Code of Conduct for Principal
1. The Principal shall perform the duties as may be assigned to him from time to time.
2. He shall be in charge of the units/sections and shall be responsible for their normal and
smooth working.
3. He shall look after day-to-day work of the Section/Unit of which he is in charge as per
the instructions from the higher authorities from time to time.
4. He shall be responsible for planning and scheduling of the entire work of the
section/unit/department well in advance and shall take the periodical reviews of its
execution.
5. He shall assign/reassign specific jobs to his subordinates, and shall also decide the
time dimension in respect of each of the jobs so assigned, where the norms are not laid
down.
6. He shall ensure and maintain proper co-ordination and follow up with other
Department/Unit/Section and shall be totally accountable for follow up actions on the
decisions given by the University authorities.
7. He shall be responsible for smooth and efficient running/working of the
section/unit/department and timely disposal of cases letters, bills, reports, returns etc.
and decide and maintain proper filling procedure.
8. He shall ensure that the cases/letters requiring immediate and urgent disposal are dealt
with immediately.
9. He shall deal with non-routine cases referred to him by the supervisory staff working
in his section/unit/department. He shall call meetings of his staff periodically and also
train the members of his department and provide guidance to all.
10. He shall keep exhaustive and self-contained notes of important papers pass down and
keep track of their movements till final disposal and also consider the proceedings of
the work.
11. He shall exercise constant vigilance, which is sine/quinoa of speedy and qualitative
disposal of work, safety of the record, regular and orderly behaviors of the staff.
12. He shall hold meeting every fortnight with teaching and non teaching staff to discuss
the arrears of work, procedural knot-point and other problems, which create
bottlenecks in the quick disposal of cases of his Unit/Department.
13. He shall appraise the plan which he may prepare and its time schedule to employees
working under him, watch results, appraise responses and motivate individuals
towards achievements of objectives. He shall also deal with staff in a just manner and
shall show no discrimination on whatever ground and would look after the welfare of
the employees working under him.