Section 8
University open to all classes, castes and creed.
The Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act, 2014
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of a University in the Bundelkhand region for the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of learning and pursuit of research in agriculture and allied sciences and declare it to be an institution of national importance.
The University shall be open to persons of
either sex and of whatever caste, creed, race 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 be admitted as a
student in the University or to graduate thereat or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for the employment or admission of women, persons with disabilities or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for the employment or admission of women, persons with disabilities or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens.