College Hostel

A. ADMISSION TO THE HOSTEL
College authorities are not bound to provide hostel accommodation to every one. However, accommodation will be provided subject to availability.

The hostel accommodation will be given to students seeking admission in the medical colleges, domiciled in places other than the city in which the medical college is situated. Day scholars need not apply except under special circumstances.

The Principal, on recommendations of the warden may refuse admission or reject the application of a student if he is satisfied that he is not a desirable person to live in the hostel.

There are separate hostels for boys and girls students. These hostels are open only to students on the respective college roll.

Seats shall be allotted by the Warden in order of seniority which will be determined by the year of study and by the marks obtained at the last University / Promotion examination. Failure in a class will be a discredit.

In making the allotment the warden will also take into consideration the status of a boarder as well as his conduct and character.

Students whose hostel dues are in arrears will not be eligible for allotment.

Fifth year remanded students may be provided hostel accommodation during the regular session subject to availability.

No boarder is allowed to change his seat or accommodation without special permission of the Warden concerned.

If a student who is allotted hostel accommodation is not personally residing and found by the administration miss-using the room i.e. keeping unlawful or illegal occupants, his allotment will be cancelled and the case will be referred to the Disciplinary Committee for further necessary action.
B. HOSTEL FEE & SUBSCRIPTION
Hostel fees and subscription are payable by the students for the full year along with the college fee:-

i). Hostel fee (room rent) Rs. 50/ per month.

ii). Security deposit at the time As determined by Government of admission. from time to time.

iii). Subscription to common room.

iv). Electricity charges. According to actual consumption.

v). Sui gas charges.

NOTE- I The warden of a hostel may determine the rates of electricity and gas charges based upon the actual expenditure.
NOTE- II If the security deposited is not claimed within three years after leaving the college the same amount shall be credited to the common room fund.

NOTE- III The student will be allowed to use electrical appliances like fridge, electric heater, electric iron and desert cooler etc. Those who will use these appliances will be charged extra for electricity as decided by the Hostel Warden. However, it will be kept in mind while permitting the use of above, whether electrical wiring of the hostel can take that load or not.

Money shall be deposited in advance for six months at the start of the session. Unauthorized appliances will be confiscated.

C. MESS RULES
Mess will be managed by the students under the supervision of the assistant warden. All boarders shall eat from the respective messes.

Members may elect their own mess manager. Cost of living will depend upon the taste, likes and dislikes of the students themselves.

Students must settle their accounts with the shops every month regularly. Accounts with the shops, whenever due will be recovered from the student's security deposit.

Meals must be served in the Dining Room and must not be taken in the living rooms.

Members intending to be absent from a meal must notify the manager /cook at least 12 hours before, otherwise they will be charged for it.

Each student will deposit in the Hostel office a sum of Rs.500/- for Pakistani students and Rs.1000/- for foreign students as mess advance (security). No seat will be allotted to any student unless mess advance has been deposited by him. Any student who does not pay the mess advance at least 24 hours before the allotment will lose the seniority of allotment.

The warden of the hostels can fix the mess security according to the prevalent market prices of eatables.

Mess advance will be returned after adjusting the students accounts only when they finally leave the hostel.

Members will pay expenditure of previous months before the 7th of every month after which the assistant warden with the permission of the warden may debar any student from the use of mess till the latter has paid the expenses/plus a penalty of Rs. 10/-per day.

On return from vacations members shall clear their accounts of the last working month within five days of their return to the hostel. Defaulters shall be liable to penalty prescribed in clause (h). The hostel clerks under the supervision of the warden will maintain the accounts. The cooks will draw money from the clerk twice a week. This will be done on a written request on the printed form from the mess manager. The mess manager will be responsible for maintenance of proper mess account who will submit the detailed statement for the amount drawn by him to the warden on the first day of the following month without fail.

Miscellaneous fund @ Rs. `100/- per month shall be paid by each member to cover miscellaneous expenses including the monthly remuneration to the part time workers etc.

