tee aligarhmuslim university (amendment) bill, 1978 , l-to "je/as introduced in )ok $abba i 1 - page 2, line 28,-for "utter prade sh " ~ "uttar prade sh" , 2 fage 4, line 10,-"word" ~ "words" 3 page 4, line 12,-for "substtiuted" read "substituted" 4 page 4,' line 33,-after "such authority" om!t "of the" 5 page 4, line 34,-(i) omit "uni ver si ty" (ii) after "opinion" inse~t "in writing" 6 page 4, line 35,-· q1!!il "shall bt:j in writing and" 7 page 5, ~lne 2,-fgr "sanction, disallow" ~ "sanction or disallow it, it 8 page 9, line 16,-t:21: ii alumini" ~ "alumni" 9 page 11, line 36,-( i ) af te r "ye ar " in se r t "0 r " (ii) after ii~o be" insert "the" 10  p age 11 , line 37,-omi t "continue to be" 11 page 14, line 23,-al'ter "of the" insert "aligarh muslim" 12 page 14, line 27,-for "au thori ty" read "court, the executive councilor the finance commi ttee " 13 page 14, line 29,-after "act," id,sert "as" 14 page 14, line 37,-after "departments" in~ert "of the ajigarh muslim university" 15 page 15, line 2,-aiter ''by the" in~~rt "aligarh muslini" 16 page 19, line 12,-for "benefation" read ''benefac tion 11 , " ~ i ; 17 page 19, line 14, - ~, , tqr "te samentary" read "te stamentary" '1'~ '" :"" , 18 page 22, line 8,-for "student's jdvisory" ~ "students i advisory" 19 page· 26, line 22,-~ "( xviii) " ~ "(xxiii)" 20 page 27, in the marginal beading to statute no 15,-for "mee ting " ~  "mee ting s" 21 page 29, line 12, -·vi !:ql: " r "course" ~ "cour se s" 22 page 30, line 17,-"membe r s"  vaisakha 1:, 1900 (saka)  ' bill he 85 of 1978 nie aligarh muslim universi1y (amendment) bill, 1978 a billfurther to amend the augarh muslim university act, 1920 be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-nimh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1978 | short    ||----------|| and com- || mence-   || ment    |s (2) it shall come into force on such date as the ceotral government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 40af !flo 2 in the aligarh muslim university act 1920, (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in the long title and in the preamble, the words "establish and" shall be omitted r in section 2 of the principal act,-to amend· ment ot lon, uti and pre ,mdle amend ment of (i) aft(jf clause (h), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-ection ji '(hh) "non-teaching-staff" means the employees of the univenity bther tban the teachers;'; (ii) clause (j) shall be omitted; (iii) for clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:""':' '(i) "university" means the educational institution, which originated as the muhammadan anglo-oriental college, aligarh, established by the muslims of india, and which was incorporated in 1920 by this act' 4 in seetion 5 of the principal act,-amendment of section 5 (i) in clause (2), after sub-clause (b), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-"(c) to promote especially the educational and cultural advancement of the muslims of india;"; (ii) in clause (7), the words "and determine their conditions of service" 10 shall be added at the end; (iii) for clause (9), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(9) to institute and maintain halls for thc students of the university;"; (iv) in clause (11b), the words "and determine their conditions of service" shall be added at the end; is (v) in clause (11e), the word "and" shall be added at the end; (vi) clause (l1f) shall be omitted amendment of section 8 5 in section 8 of the principal act, in the opening paragraph, the words, brackets and figures "before the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1972," shall be omitted 20 6 in sub-seelion (2b) of section 13 of the principal act, after the words "the visitor may", the words ", if he considers it necessary," shall be inserted amendment of aection 13 7 for section 15 of the principal act, and the heading to that section, the following heading and section shall be substituted, namely:-"rector 25 substitution of new leetion for aection lb rector is the governor of the state of utter pradesh shall be the rector of the university" 8· in sectlob 16 of the principal act,-(i) after clause (3a), the following clause shall be inserted, ~amely:- 30 amenament of aecuon 16 "(3b) the honorary treasurer;"; (ii) existing clauses (3b), (3c) and (3d) shall be te-numbered as clauses (3c), (3d) and (3e) thereof respectively • for section 17 of the principal act, the following section shall be substituted, namcly:-35 substitution of new section for section 17 the chancellor "17 (1) the otancellor of the university shall be elected by the court in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed by the statutes (2) the chancellor shall, by virtue of his office, be the head of the university (3) the chancellor shall exercise such powers as may be prescribed by the statutes" 10 for section 18 of the principal act, the following section shall be substitu-5 substituted, namely:-tion of new sec-tion for section 18 "18 (1) the pro-chancellor shall be elected by the court in such 10 manner and for such term as may be prescribed by the statutes the pro-chancellor, (2) the pro-chancellor shall exercise such powers as may be pres cribed by the statutes" 11 in section 19 of the principal act, for sub-sections (2), (3) and (4), the following sub-section shan be substituted, namely:- amendment of sectiqn 19 "(2) the vice-chancellor shall exercise such powers and perform such is functions as may be prescribed by the statutes and the ordinances" 12 sections 20a and 20b of the principal act shall be re-numbered as sections 20b nnd 20c respectively, and before section 20b as so renumbered, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-"20a (1) the honorary treasurer shall be elected by the court in such manner and for such term as may be prescribed by the statutes insertion of new section 20a the honorary treuurer 20 (2) the honorary treasurer shalt exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed by the statutes" 13 in section 21 of the principal act, after the words "the pro-vice chancellor,",the words "the honorary treasurer," shall be inserted amend mental section 21 u in section 22 of the principal act,-\fi~ , '" , amendment of section 22 ' "~::(~,after clause (?), the ,fo~owin~ dause sh~ be inserted, namely:-f , "(3a) the finance committee:"; (ii) in clause (3b), the word "and" shan be inserted at the end: (iii) clause (3c) shall be dmitted amendment of section 23 15 in section 23 of the principal act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-30 "ections shall be substituted naalely:-' "(2) the court shall be the ~mreme 1!0vemin,i! body of the university and shalt exet'cise all the power!! of the univemty not otherwise provided for by this act the stat1jtc~, the ordinances and the re~lations (3) subject to the provisions of this act the court shall also have the followin~ powers and functions, namely:-35 (0) to review sucl! actions taken by the 'executive council and the academic c'ouncil 8s are not in accordance 'with the powen conferred on them by or under this act, the statute1l or the ordinances: , - , r (b) to make new or additional stntutes or amend or repeal the statutes; (c) to consider and pass resolutions on the annual report, the annual accounts of the university and the financial estimates; (d) to elect such officers of the university and such members of the authorities of the university, as are required to be elected by the court under the provisions of this act and the statutes; and (e) to exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes" 5 amendment of section 26 16 in section 26 of the principal act, for the words "and functions of the faculties and of the students' council", the words "and functions of the finance committee and the faculties" shall be substituted 17 in section 27 of the principal act-(i) in clause (a), the word ", the finance committee" shall be omitted; 10 amendment of sectittn 27 (ii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be subattiuted, namely:-"(e) the manner