the aligarh" muslim university (~millndnent) bill, 1965 (to be/jf8 introduced in lok sabha) 1 page 1, (i) in the marginal heading to clause 2 for ": ac-otitln" read its ection" -(ii) line 8, for 'for being· i read' being, ?age 3, line ,6,- !:2l: " " , read ":" 2 3 page 6, line 3, for ftc laue e "1ilread "sub-clause" -4 ~age 13, line 15, for "statute" read "st atut as" -page 17, line 16, l2£ "item" read "items" 5 page 20, line 11 from bottom, omit "ly:-" 6 new delhi, august 15 1965 sravana 24, 1887(sbka )  bui no 5x of 9', the aligarh muslim university (amend- ment) bill, 1965 ~ bill further t& mnend' the aligarh muaiim uniderlity ac:t, 1920 ,  '  ~ it enacted by parliament in the sixteenth year of the bepubue 0( indi~ as follows:-1 this act may be called the aligarh muslim university (amend short tnw)  act" 1a65 4iltle  z in section 23 of the aligarb muslim university act, 1920 (hereinefter referred' to as the principal act),-1:0 ,(a) in sub-section (1)" the words and bracbt8"add the pro- amedd vice-chancellor (ilf ,any) for the time being" shall be omitted; ment of  (b) for sub-sections (2) and (3), the following sub-section lcet1cm shall be substituted, namely: _ 2&, '"  "' "(2) the functions of the court shall be-  (4) to advise tha;visitor in respect of any matter which may be referred to the court for advice; (b) to advise any other authority of the university in respect of any mauer, which may be referred to the court for advice; and (e) to perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be assigned to it by the visitor or under this act" 3 for sub-sections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 28 of the principal act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, name- 10 ly:-"(2) the executive council may make new or additional statutes or may amend or repeal ~e statutes; but every new statute or addition to the statutes or any amendment or repeal of a statute shall require the previous approval of the visitor is who may sanction or disallow it or return it to the executive council for further consideration" 4 for sub-sections (4), (5), (6) and (1) of section 29 of the princlpal act, the following sub-sectiowl shall be substituted; nam~:-"(4) where the executive council has rejected the draft of 20 an ordinance proposed by the academic council, the academic council may appeal to the visitor who may pus such order thereon as he thinks fit (5) 'every ordinance made by the executive counell shall be subjilitted, as soon as mey be, to the visitor who may within a, two months from the date of receipt thereof disallow any iuch ordinance or return it to the executive' council for further con  sideration (6y- the visitor may, brorder, direct that the operation of any ordinance shall be suspended until he has had an opportu- 30 nity of' exercising his power of disallowance, and any order of suspension under this sub-section shall cease to have effect on the expiration of two months from the d  :e of such order" 5 in section 31 of the principal act, the proviso to iubaection (3) shall he omitted  35 amend mentof matton n i for aec:tion 34 of the principal act, the following section shall subrltu be 8ubs~i~~ted, namely:-tlon at new __ tlonfbr  ~,  u34~ the annual report of the university shall be prepared mnua! iitlder the direction of the executive council and 8hall be ~ report  5 mitted to the visitor on or before such date as may be prescribed by the statutes"; 7 in section 35 of the principal act, 5ub-sectinn (3) shan be amend omitted ment of section 35~ 8 in section 38 of the principal act, in 8ub-section (2); the wor~ ~  10 beginning with ": provided that" and ending with "meeting of the ment ot court" shall be omitted seetion _ ii 9 notwithstanding anything contained in the principal act • the amend-statutes of the university shall be amended as follows:-medtot (i) in clause (2) of statute 4, the word uordinarily'· shall be statutei omitted; 15 (ii) in statute 5,-l (a) for clauses (1), (2) and (3), the following clauaes shan be substituted, namely:-20 " (1) the treasurer shall be appointed by the executive council and shalf be a whole-time officer of the university (2) the tenns and conditions of service of the treasurer shall be such as may be prescribed by the ordinances"; (b) in clau-se (5) ,-25  (a) in bub-clause (a), the words "and the court" shall be omitted; (b) in sub-clause (d), for the word "convene", the word "attend" shall be substituted; (iii) in statute 6, after clause (3), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-"(4) (a) the registrar shan have power to take disciplinary action against the employees belonging to the ministerial staff and to suspend them pending inquiry, to dminister warnings to them or to impose on them the penalty of censure or the withholding ot increment; ",pro:1lided that do such penalty shall be tulpolled udlesa the person concemeci has been given a reasonable opport\l'-nity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken -in regard to him (b) an appeal &hall lie to the vice-chancellor against