Abstract:
"University" which is an educational institute should have an autonomy in administrative affairs, especially academic affairs. Such autonomy under the provisions of law is clearly specified in the Thai Constitution. Thus there appear special legal regulations laid down fort universities to perform 4 principal responsibilities : teaching, research, extension services to society and cultural preservation. These special legal regulations practically and legally differ from those of other state institutions. Consequently, the decentralization system of administration is commonly practiced by the state universities. Yet both the legal structure and the administrative system of such universities are not clear. Since autonomy is also applied to it, the university personnel administration is no longer under the administration of Civil Service Commission. (C.S.C.) but a separate entity is the form of committee named "University Civil Service Commission." (U.C.S.C.) This research aims at studying the appropriateness of the principal legal structure on university personnel administration for the university principal administration system. It is found that the principal law which is under the law of university personnel administration contains 5 sections specified in detail in the regulations for Ministry of University Affairs. In fact, the regulations for Ministry of University Affairs do not cover in detail the university personnel administration but rather give consent to using the government civil service commission's regulations. However, the application of civil service commission's regulations to university personnel administration is contradictory to the principle of university administration and university personnel administration. In principle and reality, the law which is written for a particular group of government officials is likely to suit for only such particular group. By the same taken to apply the law written for government officials from other departments is not appropriate for university personnels as well as university administrative system. By virtue of the force of law, it is seen that the regulations for Ministry of University Affairs are not as powerful as the University acts. Problems always arise from the application of the university acts to university personnel administration. Hence a remedy on the law or regulations applied to university personnel administration is examined. It is suggested that such law should be enacted as "University Act" to deal with university personnel administration in accordance with university affairs. It is also suggested that a Secretariat Office of the University Civil Service Commission is established as a Center for providing flexibility and facilities to university personnel administration and university academic affairs development. However the university personnel administration may accordingly follow the general personnel administration rules but with more emphasis on the moral principle.