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  "text": "THE PUNJAB EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS \r\n(RECONSTITUTION) ACT 2021 \r\n(XXII of 2021) \r\n \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\n3. Incorporation. \r\n4. Board. \r\n5. Powers and functions of Board. \r\n6. Business of Board. \r\n7. Powers and duties of President. \r\n8. Principal. \r\n9. Powers and duties of Principal. \r\n10. Management Committee. \r\n11. Powers and duties of Management Committee. \r\n12. Fund. \r\n13. Regulations. \r\n14. Bar to suits. \r\n15. Overriding effect. \r\n16. Repeal and Savings. \r\n17. Removal of difficulties. \r\n \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n  \r\nTEXT \r\n1THE PUNJAB EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (RECONSTITUTION) ACT \r\n2021 \r\n(XXII of 2021) \r\n[23 July 2021] \r\n  \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto reconstitute certain educational Institutions in the Punjab. \r\nIt is necessary to reconstitute certain educational Institutions in the Punjab to \r\nimprove their governance and management by providing  academic, financial and \r\nadministrative autonomy aiming at enhancing quality of education in the Punjab. \r\nBe it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the \r\nPunjab Educational Institutions (Reconstitution) Act 2021. \r\n(2) It shall extend to whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act: \r\n(a) “Board” means the Board of Governors of an Institution; \r\n(b) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(c) “Institution” means an educational Institution mentioned in the \r\nSchedule to this Act; \r\n(d) “Management Committee” means the Management Committee \r\nconstituted under section 10 of this Act; \r\n(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations framed under this Act; \r\n(f) “President” means Governor of the Punjab; \r\n(g) “Principal” means the Principal of an Institution; \r\n(h) “regulations” means the regulations framed under this Act; and \r\n(i) “relevant Department” means the Department under whose domain an \r\nInstitution is reflected in the Fir st Schedule of the Punjab Government \r\nRules of Business 2011. \r\n3. Incorporation.– (1) The Government shall, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, reconstitute an Institution. \r\n (2) An Institution shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession \r\nand a common seal, and may by the said name sue and be sued. \r\n                                                           \r\n1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 04 June 2021; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 15 \r\nJuly 2021; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 23 July 2021, pp.289-294 \r\n (3) An Institution may acquire and hold property, both movable and \r\nimmovable; lease, sell or otherwise transfer any property vested in it; or, enter into \r\ncontracts for purposes of this Act. \r\n(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being \r\nin force, an Institution shall have academic, financial and administrative autonomy, \r\nincluding the powers to engage advisors and consultants, and employ officers, \r\nteachers and other employees on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. \r\n(5) Upon reconstitution of an Institution under subsection (1), all \r\nproperties, rights and interests of whatever kind, used, enjoyed, possessed, owned \r\nor vested in or held in trust by and for an Institut ion immediately before the \r\ncommencement of this Act, and all liabilities legally subsisting against such an \r\nInstitution shall stand transferred to that Institution. \r\n (6) An Institution shall consist of the following: \r\n(a) Board; \r\n(b) President; \r\n(c) Principal; \r\n(d) members of Management Committee and other Committees; \r\n(e) Bursar; \r\n(f) Heads of schools or departments; \r\n(g) Chief Medical Officer; \r\n(h) Chief Security Officer; \r\n(i) teachers and students; and \r\n(j) other officers and members of the staff of the Institution. \r\n4. Board.– (1) The management and control of an Institution shall vest in the \r\nBoard which shall consist of the President and the following members: \r\n(a) Minister in charge of the relevant Department; \r\n(b) Secretary to Government of the relevant  Department or his \r\nnominee not below the rank of an Additional Secretary; \r\n(c) General Officer Commanding of the corps of the armed forces \r\nas may be appointed by the President; \r\n(d) two distinguished academicians to be appointed by the \r\nPresident; \r\n(e) fifteen eminent alumni of the Institution from academia, industry, \r\njudiciary, civil service, armed forces, sports, and former and \r\nsitting members of legislative bodies to be appointed by the \r\nPresident; \r\n(f) Principal of the Institution; and \r\n(g) any other member as may be appointed by the President. \r\n(2) Members of the Board, other than  ex-officio members, shall be \r\nappointed for a period of three years, and may be reappointed on the expiry of their \r\nterm of appointment.  \r\n5. Powers and functions of  Board.– (1) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, \r\nthe Board shall have powers to: \r\n(a) hold, control, administer, acquire and dispose of property  and funds of \r\nthe Institution and to enter into contracts for the purposes of this Act; \r\n(b) govern and regulate finance, accounts and investments of the \r\nInstitution, and for that purpose appoint such agents and auditors as \r\nthe Board may deem fit; \r\n(c) determine the form, custody and use of the common seal of the \r\nInstitution; \r\n(d) collaborate with the Government, national and internatio nal \r\norganizations and educational institutions for the purposes of this Act; \r\n(e) devise and implement proper system of checks and balances within the \r\nInstitution; \r\n(f) appoint Principal of the Institution from a panel of three persons \r\nrecommended by the Management Committee; \r\n(g) frame regulations for the terms and conditions of service of advisors, \r\nconsultants, Principal and other members of teaching and \r\nadministrative staff of the Institution, and of the officers and employees \r\nof the Board; \r\n(h) consider and approve the annual budget of the Institution; \r\n(i) constitute the Management Committee and such other Committees as \r\nmay be required for carrying out the purposes of this Act; \r\n(j) receive and manage any property transferred, grants, bequests, trusts, \r\ngifts, donations, endowments and other contributions made to the \r\nInstitution, and to invest any fund representing such property, grants, \r\nbequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments or contributions, and to \r\nconvert one kind of property into another in such man ner as it may \r\ndeem fit; \r\n(k) frame regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act; and \r\n(l) do all such other acts and things incidental to the above powers. \r\n(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the \r\nBoard may delegate an y of its powers, duties or functions to the President, the \r\nManagement Committee, the Principal or to any other Committee constituted by the \r\nBoard, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed through regulations, \r\nexcept the following powers: \r\n(a) approval of regulations; \r\n(b) approval of annual budget of the Institution; \r\n(c) approval of investment or purchase of immovable property by the \r\nInstitution; and \r\n(d) transfer of immovable property of the Institution. \r\n(3) The Board or President may call for the record of any decision taken by \r\nthe Principal or by any other member of the teaching or administrative staff of the \r\nInstitution within ninety days of the decision, to evaluate correctness, legality or \r\npropriety of such decision, and to pass such directions a nd orders thereon as may \r\nbe deemed appropriate by the Board or the President, as the case may be. \r\n6. Business of Board.– (1) The Board shall meet at least thrice a year at such \r\ntimes as the President may, on his own motion or on the recommendation of the \r\nPrincipal, require and the Board shall transact its business in the meetings in such \r\nmanner as may be prescribed through regulations and until so prescribed, as may be \r\ndetermined by the Board. \r\n(2) One third of the total members of the Board or three member s of the \r\nBoard, whichever is higher, shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of the Board. \r\n(3) All questions at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority \r\nof votes of the members present and voting, and in case of equal votes, the \r\nPresident shall have the casting vote. \r\n(4) The provisions of this section shall apply  mutatis mutandis to meetings \r\nof the Management Committee and of any other Committee constituted by the \r\nBoard. \r\n(5) The Principal shall be the Secretary to the Board, and other \r\nCommittees constituted by the Board shall appoint their own Secretaries, and it shall \r\nbe the duty of a Secretary to keep and record the proceedings of a meeting in a \r\nminute-book. \r\n7. Powers and duties of President .