s any order of the registrar bnposing the 'penalty of -the '\vithholding of increment , (c) in a case where the inquiry di3closes that a punish-'dlent beyond the powers of the registrar is eilled' for, 'the registrar shall, upon conclu,ion of the inquiry, make a -~ 10 port to the vice-c~cellor 8iong with his recommendaticma, lorsuch-ction as the vice-chancellor 'deems ,fit~"; (iv) for statute 8, the following statute shall be ,substituted, namely:-" the 'court '~8 i(l) the c~urt shall consist of the 'follow!ngimem'ben, is namely:-(a) the ch_ancellor, ez officio, (b) the pro-chancellor, u ojjido, (c) the members of the execufure 'council, u ofjicio, (d) three persons, being heads of departments of 20 studies or principals of colleges of 'the university, nominated by the visitor, (e) two persons, being professors from departments of studies or colieges of the uni~ersity, nominated by the visitor, 2s (f) two persons from among te&chers of the university other than profeors, nominated by the visitor, (g) three representatives of parliament, two to be nominatf by the speaker of the house of the people from among the members thereof and ,one to be nom!- 30 nated by the chairman 01 the council of states from among the members thereof, and (h) thirty -persons nominated by the visitor from among persons who are men of standing in ~pupllc life or have speciallmowledge or practical aperieuce in edu- 3s -cation or have rendered eminent -services-in -uje;cause of  _ educatign "  1(2) an membenof the court, other than ez odfcio members, ~ll hold office for a term of three years (3) seventeen members of the court shall form a quorum"; (v) statute 13 shall be omitted; , "(in) 'hi statute 14, in clause (1) ,-" (4) for the word "court", the words "executive council" ·shall be substitut~d; '(b) in sub-clause (4), the words "through the executive council" shall be omitted; '(c) in sub-clause (b), the words "on fthe recommendation of the executive council," shall be omitted; is (vii) for statute 15, the following statute shall be substituted, tnamely:-"15 (1) the executive council shall consist of the fol- fte&x •• lowing members, namely: -~:u (4) the vice-chancellor, ez officio, (b) ~ven persons nom~ted by the visitor, and 20 (c) one person nominated by the chief rector in his discretion~ (2) all members of the executive council, other than ie:t odicio  members,  shall' hold oftlce for a term of three years (3) five members of the executive council shall form  a quorum"; (viii) in statute 16,-(4) in clause (1), for the word "court", the word "vlsitor" shall be 8u·bstituted,· and the words "not otherwise provided for" shall be omitted; (b) in clause (2) ,-(a) for sub-clause (ii) , the following 8u~lau18 ahe1l be substituted, namely:-"'(ii) to appoint members 'of the administrative staff;"; (b) after sub-clause (ii-a) ,the following sub-clauae shall be inserted, namely:-3s " (ii-b) to regulete and -enforce 'd1ieipune &modi members of the teaching, :admlnlstrative ana mfdfs ·terlal std of theuniversfty'in 'm:ordanee with these statutes' and the ordinances;"; (c> in sub-clause (mii), the worda, "otherwise than --- by an act of the court" shall be omitted;  (d) in clause (xii), the word "and" occurring at the end shall be omitted' ' ,  (e) after sub-cla~ (xii), the following lub-clauae s shall be inserted, namely:-it (xii-a) to delegate any of its powers to the vice-chancellor, the registrar or such other officer or autbority of the university or to a committee appointed by it as it may deem fit; and"; 10 (ir) in statute 1~,-(a) in item (i), the words '~the court qrjj ahall be omitted; (b) in item (x), for the word "court", the words "executive council" shall be substituted; is (x) in statute 19a,-(a) in clause (1),-(a) for it~m (iv), the following item shall be ubltituted, namely: - " (iv) one person w~o is not an employee of the 20 university, appointed by the executive council;"; (b) item, (v) shan be omitted; (b) in clause (2), for the word "three", the word "two" shall be substituted; (c) in clause (4), the words "in the abaence of the vice- 2s chancellor', the treasurer shall preside at a meeting thereof" shall be omitted; (xi) in statute 25a,-(4), in clause (2), for the words "contained in the lerms of his appointment,", the words "to the contrary contained 30 in the terms of his contract of se~ce or of his appointment" shall be ~bstituted and the proviso shall be omitted; (b) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inlerted, namely:-10 ----"(3) (a) notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of his contract of service or of his appointment, the executive council shall be entitled to dismiss a teacher on grounds of misconduct, but save as aforesaid, the executive council shall not be entitled to determine the employment of a teacher save for good cause and after giving three months' notice in writing or payment of three months' salary in lieu of such notice (b) the determination of a teacher's employment shall require a two-thirds majority of the members of the executive