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

(v) by keeping any student idle in the laboratory and not allowing him/her to
work even if he/she is allowed to enter,
(vi) by earmarking separate seats to any student or a group of students in the
reading hall;
(vii) by following differential treatment to any student regarding issue of books
or journals or magazines, etc.;
(viii) by treating any student or section of students separately in utilising the
sports facilities on the basis of their caste, creed, region or religion.
(c) The higher educational institution of constituent of higher educational institution
shall not discriminate or allow discrimination in evaluation on the basis of caste,
creed, religion, language, ethnicity, gender and disability -
(i) by not properly evaluating and re-evaluating examination papers of such
students and by giving them less marks;
(ii) by delaying declaration of results of any student or section of students;
(d) the higher educational institution or constituent of higher educational institution
shall ensure that there is no discrimination against the students on the basis of
caste, creed, religion, language, ethnicity, gender and disability:
(i) by not giving full information about the fellowships related matters;
(ii) by withholding or stopping the fellowships meant for students;
(e) The higher educational institution or constituent of higher educational institution
shall ensure that no student or section of students is discriminated on the basis of
caste, creed, religion, language, ethnicity, gender and disability, against –

(i) by segregating such students from others in hostel or mess or reading
room or common room or playground or canteen and any other student
amenities including drinking water facilities, etc.;
(ii) by indulging in acts of ragging specifically targeted against such students;
(iii) by doing any thing which disrupts or disturbs the regular activities of such
students;
(iv) by any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure put on such
students;
(v) by not allowing such students to participate in the cultural programme or
the sports events;
(f) the higher educational institution shall promote equality among all sections of
the students without prejudice to their belonging to any social group and for
this purpose it shall establish an Equal Opportunity Cell and appoint an Anti-
Discrimination Officer who shall not be below the rank of a Professor in the case
of a University and an Institution deemed to be a University, and not below the
rank of Associate Professor in the case of a college;
(g) the higher educational institution shall prohibit any conduct by any person or
group of persons in the higher educational institution, whether by words. spoken
or written or by any act which has the effect of ragging on students.
(h) the higher educational institution shall prescribe the procedures and mechanism,
within a period of six months of coming into force of these regulations, to deal
with and decide any complaint of discrimination, made or submitted by any
student or group of students and it shall be obligatory on the part of the higher
educational institution to decide such complaints within a maximum period of
sixty days from the date of receipt or submission of such complaints;

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