Maharashtra State Skills University (Amendment) Act, 2024

Maharashtra Act No. XXXIII of 2024

31st July 2024

An Act to amend the Maharashtra State Skills University Act, 2021. WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session ; AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action to amend the Maharashtra State Skills University Act, 2021 for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra State Skills University (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024 on the 16th March 2024 ; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance, by an Act of the State Legislature ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra State Skills University (Amendment) Act, 2024.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 16th March 2024.

S.2 Amendment of section 12 of Mah. VII of 2021

In section 12 of the Maharashtra State Skills University Act, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in sub-section (3),—

• (1) in clause (a),—
  • (a) for the word "committee" the words "search-cum-selection committee" shall be substituted;
  • (b) for sub-clause (i), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely :—
    • "(i) a member nominated by the Chancellor, who shall be a person of eminence in the sphere of higher education and shall be either an eminent scholar of national repute or a recipient of Padma Award in the field of education;";
  • (c) after sub-clause (iii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely :—
    • "(iv) a member nominated by the Chairman, University Grants Commission.";
• (2) in clause (f),—
  • (a) for the word "committee" the words "search-cum-selection committee" shall be substitute
    

S.3 Amendment of section 81 of Mah. VII of 2021

In section 81 of the principal Act, for the words "two years, or until new appointment of officers of the university are made as per the Act" the words "three years, or until new appointment of officers of the university are made as per the Act, whichever is earlier" shall be substituted.

S.4 Repeal of Mah. Ord. IV of 2024 and saving

(1) The Maharashtra State Skills University (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024, is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken (including any notification or order issued) under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done, taken, or, as the case may be, issued under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.