council present and voting 15 (c) the vice-chancellor may suspend a teacher against whom any misconduct is alleged and shall report the case to the next meeting of the executive councu, but before any orders for dismissal are pa3sed, the teacher shall be informed of the allegations made against him and shall be given a reasonable opportunity of making such representations to the executive -council or to any committee thereof appointed for the purpose, as he may desire to make (d) any dismissal on the ground of misconduct sball take effect on the date on which the teacher wu ftrst suspended 35 (e) before a notice is given or payment is made to the teacher under sub-clause (a), he shall be informed by the executive council of the cause of the action proposed to be taken against him and shall be riven a reasonable opportunity of making such representations to the executive -council or to any committee thereof appointed for the purpose, as he may desire to make (f) notwithstanding anything contained in the statutes, the teacher may aj any time terminate his employment by givin~ the executive council three months' notice in writing"; (ni) statute 28 shall be omitted   ' 10 (1) every person holding office as a member of the court or trarw-the executive council, as the case may be, immediately before the tioll&l pro-40 20th day of may, 1965, shall on and from the aaid date cease to hold visiodi ofbce as wch: - , pnwided that where any such person held, ipudediately 1defore such date, any other oflice in the university, notblng cqntained fa this sub-section shall be construed to affect his continuance in such 'oth-omce (z) until the court is constituted in accordance with the provi- 5-&ions of section 2, tead with clause (iv) of section 9, or the executive council is constituted in accordance with the provisions of clause (vii) of section 9, the visitor may, by general or special order, direct any officer of the university to exercise the powers and perform th~ duties conferred or imposed by or under the principal act 10 as amended by this act on the court or the executive councll, as the case may be~   11 (1) t~ aligai:h mnsum university (amencblumt) ordinance, 1965 is hereby repealed repeal add! aaving (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action »5 tajam· under the- said ordinance shell be deemed to, have been done or taken i udder this; act, as it this act had commenced on the 20th da, of-~, 1986  statement of objects and reasonson 25th april, 1965 grave disturbances i took place in the aligarh muslim university campus in which the university students caused injuries to some members of the court which was then in session the vice-chancellor who was made the principal target of concentrated attack sustained seriou's injuries, providentially escaping more dire consequences the university was indefinitely closed enquiries revealed that the disturbances were too well organised to be sporadic and seemed to flow from certain unhealthy in1ltie11&s which for some time had been adversely influencing the e1bciency and the academic purposes of the university after carefully considering the various factors which culminated in the aforesaid disturbgnces involving violence and closure of the university, government came to the conclusion that the univ9rsity could not reopen and' resume normal functioning without certain immediate measures being taken to change the admini!jtrative set up of the university as parliament was not in session at the time and tlle deed for administrative reorganisation was imperative, the president promulgated the aligarh muslim university (amendment) ordinance, 1965 on the 20th may, 1965 the present bill seeks to replace the ordinance by an act of parliament ( the principal objects of the bill in the immediate future are \0) to provide an administrative structure within which the university's return to nornml functioning an~ pursuit of :basic academic purposes may be facilitated and ensured~nd (ii) further to ensure that, as an emergeih:y measure and pending long term legislation about the university to be brought in the near future before parliament by government, it makes the transition from chaos to order both brief and smooth the maid features of the bill are=-(a) the reconstitution of the court of the university as en advisory body and reduction in the number of 'its membership; fb) the reconstitution of the executive council; (c) vesting of certain powers in the vice-chancellor and the registrar in the matter of discipline new delhi; the 9th august, 1965 m c chagla , - - - - - 1 (1) this act may be called the aligarh muslim university act, 1920 shol"t title andcoftlmtmcement - - - - - the court 23 (1) the court shall consist of the chancellor, the pro-chancellor, the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor (if any) for the time being, and such other persons as may be specified in the statutes (2) the court shall be the supreme governing body of the university and shall exercise all the powers of the university, not otherwise provided for by