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(i) The award once made will be tenable from the stage at which it is given to the
completion of course subject to good conduct and regularity in attendance. It will be
renewed from year to year provided that within a course which is continuous for a
number of years, the scholar secures promotion to the next higher class irrespective of
the fact whether such examinations are conducted by a University or the Institution.
(ii) If a student with disabilities pursuing Group-I courses above, (in case of post-matric
scholarship) fails in the examination for the first time, the award may be renewed. For

second and subsequent failure in any class, the student shall bear his/her own expenses
until he/ she secures promotion to the next higher class.
(iii) If a scholar is unable to appear in the annual examination owing to illness and or on
account of any other unforeseeable event, the award may be renewed for the next
academic year on submission of medical certificate and/or other required sufficient
proof to the satisfaction of the Head of the Institution and his/her certifying that the
scholar would have passed had he appeared in the examination.
(iv) If according to the Regulations of a University /Institution, a student is promoted to the
next higher class even though he/ she may not have actually passed in lower class and is
required to take examination of the junior class again after sometime, he/she will be

entitled to scholarship for the class to which he/ she is promoted if the student is
otherwise eligible for scholarship.

14.8. OTHER CONDITIONS
(i) The scholarship is dependent on the satisfactory progress and conduct of the scholar. If

it is reported by the Head of the Institution at any time that a scholar has by reasons of
his/her own act of default failed to make satisfactory progress or has been guilty of
misconduct such as resorting to or participating in strikes, irregularity in attendance
without the permission of the authorities concerned etc., the authority sanctioning the
scholarship may either cancel the scholarships or stop or withhold further payment for
such period as it may think fit.

(ii) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statements, his/her
scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid will be
recovered, at the discretion of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disability, Government of India. The student concerned will be blacklisted and debarred
for scholarship in any scheme forever.

(iii) A scholarship awarded may be cancelled if the scholar changes the subject of the course
of study for which the scholarship was originally awarded.

(iv) A scholar is liable to refund the scholarship amount at the discretion of the Deptt. of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India, if during the course of
the year, the studies for which the scholarship has been awarded, is discontinued by

him/her.

(v) Maintenance allowance is payable from 1st April or from the month of admission,
whichever is later, to the month in which the examinations are completed, at the end of
the academic year (including maintenance allowance during holidays), provided that if

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