of appointment or election, as the case may be, of the chancellor, the pro-chancellor, the vice-ch~n~ellor and other officers of the university;" subetltu-18 for section 28 of the principal act, the following section shall be subs- is tion of tituted, naqlely:-new section for secuon 28, statutes "28 (1) on the commencement of the aligarh muslim university 20 (amendment) act 1978, the statutes in force immediately before such commencement shan be the statutes of the university: provided that where any such statute is amended by the act aforesaid, the concerned statute as amended by that act shall be a statute of the university 25 (2) after the commepcernent of the ajigarh musliljl university (amendment) act, 1978 the court may, notwithstanding anythin~ contained in sub-section (1) make new or additional statutes or may amend or repeal the statutes referred to in sub-section (1) (3) the executive council mav propose to the court the draft of any statute for its consideration and such draft shall be considered by the ('ourt 30 at its next meeting: provided that the executive council shall not propose a draft of any statute or of any amendmej1t of a statute affecting the statqs, powers or constitution of any authority of the university until such authority of the university has been ~ven an opportunity of expressin~ an opinion upon the 3s proposal and anv opinion so expressed shalt be in writin~ and shatt be col)si4er~ by the court (4) the court may approve any such draft 8s is referred to in subsection (s) or reioet it or return it to the executive council for re-conaiderrtion either in whole or in part together with any i'imendments which the 40 court may susgest (5) a member of the court may propose to the court a draft of any statute and the court mav reiect the nroposal or refer such draft for consldt'ration to the executive council which ma1y' either reiect the proposal or submit the draft to the court in such form as tbe executive council may 4$ ~pl"mve and the provis:ons of this section shah applv in the case of any draft so submitted as they apply in the case of a draft propmed by the executive councn (6) every new statute or addition to tl1e statutes or any amendment , j or repeal of any statute, sh~l require the previous approval of the visitor who may sanction, disallow or remit it for further consideration" it in section 29 of the principal act,-(i) in sub-section (1),-amendment of section 29 s '(a) in clause (m), after the words "examination commit-tee,", the words "library committee," shall be inserted; (b) after clause (m), the following clause ehall be inserted, namely:-10 "(mm) the recognition of degrees, diplomas or certificates of other institutions and bodies for purposes of admission to a course of study in the university and the withdrawal ot such recognition;"; (e) in clause (p), after the word "teachers", the words "ard other employees" shall be inserted; is (ii) in sub-section (2), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-"provided that in making the ordinanees in respect of the matters enumerated in sub-section (1), other than those enumerated in clauses (10) and (p) the executive 'council shall act on the recommendation of the academic council" 20 20 in sub-section (3) of section 31 of the principel act, after the words "this section", the words ", other than any regulation made by the court," shall be in'!erted amend_ ment of section 31, 21 for section 35 of the principal act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-25 substitution of new section 'for section 35 annual accounts t:  "35 (1) the annual accounts and balance sheet of the university shall be prepared under the direction of the executive council and shall, once at least every year and at intervals of not more than flfteen months, be audited by the comptroller and auditor-general of india or by !luch person or persons as he may authorise in this 30 behalf (2) a copy of the annual accounts together with the audit report thereon shall be ~ubmitted to thp court and the visitor alon~ with the observations of th~ executive council (3) any observations made by the visitor on the annual 35 accounts shall be broullht to the notice of the court and the observations of the court, if any, shall, after beinll! considered by the hecutivft council, be submitted to the visitor (4) a copy of the annual accounts, together with the audit report as submitted tb the visitor, rhall also be submitted to the central government, which shall, as soon 8!; may be, cause the same 40 to be laid before both the houses of parliament (st) the audited annual accounts after having been laid before both the houses of parliament, shall be published in the gazette of india" 22 notwithstanding anything contained in the principal act, the statutes of the university shall be amended as follows:-amendment of statutes (i) throughout the statutes, for the words "head of department", wherever they occur, the words "chairman of department" shall be substituted, and such consequential amendments as the s rules of grammar may require shall also be made; (ii) for statutes i and la, the following statutes shall be substituted, namely : -the chancellor "i (1) the chancellor shall be elected by the court by a simple majority in accordance with the regulations made by the 10 court (2) the chancellor shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-election (3) the chancellor shall, if present, preside over the convocations of the university held for conferring degrees and the 15 meetings of the court (4) every proposal for the conferment of an honorary degree shall be subject to confirmation by the chancellor | the      ||----------|| chancel- || lor     |ia (1) the pro-chancellor shall be elected by the court by a simple majority in accordance with the regulations made 20 by the court (2) the pro-chancellor shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be elijtible for re-election (3) any casual vacancy in the office of the pro~hancellor shall be filled by the chancellor on the recommendation of the 25 executive council and the person so appointed shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the court (4) the pro-chancellor shall, in the absence of the chancellor, pl"rform the functions of the chancellor"; (iii) in statute ?r-30 (a) for clauses (1) and (2), the following clause shah be substituted, namely:-"(1) the vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor from a panel of at least three persons recommended by the court from a panel of five persons recommended by 3s the executive council: provided that if the visitor does not approve of any of the persons so recommended, he may call for fresh recommendations and if the court recommends another panel, the visitor shall not have any right to call for fresh recom- 40 mendations"; (b) in clause (4), the words "and shall not be eligible for reappointment" shall be added at the ~d; ,~ t  liv) in statute 3-(a) clause (l)j shall be renumbered as clause (la) and before clause (la) as so re-numbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-5 "(1) the vice-chancellor shall be the princil1a1 executive and academic officer of the university, and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the university and give effect to the decisions of all the authorities of the univer-&ity"; 10 (b) after clause (3), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-is "(4) the vice-chancellor may, if he is of opinion that immediate action should be taken on any matter,-he shall take such action as he deems necessary and report the same for confirmation at the next meeting of the authority which in the ordinary; course would have dealt with the matter: provided that if the action taken by the vice-chancellor is not approved by the authority concerned, it may modify or reverse such action by a resolution passed by a majority of twothirds of its total membership"; 20 honorary treasurer (v) after statute 4, the following statute shall be inserted, namely:-"4a (1~ the honorary treasurer shall be