Question : NOTICE TO PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

(a) whether University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued notice to some private Universities for running off-campus centres outside their territorial jurisdiction and illegally granting affiliation to colleges in a blatant violation of its regulations;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether UGC has also issued a public notice against State Private Universities which have affiliated colleges and started off-campus centres beyond the territorial jurisdiction of their State;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the action Government propsoes to take in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a) to (e): According to the University Grants Commission, all the privately funded State Universities have been advised by the Commission to stop their operations, if any, beyond their territorial jurisdiction as off-campus/study centres/affiliation to colleges and centres operating through franchises, which would be violative of the decision of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Prof. Yash Pal Vs. State of Chhattisgarh and others.