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a study centre to any other agency without previous permission of the university authorities;

j) that the study centre shall not be closed without previous permission of the university;

k) that in the event of disqualification or derecognition or closure of the study centre, all the assets of the study centre including books, computers, furnitures etc., which have been created out of the funds collected as fees and charges from the students, shall vest in the university.

No facilities of the study centre shall be used for running courses of other private institutions or private providers unless approved by the university.

PROCEDURE FOR PERMISSION

The university shall prepare a perspective plan for the DOL system which include the locations of Regional, District and Study Centres, in a manner ensuring equitable distribution of facilities for open and distance education giving due recognition, in particular, to the needs of the under developed areas within its jurisdiction. Such a plan prepared by the Academic Council, shall be placed before the Senate through the Management Council.

Provided that, the Management Council may revise such a plan after every five years.

No applications for opening a Regional Centre(s), District Centre(s) study centre(s), as the case may be, which are not in conformity with such a plan, shall be considered by the university.

The colleges, recognized institutions, secondary and higher secondary schools, trust, and person(s) seeking permission to open a study centre shall apply to the university in the prescribed form with the prescribed fees to the Registrar of the university before the last day of August of the year preceding the year from which the permission is sought.

All such applications received within the aforesaid prescribed time limit, shall be scrutinized by the university and the same shall be placed before the Academic Council with specific recommendations and thereafter shall be placed before the Management 

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Council for its approval.

No application shall be entertained directly by the Management Council for the grant of permission for opening Regional Centre(s), District Centre(s) or Study Centre(s) as the case may be, without the same having been scrutinized by the Academic Council.

On receipt of permission of the Management Council, the Registrar shall inform all the concerned about the decision of the Management Council.

For the purpose of considering the application for grant of permission to start a Study Centre, the Vice-Chancellor shall cause an inquiry by an expert committee constituted for the purpose.

The report of the Committee shall be placed before the Academic Council. The Academic Council after careful scrutiny shall decide :

i. Whether permission to start a Study Centre, should be granted or rejected;

ii. the subjects, courses of study, the number of students to be admitted for each course;

iii. conditions, if any, which may be stipulated while granting the permission.

The report of the Academic Council shall be placed before the Management Council.

The Registrar shall communicate the decision of the Management council to all who have applied for permission to start the study centre(s).

No student shall be admitted by the study centre unless the final permission has been granted by the university.

INSPECTION OF STUDY CENTRE

Every study centre shall submit such reports, return and other particulars as the university may require for enabling it to judge the academic standards and standards of administration of the study centre.

The Vice-chancellor may cause every study centre to be inspected, at least once in every two years, by an expert Committee appointed by him for the purpose.

Each study centre shall apply to the university