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Regulations on Affiliation of Colleges by the Universities:

5. Eligibility Criteria for Permanent Affiliation:
5.1 The college shall have completed at least five years of satisfactory performance after
getting temporary affiliation and attained the academic and administrative standards as
prescribed by the University/UGC/Statutory/Regulatory Body concerned from time to
time.
5.2 The college shall have completed construction of buildings and all infrastructure/
facilities as stipulated in the Regulations.
5.3 All the teaching and non-teaching staff are appointed on permanent (appointed on
regular basis, in case of a Government college) on the UGC/Government scales of pay.
5.4 The college shall have a duly constituted College Council as per the norms.
6. Procedure for granting Permanent Affiliation:

6.1 A college which wishes to get permanent affiliation shall apply to the University any
time after completing five years of temporary affiliation in the proforma along with
the prescribed fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Registrar of the
University.
6.2 The procedure for according permanent affiliation shall be the same as for granting
temporary affiliation given in the Regulations.
6.3 If the University decides not to grant permanent affiliation to the college for reasons,
to be recorded in writing, of its failure to meet the conditions/requirements for getting
such affiliation, the college may apply again if it fulfills the conditions/requirements
subsequently, but not earlies than six months from the date of rejection of its earlier
application.

7. Eligibility to apply for addition of new programmes of study:
7.1 Any proposal for adding new programmes shall be considered by the University only
after ensuring equitable distribution of facilities for higher education, having due
regard, in particular, to the needs of the unserved, underdeveloped, rural, hilly, tribal
and backward areas within its jurisdiction.

7.2 Any proposal for raising the existing under-graduate college to post-graduate studies
level shall be considered by the University only after satisfactory completion of two
years of the under-graduate programme fand the proposed building, qualified faculty
and other infrastructure facilities are fully created as per the Regulations.
7.3 Each application for addition of a new programme or for upgrading the existing
programme to post-graduate level shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee in the
form of Demand drafts drawn in favour of the registrar of the University.
7.4 The procedure for according temporary affiliation to additional programmes of study
or for upgrading the existing programmes in the college shall be the same as prescribed
under the Regulations for temporary affiliation.
8. Withdrawal of affiliation:
8.1 The privileges conferred on a college by affiliation may be withdrawn in part or in
full, suspended or modified, if the college. On due enquiry, is found to have failed to
comply with any of the provisions of the Act, the Statutes. The Ordinances, the Rules
and Regulation or any other direction or instruction of the UGC/University/Statutory/
Regulatory body concerned, or failed to observe any of the conditions of affiliation,
or has conducted itself in a manner prejudicial to the academic and administrative
standards and interests of the University.

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