(1)On and from the date of commencement of this Act, following Acts shall stand repealed: -

(a)Jharkhand State University Act00 (Adapted) including all its Amendments;

(b)The Jharkhand University of Technology Act11;

(c)Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University Act16; and

(d)Pandit Raghunath Murmu Tribal University Act22.

(2)Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Acts as mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section, -

(a)all actions taken prior to the commencement of the this Act, by the respective Universities or any action taken by the State Government shall continue to hold until or unless repealed or amended after passing of this Act;

(b)any person holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act as Vice Chancellor of the University shall, on such commencement, continue to hold the said office till his term of office as Vice Chancellor of that University would have expired had he continued to be as such unless he ceases to be the Vice Chancellor by reason of death, resignation or otherwise before the expiry of his term of office as aforesaid and shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred and imposed on the Vice Chancellor of the respective University by or under this Act;

(c)all colleges which stood affiliated to the University immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to be affiliated to that University under this Act till their affiliation is withdrawn by that University under this Act and is notified in the Official Gazette with affiliation to a new University along with the jurisdiction of the said University;

(d)all other educational institutions which were entitled to any privileges of the University shall be entitled to similar privileges of that University;

(e)all property, movable or immovable, and all rights, interest of whatsoever kind, powers and privileges of the University shall stand transferred to and shall, without further assurance, vest in, that University and be applied to the objects and purposes for which that University is constituted;

(f)all notifications, orders, directions, Statutes, ordinances and rules made or issued by any authority or by the State Government under the repealed Act as mentioned in Schedule I shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force and be deemed to have been made or issued under this Act by that authority or by the State Government until they are superseded or modified under this Act;

(g)notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken on the recommendation of Jharkhand Public Service Commission or Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission under the Acts of the University shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act as if this Act was enforced on the day on which such thing was done, or such action was taken; and

(h)this Act shall supersede all orders, rules, regulations notified either by the State Government, State Universities, Jharkhand Public Service Commission or Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission which are contrary to the provisions of this Act.