vice-Chairman or any other member, whether by reason 
of his  death,  resignation  or  inability  to  discharge his  functions  owing  to  illness  or other incapacity,  such 
vacancy shall  be  filled  by  the  Central  Government  by  making  a  fresh  appointment  and  the member  so 
appointed shall  hold  office  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  of  office  of  the  person  in  whose  place  he  is  so 
appointed. 

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(4) The Vice-Chairman shall  perform  such functions  as  may  be  assigned  to him  by  the  Chairman  from 

time to time. 

(5) The procedure to be followed by the members in the discharge of their functions shall be such as may 

be prescribed. 

5. Meetings of the Council.—(1) The Council shall meet at such time and places, and shall observe such 
rules  of  procedure  in  regard  to  the  transaction  of  business  at  its meetings  (including  the  quorum  at 
such meetings) as may be provided by regulations: 

Provided that the Council shall meet at least once every year. 

(2) The Chairman and in his absence the Vice-Chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Council. 

(3) If for any reason the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman is unable to attend any meeting of the Council, 

any other member chosen by the members present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting. 

(4) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the 
votes  of  the members  present  and  voting,  and  in  the  event  of  an  equality  of  votes,  the  Chairman,  or  in his 
absence, the person presiding, shall have and exercise a second or casting vote. 

6. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Council.—No act or proceeding of the Council 

shall be invalid merely by reason of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Council; or 

(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Council; or 

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

7.  Temporary  association  of  persons  with  the  Council  for  particular  purposes.—(1)  The Council 
may associate with itself, in such manner  and for such purposes as may be determined by regulations, any 
person whose assistance or advice it may desire in carrying out any of the provisions of this Act. 

(2) A person associated with it by the Council under sub-section (1) for any purpose shall have a right to 
take  part  in  the  discussions  relevant  to  that  purpose,  but shall  not  have  a  right  to  vote  at  a meeting  of  the 
Council, and shall not be a member for any other purpose. 

8. Appointment of officers and other employees of the Council.—(1) For the  purpose of enabling it 
efficiently to discharge its functions under this Act, the Council shall, subject to such regulations as may be 
made 
this  behalf,  appoint  (whether  on  deputation  or otherwise)  such  number  of  officers 
and other employees as it may consider necessary: 

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Provided that the appointment of such category of officers, as may be specified in such regulations, shall 

be subject to the approval of the Central Government. 

(2)  Every  officer  or other employee  appointed  by  the  Council shall  be subject  to  such  conditions  of 

service and shall be entitled to such remuneration as may be determined by regulations. 

9. Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Council.—All orders and decisions of the 
Council shall  be  authenticated  by  the  signature  of  the  Chairman  or  any other  member  authorised  by  the 
Council in this behalf, and all other instruments issued by the Council shall be authenticated by the signature 
of the Member-Secretary or any other officer of the Council authorised in like manner in this behalf. 

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CHAPTER III 

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL 

10. Functions of the Council.—It shall be the duty of the Council to take all such steps as it may think 
fit for ensuring coordinated and integrated development of technical education and maintenance of standards 
and for the purposes of performing its functions under this Act, the Council may— 

(a) undertake survey in the various fields of technical education, collect data on all related matters 

and make forecast of the needed growth and development in technical education; 

(b) coordinate the development of technical education in the country at all levels; 

(c) allocate and disburse out of the Fund of the Council such grants on such terms and conditions as it 

may think fit to— 

(i) technical institutions, and 

(ii) Universities imparting technical education in coordination with the Commission; 

(d) promote innovations research and development in established and new technologies, generation, 
adoption  and  adaptation  of  new  technologies  to meet  developmental  requirements  and  for  overall 
improvement of educational processes; 

(e)  formulate  schemes  for  promoting  technical  education  for  women,  handicapped  and  weaker 

sections of the society; 

