(1)No citizen of India shall be excluded from any office of the University or from membership of any of its authorities, bodies or committees, or from appointment to any post, or from admission to any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground only of sex, race, creed, class, caste, place of birth, religious belief or profession or political or other opinion:

Provided that,the University may maintain, accredit, or recognise any college or institution exclusively for women, or reserved for women.

(2)The University shall adopt the reservation policy of the State Government for appointment to different posts of teachers and non-teaching staff, considering University as a Unit, and for the purpose of admission of students in the constituent colleges, University departments or University institutions:

Provided that,for Universities mentioned under Schedule-III, this provision shall be applicable, only for University Departments.