Section 58(2) in Mahatma Gandhi University Act 1985
(2). The terms and conditions of affiliation of a college or of affiliation in new courses in an affiliated college and the procedure to be followed by the Syndicate in granting such affiliation, including the period within which the Syndicate shall consider an application under sub-section (1) shall be prescribed by the Statutes:Provided that the Chancellor may, by notification in the Gazette, for reasons to be specified in the notification, extend the period within which the Syndicate shall consider any application under sub-section (1), whether such period has already expired or not, by such further period, not exceeding one year, as may be specified in such notification.Provided further that where an application for affiliation in a new course in an affiliated college could not be considered by the Syndicate within the time prescribed by the Statutes on the ground that the application was not sent by the Educational Agency in time and that the period could not also be extended under the preceding proviso; the Chancellor may, in public interest, by notification in the Gazette, direct that the Syndicate shall consider the application within such period as may be specified in the notification not exceeding one year from the date of commencement of the University Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989.
