

Provided further that, if there is no Principal of a College as member of the Faculty, the Faculty shall elect its own Dean. Provided that, if there is more than one such College in the Faculty, the Principals of the Colleges who are member of Faculty shall hold the office of the Dean of the Faculty by rotation according to seniority. (2) If there is no University Professor or Reader in the Faculty, the Principal of the College, admitted to the privileges of the University, in the Faculty, shall be the Dean of the Faculty.

Provided further that no person shall be the Dean of the Faculty for two consecutive terms. In such an eventuality the Dean shall be appointed out of the other Professor(s) or Reader(s) accordingly to seniority. Provided further that if a person is on leave for three months or more than three months he will not be considered for appointment as Dean. Provided further that Professors/Readers from such departments as are engaged in imparting instructions and doing research work shall be eligible for appointment as Dean of the Faculty. Provided that if in any Faculty there is only one Professor, the Deanship shall rotate between the Professor and the seniormost Reader in the Faculty.

(1) The Dean of the Faculty shall be appointed from amongst Professors in each Faculty by rotation according to seniority. Omitted vide Section 6 of the Punjabi University (Amendment) Act, 1969. "The Act" means the Punjabi University Act, 1961, as amended by the Punjabi University (Amendment) Act, 1962, Punjabi University (Amendment) Act, 1969, Punjabi University (Amendment) Act, 1975, Punjabi University (Amendment) Act, 1976 and Punjabi University (Amendment) Act, 1983.