– (1) The President or his nominee shall \r\npreside at the meetings of the Board. \r\n(2) The President may remove any person from the membership of the \r\nBoard if such person: \r\n(a) has become of unsound mind; or \r\n(b) has been incapacitated to function as member of the Board; or \r\n(c) has ceased to hold the position,  office or qualification which was pre -\r\nrequisite for his nomination or appointment as a member of the Board; \r\nor \r\n(d) has been convicted by a court of law for an offence involving moral \r\nturpitude; or \r\n(e) has failed to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board. \r\n(3)        An order for removal of a member of the Board under subsection (2) \r\nshall not be passed unless the person to be affected thereby is afforded an \r\nopportunity of being heard. \r\n8.         Principal.– An Institution shall have a Principal who shall be appointed by \r\nthe Board in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. \r\n9.         Powers and duties of Principal .– (1) The Principal shall be the Chief \r\nExecutive of the Institution and shall be responsible to the Board for c ontrol, \r\nmanagement and administration of the Institution. \r\n(2) The Principal shall be responsible for framing the annual budget and to \r\nsubmit it to the Board for consideration and approval before commencement of a \r\nfinancial year. \r\n(3) The Principal shall hav e authority to sanction all expenditure as \r\nprovided in the sanctioned budget and to re -appropriate funds from one major head \r\nof expenditure to another. \r\n(4) The Principal shall operate the accounts of the Board and the \r\nInstitution, and submit the quarterly statement of accounts thereof to the Board for \r\nconsideration. \r\n(5) Annual accounts of an Institution shall be audited by an external \r\nAuditor duly appointed by the Board on the close of every financial year, and the \r\naudited accounts shall be presented by the Principal to the Board for approval. \r\n(6) Notwithstanding any existing terms and conditions, the Principal shall \r\nhave the powers to appoint, suspend, remove and dismiss advisors, consultants and \r\nall members of the teaching and administrative staff of the I nstitution except the \r\nBursar, Heads of schools or departments, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Security \r\nOfficer, in such manner as may be prescribed: \r\nprovided that no order for suspension, removal or dismissal of an employee \r\nshall be passed unless the pers on to be affected thereby is afforded an opportunity \r\nof being heard. \r\n(7) Any person aggrieved by an order for suspension, removal or dismissal \r\npassed under subsection (6) may, within a period of thirty days of the decision, file \r\nan appeal to the Management  Committee, and the Management Committee shall \r\ndecide the appeal within sixty days. \r\n(8) The Principal may, in an emergency, take an action which is not \r\notherwise in the competence of the Principal but is in the competence of the Board. \r\n(9) The Principal sh all, within seven days of taking an action under \r\nsubsection (8), submit a report to the Board, and the Board shall, in its immediate \r\nnext meeting, pass such orders on the action taken by the Principal as it may deem \r\nappropriate. \r\n(10) The Principal may: \r\n(a) direct any member of the teaching and administrative staff, officers or \r\nother employees of the Institution to take up such assignments in \r\nconnection with the teaching, examination, administration and such \r\nother activities in relation to the Institution as he may deem necessary; \r\n(b) sanction, by re -appropriation, an amount for an unforeseen item not \r\nprovided for in the annual budget of the Institution; and \r\n(c) exercise such other powers as may be prescribed or as may be \r\nassigned to him by the Board from time to time. \r\n (11) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the \r\nPrincipal may delegate any of his powers, duties or functions to any member of the \r\nteaching or administrative staff of the Institution on such terms and conditions as h e \r\nmay deem fit. \r\n10.       Management Committee .– The Board of an Institution shall constitute a \r\nManagement Committee, consisting of not less than three members, for such \r\nduration as may be determined by the Board. \r\n11.       Powers and duties of Management  Committee.– (1) The Management \r\nCommittee shall recommend to the Board names of suitable candidates for \r\nappointment as Principal of the Institution in such manner as may be prescribed. \r\n(2) The Management Committee shall be responsible  for extending advice \r\nand assistance to the Principal as and when he may need it. \r\n(3) Notwithstanding any existing terms and conditions, the Management \r\nCommittee shall have powers to appoint, suspend, remove and dismiss the Bursar, \r\nHeads of schools or departments, Chief Medica l Officer and Chief Security Officer of \r\nthe Institution, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be \r\nprescribed: \r\nprovided that no order for suspension, removal or dismissal of an employee \r\nshall be passed unless the person to be affected there by is afforded an opportunity \r\nof being heard. \r\n(4) Any person aggrieved by an order for suspension, removal or dismissal \r\npassed under subsection (3) may, within a period of thirty days of the decision, file \r\nan appeal to the Board, and the Board shall decide the appeal in sixty days. \r\n(5) The Management Committee may co -opt any expert professional for \r\npurposes of appointments under this Act. \r\n12.       