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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

University Grants Commission
(Qualifications required of a person to be appointed to the teaching staff
of the University and institutions affiliated to it) Regulations, 1991.

19th Sept. 1991.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of subsection (1) of Section 26 read with
Section 14 of University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), and in supersession of
the Regulations issued under University Grants Commission letter No.F.193/74 (CPP) Part (v)
dated 13th June, 1983 and Notifications No. 193/74(CP) dated 19th February, 1985 and 26th
November, 1985, the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following regulations,
namely:,

1. Short Title, application and commencement:
i. These regulations may be called the University Grants Commission (Qualifications
required of a person to be appointed to the teaching staff of the University and institutions
affiliated to it) Regulations, 1991.

ii. They shall apply to every University established or incorporated by or under a central
Act, Provincial Act or a State Act, every institution including a constituent or an
affiliated college recognised by the Commission, in consultation with the University
concerned under Clause (f) of Section 2 of the University Grants Commission Act,
1956 and every institutions deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the said Act.
iii. They shall come into force with immediate effect.
2. Qualifications:

No person shall be appointed to a teaching post in university or in any of institutions including
constituent or affiliated colleges recognised under clause (f) of Section 2 of the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956 or in an institution deemed to be a University under Section
3 of the said Act in a subject if he does not fulfil the requirements as to the qualifications for
the appropriate subjects as provided in the Schedule 1. Provided that any relaxation in the
prescribed qualifications can only be made by a University in regard to the posts under it or
any of the institutions including constituent or affiliated colleges recognised under clause (f)
of Section 2 of the aforesaid Act or by an institution deemed to be a university under Section
3 of the said Act with the prior approval of the University Grants Commission.
Provided further that these regulations shall not be applicable to such cases where selections
through duty constituted selection committees for making appointments to the teaching posts
have been made prior to the enforcement of these regulations.
3. Consequences of failure of Universities to comply with recommendations of the Commission;
as per provisions of Section 14 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956:
If any University Grants affiliation in respect of any course of study to any college referred to
in subsection (5) of Section 12A in contravention of the provisions of that sub section of fails
within a reasonable time to comply with any recommendations made by the Commission
under Section 12 or Section 13, or contravenes the provisions of any rule made under clause
(f) of clause (c) of subsection (2) of Section 25 or of any regulations made under clause (c)
or clause (f) or clause (g) of section 26, the Commission after taking into consideration the
clause, if any, shown by the University for such failure or contravention, may withhold from
the University, the grants proposed to be made out of the Fund of the Commission.

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