elected by the court by a, simple majority in accordance with the regulations made by the court from a panel of names recommended by the executive council  (2) the honorary treasurer shall hold office for a term of three years and shah be eligible for re-electiodl for another term (3) the honorary treasurer shall hold office on such terms and ctmditions as may be prescribed by the ordinances (4) the honorary treasurer shall be a member ot the finance committee and shall exercise general supervision over the funds of the university"j < vi) in statute 6, for clause (4), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-35 "(4) the finance officer shall advise the university as regards its financial policy and perform such other financial functions as may be assigned to him by the executive council or as may be prescribed by: these statutes or the ordinances: provided that the ~~inance officer shall not incul' any expenditure or make any investment exceeding ten thousand rupees without the previous approval of the executive council"; (vii) in statute 7-(a) for clause (2), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-4s "(2) if at any time, there is db professor 10 a facul~y, a reader shall, by rotation according to seniority, be appoldted as the dean of the faculty"j (b) in clause (5), after the words "8 professor", the words 'lot reader" shall be inserted; (c) in clause (6)-(1) for the words "by such person as the vice--chancellor may appoint for the purpose", the words "by; 8 professor s if there is one, or if there is no professor, by a reader, by rotation according to seniority" shall be substituted; -------- '~{2) the foltowioi proviso'7hailbe aaded, --namely: -",' "provided that no such professor or reader shall perform such duties for a continuous period of more than 10 three years"; (viii) for statute 8, the following statute shall be substituted, ~:--"8 (1) each department shall have a chairman, who shall be appointed by the executive council tram amongst the pro- is fessors in the department by rotation according to seniority and he shall hold such otlice for a period of three years: provided that in a department where there is no professor, the chairman of the department shall be appolllted from amongst the readers in that department and in a department where there is no professor or header, the chairman of the 20 department shall be appointed from amongst the lecturers 1d that department who have completed ten years of service ,(z) a professor reader or lecturer may decline the offer of appointment as the chairman of a department 25 (3) where the chairman of a department resigns his office or is b)'j reason 9f illness, absence or any" other cawe unable to perform the duties of his ollice, the duties of the office shall be performed by the next senior-most person in the department until a new t:hairman, or the existing chairman as the case may 30 be, assumes office"; (ix) statute 9 shall be omitted; (x) in statute 13, for clause (2) the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-"(2) the librarian shall be a member of the board of studies  f lob s  35 of the department 0 1 rary clence (3) the librarian shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the executive council"i court (ri) for statute 14 the following statu~ shall de aubstituted, namelyt-40 "14 (i) the court shall consist of the lo11owidl member&, namely:- ex-ojficio members(i) chaneellor; (ii) pro-chaneellori (iii) vice-chancellorj (il') pro-vice-chance11ot; - (v) honorary treasurer; (vi) all ex-vice-chancellors; (vii) librarian; (viii) provosts; (ix) proctor; 5 representatives of the departments and colleges (x) chairmen of departments; (xi) ,rrincipals of colleges; (xii) professors who are not chairmen of departments; 10 representatives' of teachers other than chairmen of departments, principals of colleges and professors (xiii) two readers by rotation according to senioi'ity; (xiv-) three lecturers, by rotation according to' seniority; representatives of ex-students is (xv) ten representatives of ex-students to be elected by, the alumini (old boys') association; representativee of donors -r - (x"iji) ten representatives of donors who have donated at least a sum of ten thousand rupees or transferred property worth at least ten thousand rupees to be elected from amongst 20 th~selves; representatives of learned professions, industry and commerce (xvii) ten persons representing the learned professions to be elected by the court, of whom at least five shall be persons residing outside the state of uttar pradesh; (xviii) five persons representing industry and commerce, to be elected by the court; representatives of the au-india muslim educational conference (xi:r) three representatives of the all-india muslim educational conference; 30 representatives of parliament (xx) five members of parliament, three to be elected by the house of the people (lbk sabha) from amongst its members and two to be elected by the council of states (rajya sabha) from amongst its members;  35 representatives of muslim culture and learning   (xxi) five persons representing muslim 'culture and learning, to be elected by the court;  ,  '  nominated persons (uii) not more than five persods to be nqminated by the visitor; (xxiii) not more than two persons to be nominated by the rector; (xxiv) not more than three persons to be nominated by the chancedor: provided that is making dominations udder items (xxii) to s (xxiv) due regard shall be had to the representation of the different areas of the country in view of the all-india character of the uilliversity: provided further that no employee of the university shall be eligible to be a member under items (xv) to (xxiv) 10 (2) all the members of the court, other than ex-o/ficio members, shall hold office for a term of three years and an ex-officio member shall cease to be a member of the court as soon as he vacates the office by virtue of which he is such a member"; (xii) in statute 15-is (a) for clause (3), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"( 3) one-third of the members of the court shall form a quorum for a meeting of the court "; (b) in the proviso to clause (4), for the words "thirty-five mem- 20 bers", the words "one-third of the members" shall be substituted; (xiii) for statute ] 6, the following statute shall be substituted, namely:-"16 (l) the executive council shall consist of the following 2s members, namely:-execu-~ tive counell (i) vice-chancellor; (il) pro-vice-chancellor; (iii) honorary treasurer; (iv) three deans of faculties by rotation according to 30 seniority; (v) two principals of colleges, other than the principal of the women's college, by rotation according to seniority; (vi) principal of the women's college; (vii) one provost, by rotation according to seniority; 3s (viii) proctor; (ix) five members of the court, none of whom shall be an employee of the university to be elected by it, of whom at least three shall be persons residing outside the state of uttar pradesh: provided that until such persons are elected by the court, 40 the visitor shall nominate such members; (x) three representatives of teachers at least one of whom shall be a reader, to be elected from amongst themselves; (xi) two persons to be nominated by the visitor; (xii) one person to be nominated by the rector; (xiii) one person to be nominated by the chancellor: provided that no employee of the university shall be eligible for nomination under items (xi) to (xi~i) ,~ i (2) all the members of the executive council other than ex-of/icio members shall hold office for a term of three years (3) thirteen members of the executive council shall form a quorum for a meeting of the executive council "; (xiv) in statute 18-5 {a) in clause (1)-(1) in item (iv), for the word "heads", the word "chairmen" shall be substituted; (2) item (vii) shall be omitted; 10 (3) for item (ix), the following item shall be substituted, namely:-" (ix ) fifteen teachers consisting of two professors, five readers and eight lecturers, to be elected