this act, the statutes, the ordinances and the regulations it shan have power to review the acts of the executive and the academic councils  (save where such councils have acted in accordance with powers conferred on them under this act, the statutes or the ordinances) (3) subject to the provisions of this act, the court shall exercise the following powers and perform the following duties, namely:-(a) of making statutes and of amending or repealing the same; (b) of considering ordinances; (c) of considering and passing resolutions on the annual report, the annual accounts and the financial estimates;: (d) of electing such persons to serve on authorities of the university and of appointing such officers as may be prescribed by this act or the statutes; and (e) of exercising such other powers and performing such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by this act or the statutes - - - - - statutes 21 (1) - - - - --  -~ --~ (2) the court may, from time to time, make new or additional statutes or may amend or repeal the statutes in the manner hereinafter in this section provided (3) the executive council may propose to the court the draft of an~ statute to be passed by the court, and such draft shall be considered by the court at its next meeting (4) the court may approve any such draft as is referred to in ~!: sub~ection (3) and pass the statute or reject it or return it to the executive council for reconsideration, either in whole or in part, together with any amendments which the court may suggest: provided that the executive council shall not propose the draft of any statute or of any amendment of a statute affecting the status, powers or constitution of any existing authority of the university until such authority has been given an opportunity of expressing an opinion upon the propo~l, and any opinion so expressed shall be ~ writing and shall be considered by the court (5) any member of the court may propose to the court the draft of any statute and the court may reject the proposal or refer such draft for consideration to the executive council, which may either xeject the proposal or submit the draft to the court in such form as the executive council may approve, and the provisions of this section shall apply in the case of any draft so submitted as they apply in the case of a draft proposed to the court by the executive council (6) 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, disallow, or remit it for further considera tion 29 (1) - - - - power to make ordinances (4) where the executive council has rejected the draft of an ordinance proposed by tile academic council, the academic council may appeal to the central government and the central government may, by order, direct that the proposed ordinance shall be laid ~fore the next meeting of the court for its approval and that pendmg such approval it shall have effect from such date as may be spe----------- cified in the order: provided that if the ordinance is dot approved by the court at such meeting, it shall cease to have effect (5) all ordinances made by the executive council shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the visitor and the court and shall be considered by the court at its next meeting and the court shall have power, by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members voting, to cancel any ordinance made by the executive council, and such ordinance shall, from the date -cjf-uch resolution, cease to have effect (6) the visitor may, by order, direct that the operation of uy ordinance shan be suspended until he has had an opportunity of exercising his powers of diaallowance, and any order of auspeaaion under this sub-section shall cease to have effect on the expiration of one month from the date of such order or on the expiratida gf fifteen days from the date of consideration of the ordinance by the court, whichever period expires later (7) the visitor may, at any time after an ordinance hu been considered by the court, signify to the executive council his disallowance of such ordinance, and from the date of receipt by the executive council of intimation of such disallowance, luch ordinaace shall cease to have effect | 31     ||---------|| -       || -       || -       || -       || refula- || tions  |(3) the executive council may direct the amendment, in luck manner as it may specify, of any regulation made under thb section or the annulment of any such regulation: provided that any authority of the university which is dissatisfied with any such direction may appeol to the court, whose decision in the matter shall be final - - - - - - - annual report 34 the annual report of the university shall be prepared under the direction of the executive council, and shall be submitted to the court on or before such date as may be prescribed by the statutes, and shall be considered by the court at its annual meeting the court may pass resolutions thereon and communicate the same to the executive council which ball take such action thereon u it thinks at ,~ ;  i 35(1) - - - - annual