1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary as contained in the Statutes of the University, Readers serving in a University Department or in a Degree College managed and maintained by the University and engaged in advanced teaching and research and whose contribution and achievements are such as to merit recognition may be considered for merit promotion as Professors after completing atleast eight years of continued service as Readers (of which atleast four years should be in the College/University, Department where he is being considered for such assessment and promotion) on the recommendation of the Bihar State University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission under Merit Promotion Scheme, provided they exercise their prior option in writing for consideration under this Scheme. Accordingly, their pay fixation will be done under the 'Composite Scheme' of the U.G.C.

2. The basic objective of such promotion shall be-

(i) to recognise outstanding work by the University teachers in the areas of teaching and research;

(ii) to subject such work to objective evaluation by Experts in the subject/ areas concerned; and

(iii) to provide reasonable opportunities for professional advancement to such teachers, who merit academic recognition on the competitive basis.

3. The procedure for promotion under this Statute shall be as follows :-

(a) Not more than one third of the number of a total permanent position of

 

 

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Readers in a subject in the College and the University Department taken together, may hold such merit promotion as Professors provided that if in calculating the number of position for purposes of merit Promotion wherever more than point five (o.5) fraction arises, it will be rounded up as one (1.0) for giving such Promotion.

Provided further that in case there is only one permanent position of Reader in any subject, the case of the teacher holding that post may be considered for merit promotion, if he fulfills all other conditions prescribed under these Statutes for such promotion,

Note.—Permanent position of Readers in any subject shall include the permanent posts of Readers duly sanctioned and created."

(b)     Such promotion shall be deemed to be personal promotion. The main criteria for such promotion would be the merit of work and not the seniority of teachers.

(c)       The post of the reader who is promoted as Professor shall be deemed to be upgraded with effect from the date of such promotion and shall remain upgraded as such till the incumbent continues to hold the post but the same shall be converted to the post of Reader in the event of the incumbent's appointment to a higher post or when the post falls vacant due to his retirement, resignation, death or otherwise. Nothing in these Statutes shall construe to have created any vacancy or the post of Reader which has been upgraded as that of Professor.

(d)       The upgraded post shall be deemed to be a substantive post till the promotee holds it but any temporary vacancy on the post on account of the promotee being on leave or on foreign service or officiating or holding any other post on temporary basis, shall be that of Readers.

(e)       A Reader who is promoted as Professor shall, from the date of such promotion, draw his pay in the Professors' scale of Rs. 4500-5700 as admissible to the teachers opting for Merit Promotion Scheme under the 'Composite Scheme' of the U.G.C.

Provided that the fixation of pay in the Professors' scale shall be done with effect from the date of promotion and payment in that scale shall be made with effect from the date of such promotion.

(f)        The seniority of teachers promoted under these Statutes shall be determined from the date of promotion, but the inter-se seniority of teachers promotee on the same date shall be the same as they had on their lower post.

4. The promotion will depend on consideration and assessment of the work done by the teachers, such as publication of research papers, book, reviews and curriculum development, teaching aids, innovation in teaching methods, equipment development etc., presented by the individual teacher which shall be referred to atleast two referees in the subject/discipline concerned.

 

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5. The referees shall be selected by the Vice-Chancellor out of a panel prepared by the Inter University Board. The evaluation report of the referee shall be invalid if any of the two referees Selected by the Vice-Chancellor are from outside the panel prepared by the Inter University Board:

Provided that if the two referees do not agree, in such a case the papers of the candidate concerned shall be submitted to a third referee selected by the Vice-Chancellor out of the panel of Experts prepared by the Inter University Board.

6. The evaluation reports submitted by the referees shall be kept confidential:

7. The entire papers submitted by the teacher concerned along with the reports made by the referees, who have found him fit, shall be referred by the University to the Bihar State University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission for its recommendation. The Commission shall give due consideration to the opinion of the referees. There shall be atleast three outside Experts to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from the panel prepared by the Inter University Board who will assist the Commission in making its recommendation.

Provided that the evaluation report of the referees with all relevant records and papers shall have to be sent to the Commission by the University within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the report from the 2nd/3rd referees otherwise it shall cease to be operative.

Provided further that the Bihar State University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission shall send its recommendation within six months from the date of the receipt of the concerned papers from the University.

8. The appointment shall be made by the Syndicate in accordance with the recommendation of the Bihar State University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission.

9. Any teacher who has been considered and not selected from merit promotion in the initial presentation will be eligible to submit his work again only after a lapse of one year.

10. Teachers interested in such assessment and consideration for merit promotion shall be required to present their work to the Registrar of the University, through the Head of Department concerned, latest by the 31st December each year or a date to be fixed by the Vice-Chancellor. The University will generally take a decision before the beginning of the next academic year.

11. The University shall furnish to the University Grants Commission necessary particulars each year of the person promoted under the Scheme along with the reports of the referees, the recommendation of the Commission and the order of the Syndicate.

12. The Statute shall come into force in supersession of the Statutes approved by the Chancellor on 22.2.1984, vide Memo No. 359 and amendments, vide letter no. 164, dated 27.12.1984 and No. BSU-09/85-3742-GS (1) dated 24.11.1986.

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