STUDENTS CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE REGULATIONS, 1978, AS AMENDED

The Regulations regarding the conduct and discipline of students under section 47(1) of the Act, 1977, as amended on 17.9.1986 are given below:

9.1 Short Title
These Regulations may be called the Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Students Conduct and Discipline Regulations, 1978.

9.2 Commencement and Applications
These Regulations shall come into force with immediate effect, and shall apply to all the students of the University and Colleges affiliated to the University.

9.3 Definitions
In these Regulations, unless otherwise expressly stand:

(i) “University” means the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology at Jamshoro.

(ii) “Campus” means all areas and building structures including Academic Block/teaching departments, hostels or halls of residence of students, Administration Block, sports grounds, gymnasium and any staff recreational areas for students and staff and any other such areas, buildings or facilities created within the specified boundary of the University and likewise areas of affiliated colleges.

(iii) “Syndicate” means the Syndicate of the University.

(iv) “Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.

(v) “Discipline Committee” means the Discipline Committee of the University constituted under the First Statutes appended to Mehran University Act, 1977, and/or constituted separately for the constituent or affiliated colleges by the Governing Body or management of that college with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology.

(vi) “Dean”, “Principal”, “Provost”, “Chairman of a Teaching Department”, “Director of Physical Education”, “Deputy Provost”, “Superintendent of Workshop”, “Warden”, “Teacher Incharge” and “Games Incharge”, “Officer Incharge of Students” respectively mean the Dean, the Principal, the Provost, the Chairman of a Teaching Department, the Director of Physical Education, the Deputy Provost, the Superintendent of Workshop, the Warden, the Teacher Incharge and the Games Incharge, Students Welfare Officer, Students Advisor appointed as such by the competent authority of the University and mutatis-mutandis is officers/teachers in the affiliated college.

9.4 Every student shall observe the following:
(a) He must be faithful in his religious duties and respect the convictions of others in matters of religion and customs.

(b) He must be loyal to his country and refrain from doing any thing which might lower its honour and prestige.

(c) He shall be truthful and honest in his dealings with all people.

(d) He must respect the elders and be polite to all specially to the women, the children, the old people, the weak and the helpless.

(e) He must respect his teachers and other in authority in the University.

(f) He must keep his mind clean and be clean in speech, sports and habits.

(g) He shall help his fellow beings specially those in distress.

(h) He must devote himself faithfully to his studies and obey and follow the rules, instructions, guide lines issued by the University authorities from time to time.

(i) He must observe thrift and protect property.

9.5 No student shall:
(a) Smoke in his class room, laboratory, workshop, library, examination hall or convocation hall and during any academic function.

(b) Consume alcholic liquor or other intoxicating drugs within the University Campus or during the instructional, sports or cultural tours or survey camps or enter and such place or attend any such tour or camp while under the influence of such intoxicants.

(c) Organize or take part in any function within the University Campus, organize any club or society of students without permission of the University authorities.

(d) Indulge into activities against the Islamic and Pakistan Ideology or national solidarity.

(e) Indulge into activities promoting, prompting or involving violence or hatred or contempt.

(f) Affiliate himself with any political party or group and organize or take part in holding political gatherings and invite any politician, expelled or rusticated or debarred students, and anti social elements in the University Campus

(g) Use pressure tactics or political or personal influence in seeking academic concessions or financial benefits or in other matters concerning academic and administrative functions of the University authorities.

(h) Copy or help other in copying in examination, or cause by any means any disturbance in examinations including harassment of any teacher or other staff member of staging of walkout by himself or by forcing others to do so.

(i) Bring, keep, or use any kind of weapon or fire arms within the University Campus.

(j) Use or occupy fully or partially any room or any building of the University Campus un-authorizedly.

(k) Organize or take part in procession or meeting within the University Campus, prejudicial to the peaceful atmosphere of the University.

(l) Stage, invite, or participate in or abet any walk-out strike, or any other form of agitation against the University or its teachers or officers.

(m) Collect any money or receive donations or pecuniary assistance for or on behalf of the University or any organization except with the written permission of the Vice-Chancellor or any other person authorized by him in this regard.

9.6 The teachers and officers of the University or committees formed under them for the purpose and others concerned with the students in the University are responsible for the maintenance of discipline and order among the students, while under their charge, and for dealing with any disorderly behaviour promptly in the manner prescribed by these regulations.

9.7 The Discipline Committee shall deal with serious cases of indiscipline requiring such actions as prescribed by Regulation 9.10.