by the teachers from amongst themselves;"; (4) after item (xu), the following item shall be inserted, namely:-15 "(xiii) five studerrts of whom three shall be the president, vice-president and the honorary secretary of the students' union and two shall be elected by the students from amongst themselves, in accordance with the rules to be 'laid down by the students' union: 20 25 provided that no· st~dent who has passed the high school or any equivalent examination more than eight years earlier or the pre-university or equivalent examination more than seven years earlier, or has taken more than one year in excess of the period prescribed for the course for which he is 11 student, shall be eligible for election as a member of the academic council: provided further that no student member of the academic council shan participate in the discussions in respect of matters relating to examinations, selection committees, appointment and conditions of service of the teaching staff"; 30 (b) in clause (2), after the words "ex-otjicio members", the words "and student members" shall be inserted; (c) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-35 "(2a) the student members shall hold office for a period of one year so long as they continue to be office bearers of the students' union or, as the case may be, ~ntinue to be students of the university whichever is earlier";  (xv) in statute 2~(a) in sub-clause (e) of clause (2), for the word "head", the 40 word "chairman" shall be substituted; (b) in clause (3),-(1 ) after item ( viii) and before the provisos, the following items and proviso shan be inserted, namely:-"ox) principal, a k, tibbja college shall be a mem· ';' ber of the fa~1ty of me~icim~; (x) two students, to be elected from ~ch facu1ty-(a) by the post-graduatestudetrtsin all the faculties,other than the faculties of engineering and tech-dology and medicine from amongst themselves; and (b) by the final year and post-graduate students in s the faculties of engineering and technology and medicine lrorn amongst themselves: --provided that no student member of a faculty shall participate in the dis::ussions in respect of matters relating to--10 (,) the appointment of examiners; (ii) the creation, abolition or upgradation of teaching posts; (iii) the field of study of each post at the time of its creation; is (iv) the appointment of supervisors of research; i i or ( v ) the allocation of teaching work amongst the teachers"; (2) in the first proviso, for the words "provided that", the 20 words "provided further that" shall be substitufed; (]) in the second proviso, for the words "provided further that" the words "provided also that" shall be substituted; (c) in clause (5), after the words "ex-officio members", words "and student members" shall be inserted; the 2s (d) after clause (5), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-"( 5a) the student members shall hold office for a period of one year or so long as they continue to be students of the university whichever is earlier"; 30 (xvi) in statute 22-(a) in clause (1), after item (v), the following item shall be inserted, namely:-"(ui) two students to be elected by the post-graduate and research students of the department from amongst 3s themselves"; (b) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (2a) the members referred to in item (vi) shall hold office for a period of one year or so long as they continue 40 to be students of the university whichever is earlier"; (c) in clause (3)-(1) in item (a)-(a) in sub-item (ii) , for the words £i, but excluding research degrees", the words "and research degrees" shall be substituted; 5 (b) in sub-item (v), the words ", including allocation and utilisation of funds" shall be added at the end; (2) before the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-10 "provided that no student member' shall participate in the functions referred to in sub-items (ii) , (iii), (iv) and (vii) of item (a): of; (3) in the existing proviso, for the words "provided that", the words "provided further that" shall be substituted; is (xvii) statutes 24 and 25 shall be omitted; (xviii) ion statute 26 for c1ause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(1) the finance committee shall cons:st of the following members, namely:-(i) vice-chancellor; 20 (ii) pro-vice-chancellor; (iii) honorary treasurer; (iv) three persons to be nominated by the visitor; (v) two persons who are not employees of the university out of whom at least one shall be a person who is not a member of the executive council, to be elected by the court"; (m) in statute 28, the words "standing or" shall be omitted; , (xx) in clause (1) of statute 30-30 (a) the words "and, in accordance with such other principles as the executive council may from time to time prescribe" shall be omitted; (b) the following explanation shall be added at the end, namely:--35 "erplanatlion-for the purpose of determining the continuous service of a person in a grade or post, the period for which such person has held a post in that grade or post in an officiating or temporary capacity immediately before the, date on which he is appointed 10 it substantively, shall be taken into account"; (xxi) after statute 31, the following statutes shall be inserted, namely;:-"32 "(1) there shall be a students' union for the university 5 students' union (2) every student of the university shall be deemed to be a member of the students' union (3) the constitution, powers alld functions of the students' union shall be such as may be prescribed by the ordinances ,  33 :(1) there shall be a teachers' association for the 10 university teachers' associa_ hon (2) the constitution of the teachers' association shall be such as may be prescribed by the ordinances 34 (1) there shall be staff associations for the following 15 categories of staff of the university, namely:-other associatioll8 (i) administrative and ministerial; (ii) technical; (iii) class iv; (iv) school teachers 20 (2) the constitution of the staff associations referred to in clause (1) shall be ~uch as may be prescribed by the ordinances" 23 (1) 'the court, the executive council and the finance committee transitional provisions of the university shall, as soon no; may be, after the commencement of this act, be constituted in accordance with the provisions of the princi- 25 pal 'act and of the statutes, as amended by this act, and until the court, the executive council or the finance committee is so constituted, the authority functioning immediately before such commencement, shall continue to exercise all the powei'5 and perform all the functions under the principal act, so amended 30 (2) the chancellor and the pro-chancellor shall, as soon as may be, after the commencement of this act, be elected in accordance with the provisions of the principal act and of the statutes, as amended by this act, and the person holding any such office immediately before such commencement, shall continue to hold that office until his successor en- 3s ters upon his office : ! ':' , (3) the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor and the heads of departments holding office immediately before the commencement of this act sbau, on and from such comtpencement hold their respective offices by the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions as they 40 held it immediately before such commencement ' 24 anything done, any action taken or any degree or other academic saving distinction conferred by the univers~ty before the commencement o~ this act shall, notwithstanding any change made by this act in the constitution of the court or the executive council, be valid as if such s thing was done, action was! taken, or degree or academic distinction was conferred under the provisions of the principal act, as amended by this act  statement of objects and reasonsever since the aligarh muslim university act was amended in 1965 and 1972, there had been a controversy amongst a large section of the muslims about the changes brought about by these amending acts it had