45. Terms and conditions of service of heads of departments.
(1)Each Department of the University shall have a Head who shall be a Professor or Director and whose duties and function and terms and conditions of appointment shall be prescribed by the ordinances:Provided that, if there is more than one Professor in any Department, the Head of the Department shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by the ordinances:Provided further that, in a Department where there is no Professor, an Assistant Professor or a Reader may be appointed as Head of the Department in the manner prescribed by the ordinances.(2)It shall be open to a Professor or Assistant Professor or Reader to decline the office of appointment as Head of the Department.(3)A person appointed as Head of the Department shall hold office as such for a period of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment.(4)A Head of the Department may resign is office at any time during his tenure of office.(5)A Head of the Department shall perform such functions as may be prescribed by the ordinances.