9.8 A teacher or an officer in whose presence or in relation to whom an act of indiscipline is committed or who obtains knowledge of such and act on a report or otherwise shall deal with the case himself as he may be competent as provided under the Regulation 9.10 below, and in other case, he shall inform and recommend the case to the higher authorities/bodies for necessary action as prescribed.

9.9 (i) Any one or more of the penalties mentioned in Regulation 9.10 may be imposed on a student who is guilty of one or more of the following acts:

(a) commits breach of any of the clauses specified in Regulations 9.4 or 9.5 above; or

(b) disobeys the lawful order of a teacher or other person in authority in the University; or

(c) habitually neglects his work or absents himself from the class without reasonable cause; or

(d) willfully damages University property or the property of a fellow student or any teacher or any employee of the University; or

(e) does not pay the fees, fines or other dues leviable under the University Regulations; or

(f) does not comply with the Regulations relating to the residence in the hostels or halls or residences or the Regulations relating to the wearing of uniform or academic dress; or

(g) uses indecent language, wears immodest dress, makes indecent remarks or gestures or behaves in a disorderly manner; or

(h) commits any criminal, immoral or dishonourable act (whether committed within the University Campus or otherwise) which brings bad name to the University.

(i) The penalty or penalties imposed shall be appropriate and proportional to the nature and gravity of the above act or acts.

9.10 The penalties which may be imposed and the authority or authorities competent to

Impose each kind of penalty are specified below:
PENALTY AN OFFICER OR
AUTHORITY
COMPETENT

TO IMPOSE THE PENALTY

(a) Exclusion from classroom, Teacher In charge Workshop or field work for the Duration of the period.

(b) Exclusion from the games Games In charge or the field for the day.

(c) Exclusion from Instruction, Teacher/Officer
sports tour or survey camp. In charge

(d) Exclusion from the department Chairman/Head of for a period not exceeding one week. the Teaching Dept.

(e) Exclusion from all classes
or Dean of the Faculty any class for a period not concerned/Principal exceeding two weeks.

(f) Fine not exceeding Rs.100/- Teacher In charge, or Superintendent of Workshop

(g) Fine not exceeding Rs.200/- Chairman of the Teaching Department
Or other concerned Officer/In charge

(h) Fine not exceeding Rs.500/- Dean of the Faculty Concerned/Principal

(i) With-holding of issue of Chairman/Head of the Character certificate Teaching Department

(j) Cancellation of examination Vice-Chancellor on Or part there-of, or debarring the recommendation from appearing in any examination of the Disciplineor part there-of. Committee

(k) Cancellation or remission of Vice-Chancellor on fee or University Scholarship. the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty concerned/ Principal.

(l) Suspension or removal from Vice-Chancellor on the position of authority in the recommendation of the University Sports. Executive Committee of the University Sports Board.

(m) Suspension of admission from Dean of the Faculty the University for a period specified concerned/Principal or unspecified pending the final decision.

(n) Rustication/Expulsion from Vice-Chancellor/ the University for a period Principal on the not exceeding one year. recommendation of the Discipline Committee

(o) Rustication/expulsion from Syndicate the University for a period exceeding one year.

(p) Cancellation of admission Syndicate from the University.

(q) With-holding of the issue Syndicate of any degree.

Provided that the superior authorities shall be equally competent to impose lighter penalties within the competence of inferior authorities as prescribed above.

9.11 No student shall be rusticated or expelled from the University unless he has been allowed a reasonable chance of defending the accusation against him provided that, if the competent authority is satisfied, it may take such an action under emergency to avoid any gave consequences.

9.12
(i) An appeal against imposition of the penalties shall lie with the Vice-Chancellor provided that, where the penalty has been imposed by the Vice-Chancellor himself, an appeal shall lie with the Syndicate. Provided that when a penalty has been imposed by the Syndicate, an application for review can be made to the Syndicate.

(ii) No appeal by a student under these Regulations shall be entertained unless it is presented within two weeks from the date on which the decision is communicated to him, provided that the Vice-Chancellor may for valid reasons condone delay in any individual case.

9.13 The Vice-Chancellor or any teacher or officer duly authorized by the Vice-Chancellor/Principal may direct a student to pay compensation for any loss or damage to property belonging to the University or to fellow student or to an employee of the University, caused by willful act or gross negligence of the student and, if the student does not pay such compensation within a reasonable time, competent authority, as the case may be, may take suitable action against him for indiscipline and impose upon him any of the penalties prescribed by Regulation 9.10 above.