Membership strength of a mess of one Kitchen will be 150 students. The number of servant allowed for each is one servant for twelve members . In addition there will be a cook and an assistant cook (masalchi) in each mess.

Members inviting guests should intimate their intentions to the mess manager/cook at least 12 hours before the meals are served to them

All servants of the kitchen shall be under the control of assistant warden who may recommend punishment such as warning, penalties for bad meal preparation etc. and all complaints against them shall be dealt with by him.

Appointments of servant will be made by the warden.

Only bonafide student will be eligible for mess membership.

Any member may forfeit the right of membership if his conduct is found unsatisfactory or if he does not abide by the rules of the mess but no member shall be dismissed without the sanction of the Principal.
D. GENERAL RULES
Fees and subscription once paid shall not be refunded in full or in part.

The students failing to pay the required fee and subscription by the fixed date will be charged penalty of Rs. 100/- month (part of a month will be reckoned as full month) and shall be ejected from the college hostel if their accounts remain due for three successive months. The students will lose the right of seniority at the time of annual allotment if any of their dues are in arrears.

Final year remanded students waiting to appear in the supplementary examination are required to pay the hostel fee and subscription for the period they stay beyond the time for which they had paid during the regular session. The students of other classes who join the hostel after general allotment will be charged from the date of joining till the end of year at the rates prescribed in paragraph 'B' of the hostel rules.

If any student leaves the hostel without settlement of the hostel dues, the amount outstanding against him will be recovered from his security deposit and the student will be fined Rs. 100/- in addition.

Appointments of kitchen servants shall be made by the warden who shall arrange for a complete medical examination before the appointment of the candidate to ensure that they are free from any communicable disease. Their medical examination will be arranged periodically.

Prefects (senior boarders with good academic record and conduct) and assistant warden shall assist the warden in carrying out his duties.

The assistant warden is authorized to punish the boarder for any irregularities or breach in discipline by way of fine not exceeding Rs. 100/-

Fees and subscription for full session are to be paid in the Principal’s office along with the college fee on the dates fixed by the Principal.

The fine incurred on the students in the hostels will be deposited in a separate head in a bank operable by the warden and will be used for the welfare of the students in the hostel.
E. DISCIPLINE
The warden is responsible for maintenance of proper discipline in the hostel. He is authorized to punish students for any irregularities, neglect of duties or breach of discipline. The warden for any breach of discipline may punish the students by way of a fine not exceeding Rs. 500/-. Complaints proved to be correct after inquiry by the assistant warden shall be brought to the notice of the Principal for information to the parents of the boarders.

Appeals against the orders of the assistant warden shall be made to the warden and those of the warden to the Principal.

No gathering or meeting of boarders shall be allowed in the hostel premises in any case.

No newspapers, periodicals, magazines or any other publication other than those authorized by the Principal shall be brought into the hostels by any boarder.

Every part of the hostel premises shall be open for inspection etc. to the assistant warden, warden, members of the disciplinary committee and the Principal.

No waste shall be interfered with but those must not impede the arrangement for the neatness and cleanliness of the room and premises generally.

Furniture must not be shifted from one room to another.

All damages shall be repaired at the expense of the boarders responsible for the same.

No religious ceremony likely to injure the feelings of the boarders shall be performed in the hostel.

No boarder shall indulge in any amusement, which disturbs other boarders.

Every boarder shall be in his room by 10.30 p.m. (except those who are on night duty in hospital). The assistant warden will go round the hostel at 10.30 p.m. to take the roll call of the students. Boarders are prohibited from leaving the hostel after 10.30 p.m. Any boarder who wishes to stay out after this time, shall take prior permission from the warden. Late comers after the roll call will first report to the assistant warden of their hostel before going to their rooms. Infringement of this rule is a serious offence.

Applications for withdrawal from the hostel should be submitted to the warden.

Any boarder found guilty of persistent violation of rules shall be suspended or dismissed/rusticated from the hostel by the warden.