(f)  promote  an  effective  link  between  technical  education  system  and other  relevant  systems 

including research and development organisations, industry and the community; 

(g)  evolve  suitable  performance  appraisal  systems  for  technical  institutions  and  Universities 

imparting technical education, incorporating norms and mechanisms for enforcing accountability; 

(h)  formulate  schemes  for  the  initial  and  in-service  training  of  teachers  and  identify  institutions  or 
centres and set up new centres for offering staff development programmes including continuing education 
of teachers; 

(i)  lay  down  norms  and  standards  for  courses,  curricula,  physical  and  instructional  facilities,  staff 

pattern, staff qualifications, quality instructions, assessment and examinations; 

(j) fix norms and guidelines for charging tuition and other fees; 

(k)  grant  approval  for  starting  new  technical  institutions  and  for  introduction  of  new  courses  or 

programmes in consultation with the agencies concerned; 

(l) advise the Central Government in respect of grant of charter to any professional body or institution 
in the field of technical education conferring powers, rights and privileges on it for the promotion of such 
profession in its field including conduct of examinations and awarding of membership certificates; 

(m) lay down norms for granting autonomy to technical institutions; 

(n) take all necessary steps to prevent commercialisation of technical education; 

(o) provide guidelines for admission of students to technical institutions and Universities imparting 

technical education; 

(p) inspect or cause to inspect any technical institution; 

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(q)  withhold  or  discontinue  grants  in  respect  of  courses,  programmes  to  such  technical  institutions 
which fail  to  comply  with the directions  given  by the  Council  within  the stipulated period  of  time  and 
take such other steps as may be necessary for ensuring compliance of the directions of the Council; 

(r)  take  steps  to  strengthen  the  existing  organisations,  and  to  set  up  new  organisations  to  ensure 
effective discharge of the Council’s responsibilities and to create positions of professional, technical and 
supporting staff based on requirements; 

(s) declare technical institutions at various levels and types offering courses in technical education fit 

to receive grants; 

(t)  advise  the  Commission  for  declaring  any  institution  imparting  technical  education  as  a  deemed 

University; 

(u)  set  up  a  National  Board  of  Accreditation  to  periodically  conduct  evaluation  of  technical 
institutions or programmes on the basis of guidelines, norms and standards specified by it and to make 
recommendation to it, or to the Council, or to the Commission or to other bodies, regarding recognition 
or de-recognition of the institution or the programme; 

(v) perform such other functions as may be prescribed. 

11.  Inspection.—(1)  For  the  purposes  of  ascertaining  the  financial  needs  of  technical  institution  or  a 
University or its standards of teaching, examination and research, the Council may cause an inspection of any 
department or departments of such technical institution or University to be made in such manner as may be 
prescribed and by such person or persons as it may direct. 

(2)  The  Council shall  communicate  to  the  technical  institution  or  University  the  date  on  which  any 
inspection under sub-section (1) is to be made and the technical institution or University shall be entitled to 
be associated with the inspection in such manner as may be prescribed. 

(3) The Council shall communicate to the technical institution or the University, its views in regard to the 
results  of  any  such  inspection  and  may,  after  ascertaining  the  opinion  of  that  technical  institution  or 
University, recommend to that institution or University the action to be taken as a result of such inspection. 

(4)  All  communications  to  a  technical  institution  or  University  under  this  section shall  be  made  to  the 
executive authority thereof and the executive authority of the technical institution or University shall report to 
the  Council  the  action,  if  any,  which  is  proposed  to  be  taken  for  the  purposes  of  implementing  any  such 
recommendation as is referred to in sub-section (3). 

CHAPTER IV 

BODIES OF THE COUNCIL 

12.  Executive  Committee  of  the  Council.—(1)  The  Council shall  constitute  a  Committee,  called  the 

Executive Committee for discharging such functions as may be assigned to it by the Council. 

