(1) The Registrar shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the University and he shall be appointed by the Executive Council on the recommendation of a Selection Committee constituted for the purpose on such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Ordinances; Provided that a person appointed as Registrar shall retire from office when he completes the age of 60 years; Provided further that the first Registrar shall be appointed by the Chancellor for a term not exceeding five years.

(2) When the office of the Registrar is vacant or when the Registrar is by reason of illness or absence for any other cause unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the Vice-Chancellor may appoint for the purpose.

(3) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Court, the Executive Council and the Academic Council,

(4) The Registrar shall: -

(a) be the custodian of the records, the common seal and such other properties of the University as the Executive Council shall commit to his charge;

(b) conduct the official correspondence of the Court, the Executive Council and the Academic Council;

(c) supply to the Chancellor copies of the agenda of meetings of the authorities of the University, as soon as they are issued and the minutes of the meetings of the authorities ordinarily within a month of the holding of the meetings;

(d) represent the University in suits or proceedings by or against the University, sign powers of attorney and verify pleadings or depute his representatives for the purpose;

(e) enter into agreements or contracts, and very, revoke or cancel them for and on behalf of the University;

(f) accept for and on behalf of the University any trust, bequest, donation or transfer of any movable or immovable property;

(g) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be specified in these Statutes, or prescribed by the Ordinances or the Regulations or as may be required, from time to time, by the Executive Council or the Vice-Chancellor.

(5) (a) The Registrar shall have power to take disciplinary action against the employees upto the post of Assistant and to suspend them pending inquiry, to administer warnings to them or to impose on them the penalty of censure or the withholding of increment; Provided that no such penalty shall be imposed unless the person concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him.

(b) An appeal shall lie to the Vice-Chancellor against any order of the Registrar imposing the penalty of the withholding of increment.

(c) In a case where the inquiry discloses that a punishment beyond the power of the Registrar is called for, the Registrar shall, upon conclusion of the inquiry, make a report to the Vice-Chancellor along with his recommendations, for such action as the Vice-Chancellor deems fit; Provided that an appeal shall lie to the Executive Council against the order of the Vice-Chancellor imposing the penalty of dismissal.