1. For reason of sickness or any other incident on the request of scholar; his/her semester/s can be frozen by Authorities of University, after scrutinizing his/her request on genuine grounds of the incident occurred.
2. Students enrolled in the first semester cannot apply to freeze his semester. Only those students who have completed their first semester of the study may avail this facility.
3. Students absent without formal approval of deferment will be suspended, and may be subsequently dismissed.
4. Maximum allowed period in this case is two semesters.
5. Maximum study period in this case will remain same.
6. A student who wants to freeze his/her semester must forward the case through Departmental Admission Committee (DAC), concerned, Faculty Dean & Dean Research, approximately 15-20 days before midterm examination. After midterm examination his/her semester cannot be frozen.
7. Case will be placed in AS& RB meeting for approval/rejection. 
8. In case of approval of AS&RB for a semester freeze, a student will have to pay 30% of the semester tuition fee as a "semester freeze fee”. In case of non-payment, student will not be allowed to freeze the semester.
9. In case of one semester deferment he/she may join continuing semester within 10 days. The deferred semester he/she may join later when offered, failure to join may be considered as "Withdrawn".
10. In case, a student wants to withdraw his/her application from semester freeze, the missed semester which he/she by mistake may withdraw the request within seven (07) days from date of application

Note:  On the recommendation of GSMC, the Academic Council in its 74th meeting held on 19th August 2016 at item No. 08 approved the rules.