Indira Gandhi National Open University Act,1985

Act No : 50

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Section : UNIVERSITY OPEN TO ALL CLASSES, CASTES AND CREEDS

SECTION 07: UNIVERSITY OPEN TO ALL CLASSES, CASTES AND CREEDS

(1) The University shall be open to persons of either sex and of whatever, race, creed, caste or class, and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be appointed as a teacher of the University or to hold any other office therein or admitted as a student in the University, or to graduate thereat, or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prevent the University from making any special provision for the appointment or admission of women or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society, and in particular, of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.

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