Section 47. Reference to the Chancellor

If any question arises whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, member of any authority or other body of the University or whether any decision of any authority or the officer of the University (including any question as to the validity of a Statute) is in conformity with this Adhiniyam, or the Statutes made thereunder the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor and the decision of the Chancellor thereon shall be final: Provided that no reference under this section shall be made:- (a) more than three months after the date when the question could have been raised for the first time, (b) by any person other than an authority or officer of the University or a person aggrieved: Provided further that the Chancellor may in exceptional circumstances,- (a) act suo motu or entertain a reference after the expiry of the period mentioned in the preceding proviso; (b) where the matter referred relates to a dispute about the election, and the eligibility of the person so elected is in doubt, pass such orders of stay as he thinks just and expedient.