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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

(2) All policies and procedures, in matters of admission, fee, and employment as applicable
to the university level public funded and self-financing institutions, respectively, shall
apply.
26. Institution deemed to be University to be unitary.— The institution deemed to be
University shall be unitary in nature and shall not affiliate any other institution.
27. Reservation policy.— Institution deemed to be University shall implement the policy
on reservations in admissions and recruitment, in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of India and any Act of Parliament for the time being in force and disclose all
such information on its website.

28. Online or distance education.— Institutions deemed to be Universities may offer courses
online or distance courses or degrees in accordance with the regulations notified by the
Commission from time to time.

29. Power to conduct enquiry and consequences for violation of regulations.— (1) Where
the Government or the Commission, as the case may be, receives information by way of a
complaint or otherwise, that an institution deemed to be University has violated any of the
provisions of these regulations, it shall cause to conduct an enquiry into the facts of such
information after issuing a notice to the said effect to the institution deemed to be University.
(2) The Commission may also cause an inspection, to be made by experts in matters of
academics, administration, and finance regarding academic outcomes or any matter
connected with the administration or finances of the institution deemed to be University
for the purpose of the enquiry.
(3) Based on the enquiry or through procedures mentioned in these regulations, if the
Government or the Commission, as the case may be, is satisfied that the regulations
have been violated, the institution deemed to be University shall be subjected to such
action as provided in these regulations.

30. Consideration of proposals under previous regulations.—All the applications for the
declaration of an institution as an institution deemed to be a University, or for the approval
for establishing off-campus centres or off shore campuses, that have been received by
the Government or are pending or under process in the Commission prior to the date of
publication of these regulations, as the case may be, shall be processed under the provisions
of these regulations:

Provided that the applicant may submit an undertaking in writing that such an application
may be processed in terms of the regulations of the Commission governing an institution
deemed to be University as were in force on the date of such application, and that, subject
to the approval of the application under those regulations, the applicant shall comply with
the provisions of these regulations within a period of six years from the date of approval,
as the case may be, failing which the status of the applicant as an institution deemed to be
University or status of the off-campus or off-shore campus shall be withdrawn.
31. Funds, Accounts, Audit, and Annual Report.— (1) The books of accounts of the institution
deemed to be University shall be maintained, managed, and operated in the name of the
institution deemed to be University and not in the name of the sponsoring body or any other
body; and, shall be kept in such form as may be specified by the Executive Council and
conform to the rules or regulations, if any, prescribed by the Commission, in this regard.
(2) Funds shall not be diverted at any time from the accounts of the institution deemed to
be University to any other accounts, including to the accounts of the sponsoring body
or to any otherbody.

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