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Regulations pertaining to Student’s Grievance Redressal, Promotion of Equity, Anti-Ragging Measures, and
Prevention of Sexual Harassment etc.:

o) The Heads of institutions affiliated to a University or a constituent of the
University, as the case may be, shall, during the first three months of an academic
year, submit a weekly report on the status of compliance with Anti- Ragging
measures under these Regulations, and a monthly report on such status thereafter,
to the Vice-Chancellor of the University to which the institution is affiliated to or
recognized by.
p) The Vice Chancellor of each University, shall submit fortnightly reports of the
University, including those of the Monitoring Cell on Ragging in case of an
affiliating university, to the State Level Monitoring Cell.
7. Action to be taken by the Head of the institution. On receipt of the recommendation of
the Anti Ragging Squad or on receipt of any information concerning any reported incident
of ragging, the Head of institution shall immediately determine if a case under the penal
laws is made out and if so, either on his own or through a member of the Anti-Ragging
Committee authorised by him in this behalf, proceed to file a First Information Report (FIR),
within twenty four hours of receipt of such information or recommendation, with the police
and local authorities, under the appropriate penal provisions relating to one or more of the
following, namely;
i. Abetment to ragging;
ii. Criminal conspiracy to rag;

iii. Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging;
iv. Public nuisance created during ragging;
v. Violation of decency and morals through ragging;
vi. Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt;

vii. Wrongful restraint;
viii. Wrongful confinement;
ix. Use of criminal force;

x. Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences;
xi. Extortion;
xii. Criminal trespass;
xiii. Offences against property;

xiv. Criminal intimidation;
xv. Attempts to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s);
xvi. Threat to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s);
xvii. Physical or psychological humiliation;

xviii. All other offences following from the definition of “Ragging”.
Provided that the Head of the institution shall forthwith report the occurrence of the
incident of ragging to the District Level Anti-Ragging Committee and the Nodal officer
of the affiliating University, if the institution is an affiliated institution.
Provided further that the institution shall also continue with its own enquiry initiated
under clause 9 of these Regulations and other measures without waiting for action on
the part of the police/local authorities and such remedial action shall be initiated and
completed immediately and in no case later than a period of seven days of the reported
occurrence of the Incident of ragging.

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