account (3) the annual accounts and the financial estimates shall be considered by the court at its annual meeting, and the court may pass resolutions thereon and communicate the same to the executive council which shall take such action thereon as it thinks fit 38 (1) - - - - fillln, of (2) subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 18, =~~e casual vacancies in ally office or in any authority shan be filled up -:-! -~,! - by the authority which has power to appoint to the 'office or authority: provided that when the court is the appointing authority the casual wcancy shall be filled by th;; executive council, and the person so appointed shall hold office till the next meeting of the court - - - - - the statute - - - - - 4 (1) - - - - pro-vic8-(2) the term of office of the pro-vice-chancellar shall ordinarily chan~l1or be co-terminous with the term of office of the vice-chancellor: provided that, notwithstanding the expiry of the term of his otftce, the pro-vice-chancellor shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office  - - - - - 5 (1) the treasurer shall be elected by the court t from among a panel of three persons nominated by the executive reuurer council, and the election shall be subject to the approval of the visitor he shall hold office for a term of five years (2) he shall be an ex otjieio member of the-- court and the executive council (3) a casual vacancy in the office of the treasurer shall be filled by the executive council the person appointed to flll such vacancy shall hold office until the election of his successor at the next annual meeting of the court - - - - - (5) the treasurer shall:-(a) aubject to the control of the executive councll, manage the property and investments of the udiversity and be respon-court sible for the preparation of the annual accounts and the financial estimates and for their presentation to the executive council and the court;  -- - - - - (d) convene meetings of the finance committee; add - - - - - 8 (1) the court shall consist of the following members, namely:-ex officio members (i) chancellor; (li) pro-chancellor; (iii) vice-chancellor; (iv) plro-vice  chancellor, if any; (v) treasurer; (vi) all ex-vice-chancellors; (vi-a) librarian; (vii) provosts; and (viii) proctor representatives of the departments and colleges (ix) heads of departments of studies; (x) principals of colleges; and (xi) professors who are not heads of departments of studies representatives of university teachers other than pro!elbor, (xii) (a) two readers, by rotation according to seniority, who shall be members for a term of three years; (b) three lecturers, by rotation according to seniority, who shall be members for a term of three years representatives of ex-students (xiii) fifteen representatives to be elected by the alumni (old boys) association  donor(xiv) (a) every person making to the univeraity a donation of one lakh of rupees or upwards or transferring property of the like value, and (b) representatives of persons making to the university a donation of rs 1,000 or upwards (excluding persons who have donated rs 1,00,000 or more), elected from among themselves there shall be one representative far every flfty iuch donors, subject to a dlqximum ~( fifteen representatives every donor who makes to the university an annual grant of money, the payment of which is secured by mortgage of immovable property or in such other manner as the executive council may approve, shau, subject to the provisions of explanation 3, have the same rights as to membership of, and representation on, the court as if he had been a donor of such sum as represents the capital value of such annual grant ascertained at a rate of interest of 3i per cent: provided that in the case of a body corporate, the executive council may dispense with any such security the amounts of donations specified in sub-items (a) and (b) may, for the purpose of qualifying the donors within those provisions, be made up partly of· money or of capitauiif1l grants, as provided in explanation i or of property or partly of any two or more of these when an annual grant is not fully paid up or falls in arrears, the donor shall not be entitled to exercise any of the privileges conferred on him by any of the foregoing provisions of thi statute, unless and until the said arrears are paid up where the donors of a sum· are more persons than one, who constitute a joint hindu family or partnership firm or a company or corporation, the registrar shall call upon such donors to elect, within a time to be fixed by him, one of their number to represent and act, for them in voting at the election if such donors fail to elect and notify the name and address of the person so elected by them within the time specified in the notice, or within such further period of time as may be allowed ,by the registrar or are 4 unable to agree as to the person who sh~uld represent them for the purpose of yoting at the election, the registrar shall lay the matter for orders before the vice-chancellor who may nominate anyone of -their number -to represent them at the election for the purpose of voting the orders of the vice-chancellor in this regard shall be final the na~e of the person so elected or nominated to represent such  donors shall be entered in the column of remarks against the names of such donors, and for purposes of serving all notices of elections, of making nominations of persons to be eleded and for voting at the election the person so noted as the representative of such donor shall be deemed to be th1! person entitled to act as one of the electors where the donor is a minor, or a person 8uttering from a disability, or a ward of a court, the legal guardian of such person shall be entitled to act for him at the election as a voter, so long as the minority or disability continues or so long as he is a ward of a court where the same person is not the it:gal guardian of the person and property of a minor, the legal guardian of the property shall be deemed to be the guardian  persons representing learned profession and indut'll 4rdl commerce(xv) 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; (xvi) three representatives of the all·1ndia muslim edu· 'cationa] conference; (xvii) five persons representing industry and commerce, to be elected by the court  representatives of parliament(xviii> three members of the parliament, two to be elected by the lok sabha from among its own members in such manner as the speaker may direct alld one to be elected by the raj)" sabha from among its own members in such manner as the chairman may direct: provided that until both houses of parliament are ~  tuted, the three members may· be elected by tire provistorral hrlimjeslt  reptesentatives of muslim cultute and leaming(xix) five persons representing muslim culture and learning to be elected by the court  nominated membets(xx) (a) not more than five persons to be nominated by the visitor; (·b) not more than two persons to be nominated by the chief rector; and (c) _not more than three persons to be nominated by the chancellor: provided that in making nominations under sub-items (a) and (c) due regard shall be had to the representation of the different areas of the country, in view of the all-india character of the university:  provided further that no employee of the un;versity shall be eligible to be a member under any of the item (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) i (xviii), (xix) or (xx) (2) if any body of persons entitled to elect a member fails to do so within the time prescribed by the  court, the court may appoint as member any person whom that body of persons could have elected as a member: provided that in the case of the first elections to the court, the powers conferred upon the court by this clause shall be exercisable by the executive council (3) save as otherwise expressly provided, a member of the court shall hold office for a period of five years  () the method of election shall be as laid down in the ordinances (5) the proceedings of the first meeting of the court, including any adjourned meeting thereof, after the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act of 1951, shall be valid notwithstanding the existence of vacancies under items (xiii) to (xx), inclusive of clause (1) of this statute  - - - - - 13 (1) an annual meeting of the court shell be beld on a date meetinas to be fixed !by the executive council unless some other date has of the been fixed by the court in respect of any year at such annual court ~eeting, a report of the working of the university during the pre-vious year, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure the b~ajlce sheet, _as audited, and the financial estimates shall be presented and any vacancies among the ofbcers of the university or among the members of the court or the executive council or the finance committee which ought to be ftlled up by the court shan ·be so ftlled up (2) a copy of the statement of receipts and expenditure, the balance sheet and the financial estimates referred to in clause (1) shall be sent to every member of the court at least seven days before the date of the annual meeting, and shall be open to inspection of au members of the court and the academic council' at the office of the university during the year following such annual meeting, at such reasonable hours and under such conditions as the executive council may determine (3) twenty-ftve members of the court shall form a quorum (4) special meeting of the court may be convened by the executive council or the vice-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 cowt shall also b~ called if one-third of the members of the court or fifty members,' whichever number is less, make a requisition in writing in this behalf powers in 14 (1) the court may, by resolutions passed by a majority of dot respect less than two-thirds 0:": the members present and votingof grantmg and with~ drawing degree (a) on the recommendation of the academic council, through the executive council make proposals to the chancellor for the conferment of honorary degrees;  (b) on the recommendation of the executive council, withdraw any ordinal! degree or diploma conferred by the univer-sity; and       -                   -                                -                                            -                                                         - 15 (1) the executive council shall consist of the following executive council members, namely:-       (i) vice-chancellor;        (ii) pro_vic~hanceuor, if any; (iii) treasurer; (iv) three deans, by rotatio~ accot:ding· to seniority; (v) principals of two colleges, other tlian the principal of the women's college, to be members in rotation for a term of three years; (vi) principal of the women's college; (vii> one provast, ·by rotation according to seniority; (viii) proctor; (ix) five persons; none of whom shall be an employee of the university, elected by the court from among its members, 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 their places shall be filled by persons nominated by the visitor; (x) two persons nominated by the visitor; (xi) one person nominated by the chief rector; and (xii) one person nominated by the chancellor (2) members of the executive council, referred to in items (v) and (ix) to (xii) of clause (1) shall hold office for a term of three years (3) eleven members of the executive council shall rorm a quorum 16 (1) the executive council shall, subject to the control of powers the court, have the management and administration of the whole of the revenue and property of the university and the conduct of all e~ecuti~t administrative affairs of the university not otherwise provided for oudc1 (2) subject to the provisions of the act, the statutes and the ordinances, the executive council shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following powers, namely:-     (ii) to appoint members of ~he administrative staff or to delegate the power of appointment to such authority or authorities or officer as the executive council may, from time to time, by resolution, either generally or specially direct; - - - - - (viii) ·toentertain, adjudicate upon, and, if thought fit, to redress' any grievances of the officers of the university, the teaching staff, the students and the university's servants, who may, for any reason, feel aggrieved, otherwise than by an act of the court; '  -    - - - 18 subject to the act, the statutes and ,the ordinances, the academic council sh~ll, in addition to all other powers vested in it have the following powers, namely:-powers of the-academic council (i) to report on any matter referred to or delegated to it by the court or the executive council; - - - - - (x) to fix, subject to any conditions accepted by the court, the time, mode and conditions of competition fol' fellowships, scholarships and other prizes, and to award the same; - - - - - finance 19-a (i) the finance committee shall consist of the following commit members, namely:-tee - - - - - (iv) two persons, who are not employees of the university, elected by the court, at least one of whom shan ·be a penon who is not a membea- of the executive council; (v) treasurer (convener)  removal ofmembers and oftleers(2) three members of the finance committee shall form a quorum " - - - - - (4) the vice-chancellor shall preside at the meetings of the finance, committee in the absence of the vice-chancellor, the treasurer shall preside at a meeting thereof  - - 25-a - - - • - - - • (2) notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of his appointment, any offtcer of the university, salaried or otherw1le, may be removed from that office by the authority, which is competent to fill the vacancy on eith~r of the following grounds, namely:-ly:-(i) the officer has become incapable of perfo~ming his duties; (ii} the officer has been convicted by a court of law of an offence which, in the opinion of the court, the executive council, or the academic council, as the case may be, invol~ m~ral turpitude: ,  '  ,  'provided that nothing in this clauae shall be deemed to affect ~y rights accruing to an oftlcer appointed' oii" eoiit~act in accordance with the· tenns of that contract l' - - - - - 28 no member of the alumni (old boys) association shall be entitled to vote or stand for the election to the court unless---~ -- (1) he has been a member of the association for at least five years continuously prior to the date of election; (il) he pays such subscription and satisfies such other conditions, as may be prescribed by the ordinances; (iii) he is a graduate of the aligarh muslim university; or an ex-student of the mao college or the m  \o collegiate school, aligarh; if a non-graduate ex-student of the university has been a member of the association for a continuous period of ten years: provided not less than eight of the persons so elected shall be graduates ezplanation-the word "graduate" in' the proviso ihall include a graduate of the mohammadan anglo-ortental college, aligarh - - - - - a bill further to amend the aligarh muslim u wversity act, i920 (shri m c ciuj8la, minister of edu&ation) 