MADHYA PRADESH NIJI VYAVSAYIK SHIKSHAN SANSTHA (PRAVESH KA VINIYAMAN AVAM SHULK KA NIRDHARAN) SANSHODHAN ADHINIYAM, 2013

Act No. 32 of 2013

12th September, 2013

An Act to amend the Madhya Pradesh Niji Vyavsayik Shikshan Sanstha (Pravesh Ka Viniyaman Avam Shulk Ka Nirdharan) Adhiniyam, 2007. Be it enacted by the Madhya Pradesh Legislature in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-- * * Published in M.P. Rajpatra (Asadharan) dated 12-9-2013 Pages 836(2-3).

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S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Niji Vyavsayik Shikshan Sanstha (Pravesh Ka Viniyaman Avam Shulk Ka Nirdharan) Sanshodhan Adhiniyam, 2013.

(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.

S.2 Amendment of Section 2

In section 2 of the Madhya Pradesh Niji Vyavsayik Shikshan Sanstha (Pravesh Ka Viniyaman Avam Shulk Ka Nirdharan) Adhiniyam, 2007 (No. 21 of 2007) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :--

"(b) the private unaided professional educational institutions affiliated to a university established under the Central Act or incorporated by an Act of State Legislature and their constituent institutions.".

S.3 Amendment of Section 3

In section 3 of the principal Act, for clause (n), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :--

'(n) "Professional educational institution" means a college or a school or a department or an institution by whatever name called, imparting professional education approved or recognized by an appropriate authority and which is affiliated to or is a constituent unit of n University established or incorporated by an Act of the State Legislature or a deemed to be university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956).'.

S.4 Amendment of Section 4

In section 4 of the principal Act, for-section (9), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :--

"(9) (a) The Committee either on receipt of a complaint or suo motu may enquire into admission made in contravention of the provisions contained hereunder or collection of fee in excess of the fee determined under the provisions of the Act, or realization of capitation fee or profiteering by any private unaided professional educational institution.

(b) The Committee may cause an inspection of the institution for the purpose of making enquiry under clause (a):

Provided that the Committee may take cognizance of any inspection report prepared by the concerned department at the behest of the State Government of the concerned University or the appropriate authority.

(c) If as a result of the enquiry the Committee finds that there has been any violation by such institution of the provisions of the Act or rules and regulations made thereunder regarding

S.5 Amendment of Section 10

For section 10 the Principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely :--

10. Appeal.--

(1) The State Government shall appoint for not more than three years at a time, an appellate authority, consisting of a person, who has been a judge of the High Court, or a person who has held office not below the rank of the Chief Secretary of a State, before which a person or a professional institution aggrieved by an order of the Committee may file an appeal, within a period of 30 days of passing of such an order.

(2) While hearing an appeal the Appellate Authority after calling for the records from the Committee and after giving an opportunity of hearing to both the appellant and the Committee shall decide the appeal and the decision made in the appeal shall be final..