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87The Chairperson, who is appointed by the President will convene the committee upon receipt of a request of an appeal against disciplinary action from a student, and will forward its recommendation to the Dean.A student may appeal against the Grievance Redressal Committee%u2019s decision to the president whose decision is final.9.5.2.4 Formal proceedingsCommencement of Proceedings:The aggrieved party may commence formal proceedings by means of a grievance sent to the Chairperson of the Grievance Redressal Committee with a copy to the Dean.The grievance shall identify the aggrieved party as the %u201cGrievant%u201d and shall name the other party (concerned student, faculty, departments / offices) as the %u201cRespondent%u201d.Within five working days of receipt of the grievance, the Chairperson shall reply in writing, sending copies of the reply to the Dean and the Grievant. The reply shall set forth with particularity the position of the respondent with respect to each allegation of the grievance.If majority members of the Grievance Redressal Committee, after an opportunity for argument by the parties, agrees that for any of the reasons set out in this section a hearing is not warranted, the grievance shall be dismissed, in whole or in part, and the matters dismissed shall be deemed closed.On the determination that a hearing is warranted, the Chairperson shall establish a schedule for the hearing. Grievances shall be heard and decided with reasonable dispatch, and ordinarily shall be completed within five working days after the determinationthat a hearing is warranted. However, due consideration shall be given to the academic calendar of the university.A grievance procedure is not a formal judicial proceeding. Its purpose is to provide a fair evaluation of an allegation that a right or privilege has been violated. In order to achieve that end, the Grievance Redressal Committee shall have authority to call any material witness who is a member of the university faculty, administration, or staff and any other student who is willing to testify; to question parties and witnesses; to exclude matters it deems irrelevant; to place reasonable limits on arguments, the presentation of evidence, and the questioning of witnesses by the parties.The university will make a reasonable effort to facilitate the appearance of all faculty, administration, staff and students reasonably called to testify.The procedure at the hearings shall be informal but shall comply with the requirements of fairness to the parties.A party shall be entitled to inspect and copy, in advance of the hearing, all relevant documents in the control of the other party and not privileged and may offer such documents or excerpts there from in evidence.The parties shall be entitled to present opening and closing statements.