If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body of the University, or whether any decision of any authority or officer of the University 1[ including any question as to the validity of a Statute, Ordinance or Regulation, not being a Statutes or Ordinance made or approved by the State Government or by the Chancellor] is inconformity with this Act or the Statutes or the Ordinances made thereunder, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor and the decision of the Chancellor thereon shall be final ;
Provided that no reference under this section shall be made
(a) more than three months after the date when the question could have been raised for the first time ;
(b) by any person other than an authority or officer of the University or a person aggrieved ;
Provided further that the Chancellor may in exceptional circumstances
(a) act suo motu or entertain a reference after the expiry of the period mentioned in the preceding proviso ;
(b) where the matter referred relates to a dispute about the election, and the eligibility of the person so elected is in doubt, pass such orders of stay, as he thinks just and expedient ;
(c) 2[ * * * ]
Provided that no reference under this section shall be made
(a) more than three months after the date when the question could have been raised for the first time ;
(b) by any person other than an authority or officer of the University or a person aggrieved ;
Provided further that the Chancellor may in exceptional circumstances
(a) act suo motu or entertain a reference after the expiry of the period mentioned in the preceding proviso ;
(b) where the matter referred relates to a dispute about the election, and the eligibility of the person so elected is in doubt, pass such orders of stay, as he thinks just and expedient ;
(c) 2[ * * * ]
Source footnotes
1. Ins. by sec. 10 of U. P. Act no. 21 of 1975.2. Del. by sec. 20 of U. P. Act no. 5 of 1977.
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