(2) The Executive Committee shall consist of the following members, namely.— 

(a) the Chairman of the Council; 

(b) the Vice-Chairman of the Council; 

(c)  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  in  the  Ministry  of  the  Central  Government  dealing  with 

Education, ex officio; 

(d) two Chairmen of the Regional Committees; 

(e) three Chairmen of the Boards of Studies; 

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(f)  a  member  of  the  Council  representing  the  Ministry  of  Finance  of  the  Central  Government,  ex 

officio; 

(g)  four  out  of  eight  members  of  the  Council  representing  the  States  and  Union  territories  under 

clause (k) of sub-section (4) of section 3; 

(h)  four members  with  expertise  and  distinction  in  areas  relevant  to  Technical  Education  to  be 

nominated by the Chairman of the Council; 

(i) the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, ex officio; 

(j) the Director, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi, ex officio; 

(k) the Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ex officio; 

(l) the Member-Secretary of the Council. 

(3) The Chairman and the Member-Secretary of the Council shall, respectively, function as the Chairman 

and the Member-Secretary of the Executive Committee. 

(4) The Chairman or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of the Council shall preside at the meetings of the 
Executive  Committee  and  in  the  absence  of  both  the  Chairman  and  the  Vice-Chairman,  any other  member 
chosen by the members present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting. 

(5)  The  Executive  Committee  shall  meet  at  such  time  and  places,  and  shall  observe  such  rules  of 
procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at such meetings) as 
the Council may provide by regulations. 

13. Boards of Studies.—(1) The Council shall establish the following Boards of Studies, namely:— 

(i) All India Board of Vocational Education; 

(ii) All India Board of Technician Education; 

(iii) All India Board of Under-graduate Studies in Engineering and Technology; 

(iv) All India Board of Post-graduate Education and Research in Engineering and Technology; 

(v) All India Board of Management Studies. 

(2) The Council may, if it considers necessary, establish such other Boards of Studies as it may think fit. 

(3) Every Board of Studies shall advise the Executive Committee on academic matters falling in its area 

of concern including norms, standards, model curricula, model facilities and structure of courses. 

(4) The area of concern, powers, the constitution and functions of the Boards of Studies shall be such as 

the Council may provide by regulations. 

14.  Regional  Committees.—(1)  The  Council shall  establish  the  following  Regional  Committees,    

namely:— 

(i) The Northern Regional Committee with its office at Kanpur; 

(ii) The Southern Regional Committee with its office at Madras; 

(iii) The Western Regional Committee with its office at Bombay; 

(iv) The Eastern Regional Committee with its office at Calcutta. 

(2) The Council may, if it considers necessary, establish such other Regional Committees as it may think 

fit. 

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(3)  The  Regional  Committee shall  advise  and  assist  the  Council  to  look  into  all  aspects  of  planning, 

promoting and regulating technical education within the region. 

(4) The region for which the Regional Committees may be established and the constitution and functions 

of such Committees shall be prescribed by regulation. 

CHAPTER V 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

15. Payment to the Council—The Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament 
by law in this behalf, pay to the Council in each financial year such sums as may be considered necessary for 
the performance of functions of the Council under this Act. 

16. Fund of the Council—(1) The Council shall have its own Fund; and all sums which may, from time 
to time, be paid to it by the Central Government and all the receipts of the Council (including any sum which 
any State Government or any other authority or person may hand over to the Council) shall be credited to the 
Fund and all payments by the Council shall be made therefrom. 

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

may, subject to the approval of the Central Government, be decided by the Council. 

(3) The Council may spend such sums as it thinks fit for performing its functions under this Act, and such 

sums shall be treated as expenditure payable out of the Fund of the Council. 

17. Budget.—The Council shall prepare, in such form and at such time each year as may be prescribed, a 
budget  in  respect  of  the  financial  year  next  ensuing showing  the  estimated  receipts  and  expenditure,  and 
copies thereof shall be forwarded to the Central Government. 

