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Hostel Rules & Regulations

  

Hostel Rules & Regulations

These rules are applicable to both Men / Ladies Hostels.

1.    All movements from and to the hostels should be recorded in the movement register kept with the security guard at the entrance of the hostel and should be properly   signed.

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Attendance: 

o    The attendance timing is 9.00 to 9.30 pm for ladies hostel.

o    In the case of Men’s hostel all hostellers have to be present in their respective rooms and keep open the rooms between 9:30 pm &10:30 pm every day (except Saturday for Men's Hostel) to enable the Wardens / Block Supervisors to take the attendance.

2.    The hostellers will be permitted to change their rooms only after  Warden’s approval. 

3.    The hostel rooms are subject to inspection by the University / Hostel authorities to make sure that they are kept neat and tidy and no unauthorized items like liquor, drugs, lethal weapons etc., are kept in the room. Possession of any lethal weapons or any instrument / contrivance, which is likely to cause physical harm to others, is strictly prohibited. 

4.    Perfect silence is to be maintained in the hostel premises including rooms, bathrooms, dining halls, corridors, common areas etc., Every student of the hostel should have the civic responsibility that he or she should not be a cause inconvenience, annoyance or disturbance to others. 

5.    The hostellers should not enter into any unnecessary conversation, quarrel or altercation with the hostel staff. If anyone has any complaint against any employee of the hostel, a written complaint against the person is to be lodged with the Warden. Use of abusive, vulgar and unparliamentarily language against the hostel/mess staff is strictly forbidden. Any complaint received from staff/faculty towards students will be taken action seriously. 

6.    If any hosteller is found indulging in any form of instigation / intimidation / threat to any other hostellers he / she will be asked to vacate the hostel forthwith. In this regard, the decision of the Chief Warden is final and binding on the individual's concerned. 

7.    Smoking is prohibited in the hostel buildings. Gambling in any form such as playing cards (even without money at stake), consumption of alcohol, use of drugs and narcotics and even possession of such things are prohibited. Anyone found indulging in the use of such things will not only be asked to vacate the hostel but also be rusticated from the University. 

8.    Students are not allowed to play skating rollers and other outdoor games inside the hostel to prevent breakages and accidents. Sliding along the hand rails/rest of stairs and fast running/ climbing down should be totally avoided to prevent accidents. 

9.    When leaving the rooms for attending classes or for vacation, etc., fans, electrical gadgets, lights etc., should be switched off. Glass windows are to be closed securely. 

10. Students absenting themselves from regular classes will have to take the permission of the Warden and communicate the information to the Chief Warden. 

11. Hostellers coming to the Hostel after the gate closing hours without prior permission or without valid reason would be fined. Regular late comers will not be allowed to stay in the hostel. 

12. Clock alarms should be switched off, when not in use. There have been instances when students have set the alarm and gone on long leave, and some of them ringing for hours and spoiling the peace of fellow hostellers. 

13. Water should be carefully used and not wasted. 

14. Wrong entry, improper / lack of entry in exit register, signing on behalf of another person, tampering with the entries, proxy attendance and misguidance of any nature are punishable. In case of any quarrel between or among room mates it should be reported to the Warden for appropriate action. 

15. Absentees / Latecomers (without prior permission from the Warden) will be suitably punished. 

16. Students coming late / or absent regularly will be expelled from the Hostel. Such students shall not be readmitted under any circumstances.  

 Mess Timings and Rules

1. The meal timings are displayed at the entrance of the dining hall. These timings are to be strictly adhered to. It is not obligatory on the part of the kitchen/dining hall staff to serve the meals outside the prescribed timings. 
2. Dining hall furniture like chairs, tables, etc., and utensils like stainless steel tumblers, plates, spoons etc., are not to be taken out of the dining hall. If anyone is found taking these dining hall properties out, he/she will be suitably penalized. 
3. The hostel kitchen is strictly "Out of Bounds" for the students/parents/guardians. 
4. Sick person will be served mess food in the room, only if the student registers their name with the Warden. 
5. The hostellers shall not waste food, electricity & water. Wastage of food is a national loss. If anyone is found indulging in such wastage, he/she will be asked to vacate the hostel, since wastage causes unnecessary and unavoidable expenditure to others. 

 Damages and Recovery

1. Rough handling of dining hall furniture, room furniture or any furniture / property or fittings of the hostel is strictly forbidden. 
2. The cost of damages will be recovered in the following manner:
• If any individual or group is identified to have caused the damage, double the cost will be recovered from him/her/group.
• If damage is done in anyone of the rooms and the person(s) is / are not identified then double the cost will be recovered from the room-mates collectively.
• If a damage is done outside the rooms i.e., in common places like corridors, bathrooms, recreation halls, mess etc., and the person(s) is/ are not identified, then double the cost will be recovered, floor wise or block wise or on the whole, as the case may be. Repetition of damage to the hostel property will result in expulsion from the hostel.

 Health Care

1.    24 hours Medical facility is available in the campus. 

2.    Any hosteller, who is not well, should report to the Warden / resident Doctor for appropriate advice. 

3.    If the sick person requires medical care by outside hospital at any time, a form meant for the same should be filled along with the signature of the patient if possible or by the accompanying person and submitted to Warden/ Superintendent/ Additional Superintendent for arranging the ambulance. 

4.    If the situation warrants, admission to an outside hospital as inpatient, the same is to be reported to the Chief Warden immediately.

5.    If any sick hosteller requires special diet, the individual should inform the mess supervisor through the warden concerned for making suitable provisions.

 Other Facilities

1. English newspapers and magazines are provided in each hostel. Hostellers are requested to make best use of them.
2. Common TV viewing rooms are provided and they are open upto 10:30 pm. (11:00 pm on Saturday) so as to allow the hostellers to get back to their hostel room before the silence hour starts. The above TV timings would be very strictly observed without exception what so ever. However, during study holidays and exam period TVs shall not be operated. 

XI. Ragging

Ragging in any form (making unpleasant noise, disorderly conduct, doing any act which causes or likely to cause physical or psychological harm or raise apprehension or fear of shame or an embarrassment to the new student, which include teasing, abusing, playing practical jokes on or causing hurt to such students or asking the new student to do any act or to perform such things which such student will not in the ordinary course willingly do) is strictly forbidden. If anyone is found guilty of ragging he/ she will be expelled and also liable for prosecution under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1997 which will result in a minimum punishment with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to a fine of Rs.10,000/-


  Timings :
                   WI FI   :  5.45 TO 10.30 
                     TV     :  5.45  TO 10.30


MESS Timings:
                 Break Fast:  8.30 to 10.00
                 lunch          : 1.15 t0  2.15 
               Snacks         : 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm
                Dinner          :  Girls    : 8.00 to 8.30
                                           Boys  : 8.30 to 9.30

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