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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

7.6 All movable and immovable properties of the institution or institutions that form the
integral part of the proposed institution deemed to be university shall remain legally
vested in the name of the institution in the manner as recognized under the Transfer
of Property Act, 1882 or any other law which may be in force. However, in case the
immovable property has been acquired by the institution by way of lease, the lease shall
be perpetual in nature and initially for at least 99 years.
7.7 The income and property of the institution, howsoever derived, shall be utilized only for
the promotion of the objectives of the institution including its growth and development.
No portion of the income/property of the institution shall be paid or transferred, directly
or indirectly by way of profit, to the persons who were/ are members of the institution,
provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment in good faith or
remuneration to any member thereof or to any other person in return for any service
rendered to the institution or for travelling, halting and other similar charges, and all
such expenditure shall be appropriately reflected in the accounts of the institution,
maintained for the purpose.

8.0 PROCEDURE FOR BEING DECLARED AS AN INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE A
UNIVERSITY
8.01 The institution fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria as laid down in these Regulations
for considering proposals for declaration as an institution deemed to be a university may
send its application in duplicate in the prescribed Proforma to the Secretary, Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of
India. Processing fees for each application shall be paid to the Commission by way
of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of The Secretary, University Grants Commission,
Bahadurshah Zafar Marg New Delhi 110002.
8.02 It shall submit a certificate as also an undertaking along with its application to the
effect that the professional programmes already being conducted by it, if any, have the
approval of the relevant Statutory/Regulatory bodies like AICTE, MCI, DCI, NCTE,
BCI, INC, etc., along with a duly attested copy of the letter of approval granted to it
by such bodies. In addition, each application shall be accompanied by an essentiality
certificate from the State Government concerned, wherever necessary.
8.03 It shall also submit, along with its application, a certificate from the affiliating
university/affiliating universities, as the case may be, to the effect that the students
already admitted in the institution or institutions that is/are to become integral part of
the proposed institution deemed to be University institution enrolled under the said
affiliating university/affiliating universities shall continue to be the students of that
university for all purposes under the existing terms and conditions till they complete
the relevant academic programmes.
8.04 The Ministry of Human Resource Development shall refer the application to the
Commission for its advice.
8.05 The Commission shall make a preliminary scrutiny of the application submitted by the
institution and, if necessary, write to the institution pointing out the lacuna(e), if any, and
call for clarification / additional information / requisite documents. The Commission
shall also write to the State/UT Government concerned to elicit the latter’s views on the
application.

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