18. Annual report.—The Council shall prepare once every year in such form and at such time as may be 
prescribed, an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous year and copies 
thereof shall be forwarded to the Central Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid 
before both Houses of Parliament. 

19.  Accounts  and  audit.—(1)  The  Council shall  cause  to  be  maintained  such  books  of  account 
and other books in relation to its accounts in such form and in such manner as may, in consultation with the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, be prescribed. 

(2)  The  Council shall,  as  soon  as  may  be,  after  closing  its  annual  accounts  prepare  a  statement  of 
accounts in such form, and forward the same to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India by such date, 
as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General, determine. 

(3) The accounts of the Council shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at such 

times and in such manner as he thinks fit. 

(4)  The  accounts  of  the  Council  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 both Houses 
of Parliament. 

CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

20.  Directions  by  the  Central  Government.—(1)  The  Council shall,  in  the  discharge  of  its  functions 
and duties under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy as the Central Government may 
give in writing to it from time to time. 

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(2) The decision of the Central Government as to whether a question is one of policy or not shall be final. 

21. Power to supersede the Council.—(1) If the Central Government is of the opinion that the Council 
is  unable to  perform,  or  has  persistently  made  default  in  the  performance  of, the  duty  imposed  on  it  by  or 
under  this  Act  or  has  exceeded  or  abused  its  powers,  or  has  wilfully  or  without  sufficient  cause,  failed  to 
comply with any direction issued by the Central Government under section 20, the Central Government may, 
by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  supersede  the  Council  for  such  period  as  may  be  specified  in  the 
notification: 

Provided  that  before  issuing  a  notification  under  this  sub-section,  the  Central  Government  shall  give  a 
reasonable  time  to  the  Council  to  show  cause  why  it  should  not  be  superseded  and  shall  consider  the 
explanation and objections, if any, of the Council. 

(2) Upon the publication of a notification under sub-section (1) superseding the Council,— 

(a) all the members of the Council shall, notwithstanding that their term of office had not expired, as 

from the date of supersession, vacate their offices as such members; 

(b)  all  the  powers  and  duties  which  may,  by  or  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  be  exercised  or 
performed  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  Council  shall,  during  the  period  of  supersession,  be  exercised  and 
performed by such person or persons as the Central Government may direct; 

(c)  all  property  vested  in  the  Council  shall,  during  the  period  of  supersession,  vest  in  the  Central 

Government. 

(3)  On  the  expiration  of  the  period  of  supersession  specified  in  the  notification  issued  under                 

sub-section (1), the Central Government may— 

(a) extend the period of supersession for such further period as it may consider necessary; or 

(b) reconstitute the Council in the manner provided in section 3. 

22.  Power  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette, 

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 procedure to be followed by the members in the discharge of their functions; 

(b) the inspection of technical institutions and Universities; 

(c) the form and manner in which the budget and reports are to be prepared by the Council; 

(d) the manner in which the accounts of the Council are to be maintained; and 

(e) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed. 

23.  Power  to  make  regulations.—(1)  The  Council  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  make 
regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and the rules generally to carry out the purposes 
of this Act. 

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

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

(a) regulating the meetings of the Council and the procedure for conducting business thereat; 

(b) the terms and conditions of service of the officers and employees of the Council; 

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(c)  regulating  the  meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  procedure  for conducting  business 

thereat; 

(d) the area of concern, the constitution, and powers and functions of the Board of Studies; 

(e) the region for which the Regional Committee be established and the constitution and functions of 

such Committee. 

24. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.—Every rule and every regulation made 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 rule or regulation or both Houses agree that 
the  rule  or  regulation should  not  be  made,  the  rule  or  regulation 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 or regulation. 

25. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the 
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 be necessary for removing the difficulty: 

Provided  that  no order  shall  be  made  under  this  section  after  the  expiry  of  two  years  from  the 

commencement of this Act. 

(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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