Section 25(6) in Bihar State Universities (Patna, University of Bihar, Bhagalpur and Ranchi) Act, 1960
(6)(i)Each Faculty shall comprise such departments of teaching as may be prescribed by the Regulations and the head of every such department shall be the professor of a college department or the University Professor or, if there is no such Professor or University Professor, the Reader of a college department or, as the case may be, the Reader of a University department.(ii)If there are more than one Professor or more than one University Professor or more than one Reader in a department, the Vice-Chancellor, in consultation with the Principal in the case of a college department and in consultation with the Dean in the case of a University department, shall appoint, to be the Head of department, such one of the Professors or University Professors or such one of the Readers, as he thinks fit and the Head of a department shall be responsible to the Principal in case of a college department and to the Dean in the case of a University department for the organisation of the teaching in the department.(iii)Where it is proposed to appoint any teacher to be the Head of a department who is not the senior-most Professor, University Professor or Reader of the department no appointment shall be made under this sub-section except with the prior concurrence of the State Public Service Commission.
