The Tezpur University Act,1993
Section 7. University open to all classes castes and creed
The university shall be open to persons of either sex and of whatever caste, creed , race or class , and it shall not be lawful for the university to adopt or impose on any person, any test whatever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be appointed as a teacher of the university or to hold any other office therein or be admitted as a student in the university or to graduate thereto or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereto; UNIVERSITY open to a ll classes, castes and creed.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the university from making special provisions for the employment or admission of woman , physically handicapped or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and , in particular , of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes