If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body of the University, or whether any decision of any authority or officer of the University 1[ including any question as to the validity of a Statute, Ordinance or Regulation, not being a Statutes or Ordinance made or approved by the State Government or by the Chancellor] is inconformity with this Act or the Statutes or the Ordinances made thereunder, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor and the decision of the Chancellor thereon shall be final ; Provided that no reference under this section shall be made (a) more than three months after the date when the question could have been raised for the first time ; (b) by any person other than an authority or officer of the University or a person aggrieved ; Provided further that the Chancellor may in exceptional circumstances (a) act suo motu or entertain a reference after the expiry of the period mentioned in the preceding proviso ; (b) where the matter referred relates to a dispute about the election, and the eligibility of the person so elected is in doubt, pass such orders of stay, as he thinks just and expedient ; (c) 2[ * * * ]
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority or other body of the University, or whether any decision of any authority or officer of the University <sup><b>1</b></sup>[ including any question as to the validity of a Statute, Ordinance or Regulation, not being a Statutes or Ordinance made or approved by the State Government or by the Chancellor] is inconformity with this Act or the Statutes or the Ordinances made thereunder, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor and the decision of the Chancellor thereon shall be final ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>Provided that no reference under this section shall be made<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (a) more than three months after the date when the question could have been raised for the first time ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (b) by any person other than an authority or officer of the University or a person aggrieved ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>Provided further that the Chancellor may in exceptional circumstances<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (a) act suo motu or entertain a reference after the expiry of the period mentioned in the preceding proviso ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (b) where the matter referred relates to a dispute about the election, and the eligibility of the person so elected is in doubt, pass such orders of stay, as he thinks just and expedient ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (c) <sup><b>2</b></sup>[ * * * ]<br> <br>