¹[5A. Effect of incorporation of Institute of Technology, Roorkee.—On and from the commencement of the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2002 (16 of 2002),—

(a) any reference to the University of Roorkee in any law (other than this Act) or in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a reference to the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee;

(b) all property, movable and immovable, of or belonging to the University of Roorkee, shall vest in the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee;

(c) all rights and liabilities of the University of Roorkee shall be transferred to, and be the rights and liabilities of, the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee;

(d) every person employed by the University of Roorkee immediately before such commencement shall hold his office or service in the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension, leave, gratuity, provident fund and other matters as he would have held the same if this Act had not been passed, and shall continue to do so unless and until his employment is terminated or until such tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions are duly altered by the Statutes:

Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment may be terminated by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in accordance with the terms of the contract with the employee or, if no provision is made therein in this behalf, on payment to him by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee of compensation equivalent to three months remuneration in the case of permanent employees and one months remuneration in the case of other employees:

Provided further that any reference, by whatever form of words, to the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Roorkee in any law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or other document, shall be construed as a reference to the Director and the Deputy Director, respectively, of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee; and

(e) on the commencement of the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2002 (16 of 2002), the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Roorkee, appointed under the provisions of the Roorkee University Act, 1947 (U.P. Act IX of 1948) shall be deemed to have been appointed as Director under the Act, and shall hold office for a period of three months or till such time the Director is appointed, whichever is earlier.

Explanation.—The reference in this section to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee as the reference to the date on which the provisions of the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2002 (16 of 2002) come into force.]

1. Ins. by Act 16 of 2002, s. 5 (w.e.f. 21-9-2001).