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Regulations pertaining to Accreditation of HEIs:

9. Penalties
Where a Higher Educational Institution fails to comply with the provisions of any of the
preceding clauses, notwithstanding any Other action that may be taken against the Higher
Educational Institution by the appropriate Assessment and Accreditation Agency, the
Commission may, after providing reasonable opportunity to such Higher Educational
Institution to be heard, impose any of the following penalties or any combination of such
penalties on Higher Educational Institution, namely:
a) Repeal of the notification in respect of such Higher Educational Institution from the list
of Higher Educational institutions recognized under Section 12 B of the UCC Act;
b) Recommending to the Central Government where it is an institution deemed to be
university, that the notification declaring such institution as an institution, as an
institution deemed to be university under section 3 of the Act may be revoked;
c) Proceed to take action against the Higher Educational, where such Higher Educational
institution is a private university under the University Grants Commission
(Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations,
2003 as amended/modified from time to time.
d) Withholding of all grants, where applicable, allocated to such Higher Educational
institution;
e) Declaring such higher Educational Institution to be ineligible for consideration for any
assistance under any of the general or special assistance programmes of the Commission;
f) Declaring, for the purpose of general information of the public, that the Higher
Educational institution is not an accredited institution, and cautioning potential
candidates seeking admission to such Higher Educational Institution of the same,
through various forms of the media including the website of the Commission.
10. Dispute Redressal Mechanism
10.1 Any dispute arising out of the implementation of these regulations will be discussed
and resolved by the Commission (or University as the case may be) whose decision
shall be final and binding.
10 2 The Commission reserves the right to amend these regulations from time to time and
same will be binding mutatis mutandis on the Higher Educational Institutions.

AKHILESH GUPTA

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University Grants Commission