Section 9
University open to all persons irrespective of gender, class or creed.
The University of Allahabad Act, 2005
About this Act
An Act to declare the University of Allahabad to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The University shall be
open to all 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 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, physically handicapped or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for the employment or admission of women, physically handicapped or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.