THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, FAISALABAD, HOSTEL RULES

    F. Discipline

All bonafide University students are governed by the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Students (Discipline and Conduct) Regulations, 1978. However, the following additional rules have been framed to regulate day to day activities of boarders:–

(1)  Roll will be called daily at 8.00 to 9.00 p.m. Disciplinary action will be taken against habitual late comers to a hostel at night.

(2)  No gathering or meeting or group activities of unauthorized student bodies are allowed in the premises of a hostel.

(1)     No religious/social ceremony likely to injure the sentiments of other boarders is allowed in the hostel. No speaker from outside the University is permitted in the halls.

(4)  Every part of the hostel premises shall freely be opened to the hostel authorities for inspection at any time.

(5)  No boarder shall indulge in any amusement which may disturb other boarders. Use of V.C.R. is completely prohibited.

(6)  Other than electric lights and fans no electric appliances like electric heaters, air conditioners, T.V., V.C.R., musical instruments and exhaust fans etc. will be used in a hostel. Any how air cooler can be used after getting prior permission from the Hall Warden. But the boarder will have to pay fixed amount for the purpose. The use of electrical appliances is liable to lead to confiscation of the appliance alongwith a fine to be decided by the Hall Warden. The resident students may however, be allowed to use computers for academic purposes only.

(7)  Before leaving the room, all electric articles must be switched off, even for a short while. Leaving the room with light or fan switched on is an offence punishable with fine.

(8)  Firearms and other weapons, liquor, intoxicants, "Hukka" or other prohibited/ objectionable tabooed articles are not allowed to be kept / used in the hostel.

(9)  Addict students will be expelled from the hostel.

(10) It is the paramount duty of all the residents of the hostels to maintain cleanliness and healthy surroundings both in and outside their rooms. Spitting in rooms, verandas or on stairs, smoking in common rooms, dining halls and defacing walls and fixtures is strictly prohibited.

(11) Boarders are required to observe necessary precautions for the safe custody of their belongings/valuables. They must not leave their rooms unlocked. In such cases, Hall administration will not be responsible for any loss of property.

(12) All cases of sickness must be reported to the hall authorities for necessary help and assistance to them.

(13) The allotment of a student will be cancelled who remains himself/herself absent for one week from the hostel without prior permission/intimation to the concerning authority. However, he may seek re–admission as admissible under rules.

(14) The boarders are required to maintain discipline in the hostel. The following among other violations of the provisions of Code of Conduct, shall constitute acts of indiscipline for which action may be taken against the student(s) concerned: –

(a)     Breach of any rule of public morals, such as: –

(i)   Use of indecent or filthy language in the premises of residential halls;

(ii)   Use of immodest, improper and provocative dress;

(iii)  Use of undesirable remarks or gestures;

(iv)  Disorderly behaviour, such as, fooling, shouting, abusing, quarrelling, fighting and insolence, indecency, profligacy and debauchery;

(b)     Defiance of authority;

(c)     Impersonation purgery, giving false information, wilful suppression of information, cheating, deceiving and stealing etc.;

(d)     Shouting of slogans derogatory to the prestige of the University or the reputation of its teachers and Officers;

(e)     Use of intoxicants;

(f)      Keeping of licensed or unlicensed firearms or entering the hostel with arms;

(g)     Immorality, failure to comply with a penalty imposed by a disciplinary authority;

(h)     Actions defamatory and derogatory to Islam and Pakistan, spreading false news, rumours or panic, conviction for any criminal by a Court of Law.

(i)      Misbehaviour with a teacher or any other University official.

(15) The hall authorities are responsible for maintaining discipline in the hostel and are authorized to admonish students for any irregularity or breach of discipline.

(16) The Hall Superintendent, Associate Hall Warden or Hall Warden may punish a student for breach of any discipline by way of a fine not exceeding to Rs. 100/– in each case. Admonitions will be reported in writing. Three admonitions in a semester or any serious offence will be brought to the notice of the University authorities for appropriate action.

(17) Boarders violating the above mentioned rules shall be punished, suspended/ expelled from the hostel. An expelled student may however be re–admitted in the hostel, only once, during his/her stay in the University.