been represented that these amending acts affected the basic character of the university and abridged its autonomy 2 there had also been persistent demands both inside and outside parliament for the restoration of the basic chancter of the university and its democratic functioning the executive council of the university itsel~ appointed a committee, consisting of representatives of varied interests to make suggestions in this regard the report of the committee was submitted to the government in april, 1977 3 in the light of the recommendations of the aforesaid committee and also of a committee appointed before the enactment of the amending act of 1972 (known as the beg committee), and having regard to the strong feelings among a large section of the muslims of india and the staff and students of the university, the amendments made by the amending acts of 1965 and 1972 have been reviewed and it has been decided that the position which obtained in the university as a result of the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1951 (62 of 1951) should be substantially restored, with such modifications as have become necessary on account of passage of time 4 the main features of this bill are as follows:-(i) omission of the words "establish and" ftrom the preamble to the act; (ii) amendment of the definition of the expression "university" occurring in the act so as to indicate that the educational institution which originated as the muhammadan anglo-oriental college, aligarh, established by the muslims of india, was incorporated as a university by the act in 1920; (iii) empowering the university to promote especialijy the educatiional and cultural advancement of the muslims of india; (iv) restdration of the status of the supreme governing body of the university to the court with power to make statutes of the university; (v) restoration of the position that obtained immediately after the amending act of 1951 with respect to the composition of the court, the executive council and the finance committee of tlie university; (vi) restoration of the office of the honorary treasurer; (vii) change in the procedure of appointment of the vice-chancellor of the university; (viii) participation of the students in the academic bodies of the university nzw delhi; pratap chandra chunder the 6th may, 1978  memorandum ttegarding d:tlegated legislationclause 18 of the bill which proposes to substitute a new section for section 28 of the aligarh muslim university act, 1920, enables the court of the university to make new or additional statutes of, the university or to amend or repeal such statutes the matters in respect of which the court lluly exercise thds power relate to the consfitution, powers  and functions of the authorities of the university, the manner of appointment or election, of the chancellor, the pro-chancellor, the vice-chancellor and other officers of the university, the manner of appointment of teachers and other employees of the university and other matters 2 the above matters pertain to matters of proceaure or detail and as such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character  extracts from the aligarh muslim university act, 1920 t; (40 of 1920)an act to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential muslim university at aligarh definitions whiww it is elq)cdient to establish, and incorporate a teac::hin&'and reaidtdtlaj:' muslim university at alijarh, and to dissolve the societies regiaterw amjer· ftle societies' registration act, 1860 (21 of 1860), which fte respectively kdbwn as the, muhammadan anglo-oriental college, aligarh, and the muslim udiveuity ~on, and to trbnlfer to and vest in the said university all protiertles ana· rights of the said societies and of the muslim university foundation committee; - - - - ' 2 in this act, and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires--- - -  - (j) "students' council" means the students' council of the university; - - - - - (i) "university" means the aligarh muslim university ~ - - - - - powers ot the university s the university shall have the following ix>wers, namely:-- - - - - (2) (a) to promote oriental and islamic studies and give instruction in muslim theology and religion and to impart moral and physical training; - - - - - (7) to institute professorships, readerships, lectureships, and other teaching or academic posts required by the udivemity and to appoint persons to such professorships, readerships, lectureships and other posts; - - - - - (9) to institute and maintain, wi~ a radius of twenty-five kilometres of the university mosque, halls and hos'tels and to recognise places of residence for the students of the university within the said limits and to withdraw such recognition accorded to any such place of residence; - - - - - (lib) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto; - - - - - (lie) to borrow, with the approval of the central govel'lldlellt, oft the lilecuity of the property of the university, money for the purposes' of the uaive:nity; (11 f) to declare a department of studies to be an autonomous department; and e e - e - 'if 8 the un~ve~ity shall be open to persons of either sex and of yhatev~ hce, cr~d, caste or class and it shall not be lawful for the university to adopt or impose on any pers(;m, any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in unlvenity oppn to all classes, castes and creeds prd~r to entitle him to be ,admitted th~rein, as a teacher or student, or to 'bpld any qfke therein, or to graduate threat, or to enjoy or exercis~ any prijluebc thereof, except in respect of any particular benefation accepted by the university ~e the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendmen,) act, 1972, where such test is made a condition thereof by any tesamentllry or other instrument creating such benefaction: provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent religious i~struction being given in the manner prescn"bed by the ordinances to' those who have consented to receive it ' - - - - - 13 (1) e - - - e the vlat-'tor ' " i" (2b) after considering the representation, if any, made by the university, the visitor may cause to be made such inspection or inquiry 8s is referred ·to in subsection (2) - - - - -  chief rect()f'j 15 the governor of the state of uttar pra~h shall be chief ret;tof,d chief rector th~ ~~ersity , e'            -                          -                                    -                                                -    17 (1) 1]te ~il~cellor of the university shall be appointed by,tjte visitor in such manneras d;l8y, be prescribed by the statutes the chancel-lor    '(~) the ~uor shall, by virtu~ of his oolce, qe tbe l!ed of the university      - '(3) ~                       chancellor shall! if present, preside at the convoca~ons of the u'rlivmity held 'for conferring degrees 18 (1)  the pro-chancellor shall-be appointed by the  visitor in such manner as may be prescribed by the statutes the pro-chancellor (2) the ~ancejlor shall, in the absence of the chailb~nor, p~i4c'over ~e ~~nvocatiods of the university held for conferring degrees '  19 (1) - e - - the vice-~~ lor "'(2) 'l'ilevi~hancellor shall be the principal ~xecutlve and aca~mic officer of the university, and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of tpe university and give effect to ~ decisions of au the a\lthorities of the university '(3) the vice-chancellor may, if he is of opinion that immediate actiol1 is necessary on any: matter, exercise any power confen-ed on any authority of the university by or under this act and shall report to such authority the action taken by him on such matter: provided that if the authority concerned is of opinion that such action ought not to have been taken, it may refer the matter to the visitor whole decision thereon shall be final: provided further tbat any person in the service of the university, who is aggrieved by the action taken by the vice-chancellor under tbis subsection shall have the right to appeal against such action to the executive council within three months from the date on which decision on such action is communicated to him and thereupon the executive council may confirm, modtty or reverse the action taken by the vice-chancellor '(4) the vice-chancellor shall exercise such other powers 8i1d perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes or ordinances - - - - - powen of other ofilcen 21 the powers of officers other than the chancellor, the pro-chancellor, the vice-chancellor, the pro-vice-chancellor, the registrar and the finance officer shall be prescrioed by the statutes 22 the following shall be the authorities of the university:: - - - - - author!