Fund.– An Institution shall have a fund to which shall be credited its income \r\nfrom fees, donations, trusts, b equests, endowments, contributions, grants and \r\nincome from any other source. \r\n13.       Regulations.– The Board may frame regulations to give effect to the \r\nprovisions of this Act. \r\n14.       Bar to  suits.– All acts done, orders passed or proceedings taken by an \r\nInstitution in good faith under this Act shall be final, and shall not be called in \r\nquestion in any court by a suit or otherwise. \r\n15.       Overriding effect.– Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for \r\nthe time being in force, all matt ers pertaining to disciplinary action in respect of the \r\nemployees of an Institution shall, to the exclusion of all other applicable laws, be \r\ngoverned by the regulations, and until such regulations are framed be governed by \r\nsuch procedure and in manner as m ay be determined by the Management \r\nCommittee. \r\n16.       Repeal and Savings .– (1) The Statutes, Regulations and Rules of the \r\nInstitutions are hereby repealed. \r\n(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Statutes, Regulations and Rules \r\nunder subsection (1): \r\n(a) everything done, action taken, obligations or liabilities incurred, rights \r\nand assets acquired, persons appointed or  authorized, jurisdiction or \r\npowers conferred, endowments, bequests, funds or trusts created, \r\ndonations or grants made, scholarships, studen tships or exhibitions \r\ninstituted, privileges granted and orders issued under any of the \r\nprovisions of the repealed Statutes, Regulations and Rules shall, if not \r\ninconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the regulations framed \r\nunder this Act, be continued and, so far as may be, be deemed to have \r\nbeen respectively done, taken, incurred, acquired, appointed, \r\nauthorized, conferred, created, made, instituted, granted and issued \r\nunder this Act, and any document referring to any of the provisions of \r\nthe repealed Statutes, Regulations and Rules, shall, be considered to \r\nrefer to the corresponding provisions of this Act and the regulations \r\nframed under this Act; \r\n(b) any regulations framed or deemed to have been framed under the \r\nrepealed Statutes, Regulations and  Rules shall, if not inconsistent with \r\nthe provisions of this Act, be deemed to be the regulations framed \r\nunder this Act and shall, having regard to the various matters which by \r\nthis Act have to be regulated or prescribed, respectively continue to be \r\nin fo rce, until repealed, rescinded or modified in accordance with the \r\nprovisions of this Act; \r\n(c) the Board of an Institution as constituted immediately before \r\ncommencement of this Act shall continue to exist and perform its \r\nfunctions and duties in accordance with the provisions of this Act till \r\nsuch time the Board is constituted under this Act; and \r\n(d) the Committees constituted under the provisions of the repealed \r\nStatutes, Regulations and Rules shall continue to function and shall, as \r\nfar as may be, exercise  the powers respectively assigned to the \r\ncorresponding Committees under this Act till such time these \r\nCommittees are constituted under this Act. \r\n17.       Removal of  difficulties.– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any \r\nprovision of this Act, th e Board may give such directions, not inconsistent with this \r\nAct, as it may consider necessary for the removal of such difficulty. \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n[See sections 2(c) and 3(1)] \r\n1.      The Aitchison College, Lahore \r\n2.      The Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur \r\n3.      The Lawrence College, Ghora Ghali Murree \r\n2[4.   Chenab Colleges established under the Jhang Educational Trust, Jhang]  \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n2Added by the Punjab  Educational Institutions (Reconstitution)  (Amendment) Act 2025  (LXXVI of 2025) , published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: September 23, 2025,p.1533, s.2.",
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