Hostel Mess is mandatory for all the hostel residents. Each resident student will automatically become member of the Hostel Mess and will pay for all the meals served in the Hostel Dining Hall.
The Mess System in the hostels of the University of Peshawar aims at obtaining greater participation of the students in their own affairs and also to prepare them to share administrative responsibility. This system, therefore, ensures a better management of the hostel system with the support of students under the supervision of Hostel Administration.
Each hostel shall have a Mess Committee consisting of the Warden as Chairman, the Assistant Warden as Treasurer, and four to seven representatives of the resident students recommended by the Warden and appointed by Provost for one quarter of a year in October, January, and April each year. The Mess Committee shall elect from amongst its members a student as its Secretary, who shall be responsible for managing the mess under the direction of the Warden and Mess Committee. The Mess Committee will prepare a weekly menu and will prescribe quantities of food material required and suggest the source and the manner of its purchase.
Hostel dues mentioned in Head 'a' officially called as 'University Official Dues' shall be collected at the source. Hostel Dues mentioned in sub rule 'iv' of head 'b' shall be collected by the Hostel Staff on proper Bank Receipt and will be deposited in the Hostel's Private Account. The Warden and the Provost shall jointly operate the Hostel Accounts. The Hostel staff shall maintain an up-to-date record of all the receipts and expenditure. The Warden will check the record regularly. The account is liable to be audited by the Mess Committee. Hostel dues and other food charges shall be disbursed with the prior approval of the Warden or' in his absence by the Provost
The Receipt books will be in the custody of the Warden.
The Mess Committee will be fully responsible for the management of the hostel food arrangements.
It shall prepare a monthly statement showing the amount due from each resident and shall put it on the Hostel Notice Board in the first week of each month for general information. The resident students shall clear their dues within three days of the notice, failing which a fine of Rs. 50, (Fifty) will be levied per day. If a resident student fails to clear the dues by the 15th" of the month, his / her serving of food shall be stopped and he/she will also render himself/herselfto expulsion from the hostel.
Meals shall be (taken) served in the Dining Hall between the hours fixed for each meal. No meal will be served in the room of a resident student unless he or she is suffering from serious illness and has been recommended by the Medical Officer to take his or her meal in room.
Residents are required to enter the Dining Hall in proper dress. Late or early meals shall be served with the prior approval of the Warden. This will be allowed only if the resident student has to attend lectures / practicals within the approved meal hours, or if he or she holds the Night Pass.
To establish close contact between the teachers and the students, faculty members will be requested to dine with the students in the hostel.