-tl althe univerlity (3b) the faculties, l3c) the students' council; and    -                -                            -                                        -                                                    - the court 23 (1)                  -                                   -                                                  -                                                                  -     (2) subject to the provisions ef this act, the court shall have the following powers and functions, namely:-     (a) to review from time to time, the broad policies and pro grbmmes of the university and to suggest measures for the improve-ment and development of the university;      (b) to consider and pass resolutions on the annual report, annual accounts of the university and the audit report thereon;      (c) to advise the visitor in respect ot any matter which may ~ referred to it for advice; and     (d) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes        -                    -                                -                                             -                                                         -    26 the constitution, powers and functions of the facultiet and of the students' council and of such other authorities as may be declared by the statutes to be authorities of the university, shall be prescribed by the statutes other authori-tiel of out univer-lity powerato 111a1£, statu •    ,,subject to the provisions of this act, the statutes may ,provide for all or any o~ the following matters, namely:-            -                         -                                     -                                                -                                                            - (0) the manner of appointment of the chancellor, vice-chancellor, and other officers of the university; - - - - - 28 (1) on and from the commencement of the aligarh muslim univer-statutes suy (amendment) act 1972, the statutes, as set out in the schedule, shall be the statutes of the university: , provided that the provisions of statutes 29 to 45, both inclusive, of the university (re~ating to provident fund, pension and gratuity for the employees of the university), as in force immediately before such commencement, shall be deemed to be included in the statutes set out in the schedule and shall, until new statutes are made under sub-section (2)" continue in force subject to such modifications [being modifications necessary for bringing them into accord with the provisions of this act as amended by the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1972] as tt e executive council may, with the approwl of the visitor:, make (2) after the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1972, the executive council may notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), make new or additional statutes or may amend or repeal the statutes referred to in sub-section '(1): provided that the executive council shall not make, amend or repeal any statute affecting the status, powers or constitution of any authority of the university until such authority of the university has been given an opportunity of expressing the opinion on the proposed changes which shalt be in writing and shall be considered by the executive council (3) every new statute or addition to the statutes or any amendment or repeal of a statute shall require the previous approval of the visitor who may sanction or disallow it or return it to the executive council for further consideration, 29, '(1) subject to the provisions of this act and the, statutes, the power to ordinances may provide for all or any of the following matters, make ordinamely: -nances  - - - - - 'em) the establishment of centres of stud v, boards of study, inter-disciplinary committees, special centres, specialised laboratories, committees on advanced study and research committees of department and centres, admission committees examination committee boards of! residence and halls, discipline committee, cultural committee, soeial service committee, games committee and studfnts' advisor:v committees; - - - - - (p) such other terms and conditions of teachers as are not prescribed by the statutes; and - - - - - ,(2) the' ordinances in fo~ immediately before the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendment\ act, 1972, may be amended, repealed or added to a~any time by the executive council, provided that-(;,) in making the ordinances in respect of the matters enumerated in sub-section (1) other than those enumerated in clauses (k) and (p), the executive council shall act on the recommendation of the academic council; (ii) before proposing the draft of the ordinance in respect of the constitution of the students' union, st~dent's advisory committees, cultural committee, social service committee and games committee and in respect of matters contained in clauses (a), (e), (h) and <i) of sub-section (1), the academic council shall consult the students' council - - - - 31 (1) - - - - - regula_ tions (3) the executive council may direct the amendment, in such tnanner as it may specify, of any regulation made under this section or the annulment of any such regulation  - - - - - annual accoun'ts 35 (1) the annual accounts and balance sheet of the uni'lersity shall be prepared under the direction of the executive cowlcil and shall once at least every year and at intervals of not more than fifteen months be audited by the comptroller and auditor general of india (2) the annual accounts when audited shall be published in the ofticialgazette and a copy of the accounts together with the report of the comptroller and auditor general of india shall be submitted to the court, the visitor and the chancellor alongwith tlie observations of the executive council (3) any observations made by the visitor on the annual accounts shall be brought to the notice of the court and of the chancellor and the observations of the court, if any, shall, after being considered by the executive oouncil, be submitted to the visitor - - - -  the statl1tes of the univeas1tythe chancellor 1 (1) the chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor on the recommendation of the court (2) the chancellor shall hold! office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment 1a (1) 'l'he pro-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor on the recoii)lllendation of the court the pro-chancellor (2) the pro-chancellor shall hold office for a tenn of three yean and hall be eligible for re-appointment 2 (1) the vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the v1sitor from • padel of not leis 1:ban three penolll seleoted bj & ~88 cona-the vice chancellor tituted under'clause '(2) and'the panel shall be prepared in the alphilbetieal order and will not indicate any order of preference: provided! that if the visitor does nbt approve of any of the persons included in the panel, he may call for a fresh panel (2) the committee referred to in clause (1) shall consist of three persons, none of whom shall be an employee of the university or a mem· ber of the court, executive council or academic council out of the three persons, two shall be nominated by the executive council and one by the visitor the nominee of the visitor shall be the convener   [10] m c :(~) the vicechancellor shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office: provided that notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of five years, he shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office:, provided further that the visitor may direct that a vice-chancellor, whose term of office has expired, shall continue in office for such period, not exceeding a total period of one year, as may be specified in the d~ctiod 6 (1) finanee (4) the finance officer shal1-(a) exercise general supervision over the funds of the university and shall advise it as regards its financial policy; and (b) perform such other financial functions as may be assigned to him by the executive council or as may be prescribecl, by these statutes or the ordinances: provided that the finance officer shall not incur any expenditure or make any investment exceeding rs 10,000 without the previous approval of the executive council 7 (1) deans of facultlu (2) it at any time, there are no professors in 8i faculty the vice-chancellor, or if so, designated by him, the pro-vice-chancellor, shall exercise the powers of the dean of the faculty concerned -  - - (5) a dean of faculty may resign his office at any time c:luring his tenure, and a professor may decline the offer of appointment as the dean of a faculty (6) when the oftlce of the dean is vacant or when ~ dean is, bt reason of illness, absence or any other, cause, unable to perform the dutiel of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the vice-chancellor may appoint for the purpose  - - - - - 8 (1) each department shall have a head who shall be a professor and whose duties and functions and terms and conditions of appointment shall be prescribed by the ordinances: heads of depart ments provided that if there are more professors than one in any department, the head of the department shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions made in respect thereof by the ordinances: provided further that in a department where there is no professor, a reader may be appointed as head of the department in accordance with the provisions made in respect thereof by the ordinances: provided also that if there is no professor or reader in a department the dean of the faculty concerned shall act as the head of the department,: provided also that, until the ordinances as prescribed above are passed and appointments made accordingly, the persons who were appointed on 17-7-1972 or thereafter, shall continue as heads of the departmen1ls and perform the same functions (2) a head of: the department may resign his office at any time during his tenure and a professor or reader may decline the offer of appointment as the head of a department 9 (1) the chairman, students' council shall be appointed by the vice-chancellor from amongst the teachers of the university chairman, students' council ,(2) the chainnan so appointed under clause (1) shall hold of8ce for such term as the vice-chancellor may specify, he shall be paid such honorarium and provided with such facilities as the executive 1 council mayde~ - • - - - librarian 13 (1) - - - - - (2) the librarian shall be the head of the department of library science and "shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the executive council 14 (1) the court shall consist of the following members, ~~y::-court   e~-otjicio members (i) vice-chancellor, ui) all ex-viee-chancellors, (iii) ~vice-chancel1or, (iv) all deans of faeultles,  (y) chairqlan, students' cowlcil, (vi) dean 'of students' welfare  ' (vii) librarian, (viii) registrar, (ix) 50 per cent provosts, by rotation according to seniority, (x) praetor;  representatives oj departments and colleg~s(xi) all principals of colleges and polytechnic   (xii) reads of departments of studies by rotation according to semority in each faculty as shown below-|         | faculty:cjf    | arts                       | 4    ||---------|----------------|----------------------------|------|| faculty | of             | engineering and technology |  1  || faculty | of medicine    | 5                          |      || faculty | of             | science                    |      || £i      |                |                            |      || 'acuity | of             | social sciences            | 4    | ltepresentatives of university teacmrs othe-r than heads of departments and principals(xiii) (a) five professors to be elected from amon~st themselves, (b) five readers to be elected from amtmgst themselves, (c) five tecturers to be elected from amongst them~@l\'ts;  reptf'sent(ltivft of student!(xiv) (a) president vice-president, secretary and one n'ottifhi!e crf the executive committee of the students' union, (b) secretary, students' council -,--r; (c) ~ persons to be elected by the studems' council' frt)m its own members, provided thafone of them swall b'e a sieel'~1!fty tjt the students' advisory committee of a faculty,  (d) four members to be eleeted by an ele~toral coll ~t­trtg-of students who have shown their academic merit in the manner prescribed by the ordinances,   (e) four members to be elected by an electoral con or col-~ eonsi~r of the ~udem members of theculturaf committee, social sem~ cornrnit'fee ani(! the garnett committee ill the manner -pteigl'ibed by the ordinances;  re]yf'esentatives of ex-,tudent"(xv) jl'fftm! ~r8tfhtlftfvli to be el~ by the' ajwndl (old boys') associa'tnm: (zvi) ten representatives of parliament, six to be nominated by the speaker of tht" lok sabha from among the members thereof and four to be nominated by the chairman of the rajya sabha from amq the members thereof;  per,ons representing learned p-rofessicms and special interests(xvii) ten members from learned professions and special inte· rests including representatives of industry, commerce, trade unions, banking and agric\11ture to be nominlted by the visitor;  nominated members(xviii) a person nominated by the chief rector; (xix) three persons nominated by the chancellor; remaining members of the executive councit (xx) the members of the executive council not specified above;  representatives of non-teaching staff(xxi) ten representatives of the non-teaching staff to be elected !rom amongst themselves;  reptesentcmves of muslim cutture and lu?"ning(xxii) five persons representing muslim culture and learnin, to be elected by the court;  reprelt-entatives of donots(zviii) representatives of persons making to the university r donation of rs 5,000 or more or transferring property of like value to be elected from amongst themselves there shall be one repreaentative for every fifty such donors subj~t to a maximum ot ten representatives i  donors(div) every perean who has made to the university a donation of «me lakh of rupees or more or transferred property of the like value; representatives of au-india muslim education c01tijerence (xxv) two representatives to be· elected by the all india muaum education conference: provided that the election under items (~ii), (at» (~) (ui) (ali) cmd (~riii) shall be in accordance with the system of praportiodal representation by means of single transferable vote (2) (i) all the members of the court other than =-offlcio members and members representing the students, shall hold oftlce for a term of three yean (u) an ex-dflcio membersball cease to be a member of the court u iood u he vacates the ofllce by virtue of which he is such member (iii) members representmg students will hold office for a period of one year or till such time as they continue to be students, wb1chever is earlier (3) no student, who has passed the high school or an equivalent examination more than eight years earlier or the pre-university or an equivalent examination more than seven years earlier or has taken more than one year in excess o£ th~ period prescribed for the course for which he is a student shan be eligible to become a member under item (%'iv): provided that no student shall be eligible to become a member ot the court unless he has been on the rolls of the university for at least one year before he enters upon his office as such member (4) no employee of the university or of a recognised institution shall