No boarder shall stay out for the night or spend the week end without prior permission of the warden.

Spitting in public or private rooms, verandahs or stairs is strictly prohibited.

All waste papers and refuse must be placed in receptacles provided for the purposes.

Defacing walls and fixtures is strictly prohibited.

All cases of sickness must be reported to the assistant warden at once for necessary action who may intimate the fact to the warden.

The college is not responsible for loss of any property of the boarders.

Boarders are warned against interfering with the electric fittings.

The use of liquour, other drugs of addiction in the hostel premises is strictly prohibited.

Fire-arms, daggers and iron knuckles etc. are strictly prohibited. Defaulters shall be rusticated.

Any student who is absent from hostel without permission for a period of more than one week, will automatically forfeit his allotment in hostel. Warden will open his room, store the belongings in the store room after making an inventory. The student on return will seek re-allotment of accommodation in the usual way.

Any student who is unable to occupy his allotted seat in the hostel by the notified date for reasons, other than certified illness, for which he will submit a certificate, before the due date will also forfeit his allotment in the usual manner.

No student is allowed to have any political affiliation. Any student involved in such activities is liable to be expelled from the hostel. No political gathering in the form of welcoming parties to new first year class in the hostel is allowed and residents involved in the activity shall be reported to the disciplinary committee.

The hostel authorities will not be responsible for loss of anything from the student’s room. But loss if any should be immediately reported to the assistant warden who may report to the warden. Students are advised not to keep a large sum or other costly items in the room.
F. VISITORS
Rights of admission to the hostel premises are reserved.

No stranger shall be admitted inside the hostel premises without the permission of the warden.

No guest shall be allowed to reside in the hostel. Violation of this rule will render the boarder liable for rustication from the hostel in addition to any other penalty which the warden may deem fit.

Boarders are not allowed to keep motor cycle/car in the hostel when the college and hospital are adjacent to the hostel. However, this can be allowed in special circumstances by the warden. The boarder will pay parking chargers, i.e. bicycle: Rs. 25- per month; motor cycle: Rs.50/- month and Rs.100/- per month for a motor car.

The visitors will be seated in the reception room and the students concerned will be informed by the peon after the entry has been made in the visitor’s book.

No female visitors are allowed to enter the male hostel under any circumstances. Only those female visitors can be entertained in the reception room whose names are given in the visitor's list which has been submitted /supplied in the hostel office duly signed by the parents or guardian of the boarder.
G. SPECIAL RULES FOR WOMEN STUDENTS COLLEGE AND HOSTEL
Each student on coming into residence in the hostel must bring with her necessary stock of linen.

Students must wear only simple clothes in the college and should provide themselves with white overalls for work in the laboratories.

Parents or guardians are required to send a list signed by them of friends and relatives of their daughter who may visit them.

No college boy unless permitted by a girl's parents or guardian in writing and approved by the warden may visit her in the women hostels.

Students may receive authorized visitors daily between the hour of 5.00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. At other times visitors may be received only with the written permission of the warden. The visitors will be seated in the reception room and will not be taken to living rooms.
All applications for leave, etc., must be submitted to the warden, 24 hours before the date of leave.

All students are required to take meals in the dining room. No student shall cook food in her room nor have food brought to her room.
Lights in the student's rooms must be out by 12:00 mid-night. After these hours no student is allowed to work in her room without special permission from the warden.
All students must be present for their roll call at 10:30 P.M. daily. After roll call, students are prohibited from leaving the hostel. Absence from roll call is a serious offence.
The college authorities do not hold themselves responsible for the loss of anything from the student room but any loss should be immediately reported to the warden. Students are advised not to keep a large sum of money or jewellery in their rooms.
No student may have pending bills at shops.
Prefects and Mess Presidents will be appointed and will be responsible of internal discipline and order in the hostel. Students bed rooms must be left tidy before they go to college.
Any student breaking any of the above rules is liable to be fined or in serious cases expelled from the hostel.