be eligible to be a member of the cour't under any of the items (zt7) tc (zviii) 15 (1)      - - (3) thirty-five members of the court shall form a quorum meetidi otthe court (4) special meetings of the court may be convened by the executive council or the ¥ice-chancellor, or, if there is no vice-chancellor, by the pro-vice-chancellor, or if there is no pro-vice-chancellor by the registrar: provided that a special meeting of the court shall also be called if thirty-five members of the court make a requisition in writin, in this behalf - -  - eucutiye council  16 (1) the executive council shan consist of the following members namely:-• (1) vice-chancellor, 1 1 (ii) pro-vice-chancellor; (iii) (a) dean, faculty of arts; (b) dean, faculty of social sciences; (c, dean, faculty of science; (d) one dean, by rotation from among the deans of the faculties of medicine and engineering: (e) one dean, by rotation from among the deans of the faculties of law, commerce and theology; 5 (iv) one principal from the principals of women'l colle,e zakir husain engineering college and j awaharlal nehru medical college by rotation according to seniority as principal; i (v) one professor, other than a deaa or a principal by rotation according to seniority; 1 (vi) three teachers to be elected by the teachers of the univenit)' from amonast themielves in accordance with the iyltem of proportional representation by mean of linlle trauf •• ble a vew; (vii) five persons to be elected' by the court tron'l imiong its members by a system of proportional representatidn by means of a single transferable vote none of whom shall be an employee or' a student of the university or a college maintained by the university of whom at least three shall be persons normally res~,<:ting outsiqe ~e state of uttar pradesh;  5 (viii) four persons to be nominated by the- viii·tor: 4 21 provided that until we members ref-erred to in sub-c}ause{vli)"are duly elected, the ~ecutive council shall consist of the members specified in sub~lauses (i) to (vi), both inclusive, and sub-clause (viii) (2) all the members of the executive council other than e~icio members shall hold office for a term of three years (3) no employee of the university" shall be eligible to be a member wlder sub-clause (viii) of clause 1 (4) seven members of the executive council shall form the quorum (&) when an elected member of the executive council becomes also an ex-ojficio member thereof, he shall cease to be an elected member thereof and continue as such ex-offir:io member  academic co\~neil >ii - - - 18 (1) the academic council shall consist of the ~ol1owing members, namely:-- '" '" '" '"  (iv) heads of departments of studies: >ii >ii  '" '" (vii) chairman, students' council;    '" (ix) three professors; five readtrs; and seven lec'uters to be elected from each category by the teachers in that category in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote; >ii - - -  (2) the members of the academic council, other than ex-officio members shall hold office for a term of two years 20 (1) '" - >ii faculties and departmenta  (2) (a) -  - -  (e) bach department shall have a head who shall be appointed in accordance with tliaele statutes ~ shall pedot:m sum fullctions as may be prescribed by the ordinasces {~ every hculty, otller than the fac'ulty of engideeriug and technololy may comprise the following members, namely:-     ptovided that the prlncipal, women '8 couege shall be on 'be faculties of the sut:ijeets for which instl·uction· is, provided m ~ut college : ~tovi~' furtjier' that' the readers and leetuters of cat~t:irift (v) and (vi) shall serve on the faculties by rotation; according to seni«tty       board,; of stucut"s 22 (1) each department shall have a board of studies' which shall ('onsi!o;t of:-     (3) the functiol18 of board of studies shall be: (a) to recommend to the faculty in the manner prescribed in tbe ordinances: - - -  - (ii) appointment of examiners for under-gn~-aad poitgraduate course, but excluding research degrees; '"  - - - (1') measures for improvement of staadurd of - chine·-and rearch; -   '" provided that a department for reasons of its size or otherwise shall, in the interest of efficient discharge of its functions, constitute commit ten and assign them i'e:;ponsibilitie's in specified areas as pte-!\cribed in thf' ordinances '" '"  '" '" 24: (1) the composition of the stucjl?nts' council may bf'a,,'follows:-student,' cow)cil (i) chairman; (ii) all the student members of the court; (iii) fifteen students be elected by the students in aec;c!"dance with the system of proportional representation and by means of single transferable vote on the basis of allocation of seats to difterent faculties according to their strength as may be prescribed in the ordinances:  provided that no student who bas pjlssed the hi&h sc:laoql or ad· ~i­valent examination more than eight years earlier 0( the pre·unij,lenity or an equivalent examinat;oq more than seven years e8ll~er gi' bas taken more than one year in excess 01 the period prescribed for the course for which he is a student, shall be eligible to become a member of the students' council (2) the secretaj'y of the students' council shall be electeqby it from amongst its members through the system of proportional; r~pr~ta1jod by means of siagl~ transferable vote 25 (1) the powers and functions of the students' council shall be s follows:-power iu\d tuncuons otstudeny' council (i) to make recommendations to the executive and academic councils in matters affecting the academic work of the students such &i the atructure of coursfii, pattern of instruction foocl the corperte life of the university in 90 far as it lcc)jlcerns the students, and the co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in the university; (ii) all rules affecting discipline, welfere, sport's, literary and departmental societies, management of hostels, student homes, non· residelnt student centres, extension work, social work, students health national service scheme, national cadet corps, etc, shall ordibarily be placed before the students' council for obtaining its views, which will then be communicated to the academic and executive councils for decision; (iii) the council shall have the right to communicate its views, observations and recommendations to the vice-chancellor or any authority of the university, in respect of any matter whicjt concerns the students (2) the meetings of the students' council shall be held at least three times every year, and not more than six months shall elapse between two meetings extraordinary meetings may be held either at the instance of the chairman, or at the request of not less than half of the meber~ of the council ten members of the council shall form the quorum for a meeting of the students' council 26 (1) the finance committeeilhall consist of the following members, namely:-(i) vice-chancellor; (ii) pro-vice-chancellor; (iii) two deans of the faculties, to be nominated by the executive council; (iv) one person nominated by the executive council from amongst its members other than those in the service of the university; (v) three persons nominated by the vis;tor '" '" '" '" - commit-28 any authority of the university may appoint as many standing tms or special committees as it may deem fit, and may appoint to such committees persons who are not members of such authority any such committee may deal with any subject delegated to it subject to subsequent confumation by the authority appo:nting it '" '" '" '" 30 (1) whenever, in accordance wjth these statutes, any person is to hold an office or be a member of an authority of the university by rotation according to seniority, such seniority shall be determined according to the length of continuous service ot such person in hib grade, and, in accordance with such other principles as the executive council may from time to time prescribe '" - '" - - it bill further to amend the aligarh muslim university act, 1920 (sh"ip,dtap chandra chunm, minner of education, social weljate and culture) 