 lok jabha co rri gendumtothe    aligarff             1v!uslim                     un iversity                                 (third                                         4l'1el'dl1e]\;t)                                                     bill,                                                            19801(to be/as          introduced                       in                          lok sabha)page 4,         line              27,-~after          "commencement"                                  insert-11,           as                      amended by                                                                 that                                                                                    act,                                                                                                   11december22,198rp"ausa1,1902 (saka)  ~  8u1 no 212 of 1980 the aligarh muslim university (third amendment) bill, 1980 a billfurther to amend the illigarh muslim university act, 1920 be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the aligarh muslim university (third amendment) act, 1980 short title and 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government commenom 1 g t  cement may, by notification in the  cia aze te, appoint 40 01 1920 2 in the aligarh muslim university -act 1920 (hereinafter referred amendto as the principal act), in the long title and in the preamble, the words ment of "establish and" shall be omitted long title and pre_ amble 3 in section 2 of the principal act,-10 amendclause shall be inserted  n;lent of , section 2  (i) after clause (h), the fol1owing  namely:-'(hh) "non-teaching staff" means the'employees be versity other than the teachers;';  the unl-(ii) clause (j) shall be omitted; (iii) for clause (1), the fqllowing clause shall be substituted, namely:-'(z) "university" means the educational institution of their choice established by the muslims of india, which originated as s the muhammadan anglo-orjental college, aligarh, and which was subsequently incorporated as the aligarh muslim university'  amendment of section 5 4 in section 5 of the principal act--(i) in clause (2), after sub-clause (b) the fqllowing sub-clause 10 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 in accordance with the statutes" shall be added at the end; is (iii) for clause (9) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(9) to institute and maintain halls for the students of the university;"; (iv) in clause (11b) the words "and determine their conditions 20 of service in accordance with the statutes" shall be added at the end 5, for section 8 of the principal act the following section shall be substituted, namely:-"8, the university shall be open to all persons (including the teachers and taught) of either ~ex and of whatever race religion, 25 creed caste or class: substitution of new section for section 8 university open to all persons provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent religious instruction being given in the manner prescribed by the ordinances to those who hflve '!onsented to receive it" 6 in section 16 of the principlll act-30 amend-'ment of section 16, (i) after clause (~a) the followin,~ clause shall be inserted, namely:-",(3b) the honorary, treasurer;"; (ti) existing c1ause~ (3b), (se) and (3d) shall be renumbered as clauses (3c) (3d) and (3e) thereof respectively 3s 7, in section 17 of the principal act, for sub-section (1) the fflllowing sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-, amendment of section 17 "(1) the chnncellor of the university shall be e'ected by the ' court in such manner and tor s~~b terl'l'\ /ils: may be prescribed by the stat\ltes 8 in section 18 of the principel act, for sub-section (1), the follow-~ anllulcl  ing sub-section shall be substituted, nam'l!ly: _ ment of section 18 "(1) the pro-chancellor sb::tll be elected by the court in such ljl:8i)ller and for such term as may be prescribed by the statutes" sections 20b and 20c respectively, and before section 20b as so renumbered, the followlog section shall be inserted, namely:-5 9  sections 20a and 20b of the principal act shall be renumbered as insertion of new section 20a "20a (l) the honorary treasurer shall be elected 'by the court the in such rnanner a'nd for such tcrm as may be ptescribed by the honorsty 10 statutes treasurer (2) the honorary trcasufi'lr shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may bf' prescribed by the statutes" 10 in section 21 of the principal act after the words "the pro-vice-chancellor,", the words "the honorary treasurer," shall be inserted amendment of section 21 is -11 in section 22 of the principal act,-amendment of (i) after clause (3), the fchowing clause shall be inserted, section 22 namely:-"(3a) the finance committee;"; (ii) in clause (3b), the word "and" shall be inserted at the end; (iii) dause (3c) shall be omitted 20 12 for section 23 of the principal act, the following section shall be substisubstituted, namely:-tution of new section for section 23 "23 (1) the court shall ci)nsist of the chancellor, the pro-the chancellor, the vice-chancellor end the pro-v ice-chancellor (if any) court for the time being, and :;uch other persons as may be specified in lz5 the statutes 30 (2) the court shall be the supreme governing body of the university and shall exercise all the powers of the university, not otberwise provided for by this act, the statutes, the ordinancesa,nd the regulations and it shall have power to review the acts 0'£ 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 perforrr the following duties, namely:-35 (a) to make statutes and to amend or repeal the same; (b) to consider ordinances; , (c) to co~derand pass resolutions on the annual te~, the' adbual ~~oud1l and tbe  twine's) eat'  ," (d) to elect su~h per~pns to serve~n theauthori~es 'of ~ university and to appoint such officers as may be prescribed by' this aet or' the statutes; ,md (e) to exercise such cth~r po~er~ and' perform'~uch other duties as may be conferrepor iplposed upon it by this ~ct or the 5 statutes",  amendment of section 26 13 in section 26 of the principal act, for the' words ;'and r'unctions of the faculties and of ,the, students', council", ttte, y,rords "and functions of the finance, committee andof the f'al;ulties" shall, ~e substi~uted 14, after section 26 of the prin<:ipal act, the following section shall 10 be inserted, namely:-insertion of new section 26a "26a a person shall be di~qualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of any of the authorities of the university if he is not a citizen of india" disqualificationsror member ship 15 in section 27 of the principal act,-is amendment of section 27 (i) in clause (a), the words ", the finance cpmmittee" snail be omitted; (ii) for clause (c), the 'frjluwing clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(c) the manner of ~l~ction or appointment, as the case may 20 be, of the chancellor, the pro-chancellor, the vice-chancellor and other officers of the university;" 16 for section 28 of the principal act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-substitution of new section for section 28 statutes "28 (1) on the commencement of the aligarh muslim univer- 2s sity (third amendment) act, 1980, the statutes in force imme-'diately before such commencemeont shall be the statutes of the university ! (2) after the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (third amendment) act, 1980, the court may, notwithstanding any- 30 thing contained in sub-section (1), make new or additional statutes or may amend or repeal the stfitutes referred to in sub-section (1) in the manner hereinafter provit1ed in this section (3) the executive coun('il may propose to the court the draft of any statute for its consideration and such draft shall be consider- 35 ed by the court at its next mneting: provided that the executbe council shall not propose, the draft , of 'any statute ,or ?f any~endt~ic~'nt ofa statute aftecting the status, powers or con:stltutionot "my authority 'of the' univ6r&fty until  - ~~rity has been givf:n an opportunity of expressing an op'l~n  ~ writing upon the··proposal and any opinion so expressed shall be c~idered by the court (4) the court may' approve any such draft as is referred to in 5 sub-section (3) or reject it or rt'turn it to the executive council for ~ec6nstderaiioti, efther in whole· or in part, together with any amendments' which the court may suggest (5) any member of the c(lurt may propose to the court, the draft of any· statute and the court i'1ay reject the proposal or refer such 10 draft for consideration to thp executive council, which may either reject 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 by the executive council 15 (~) no new statute or amendment or addition or repeal of any statute shall come into force unless it is approved by the visitor, who may sanction or disallow it, or return it for further consideration" :if 17 in sub·section (3) of section 31 of the principal act, after the amendwords "this section", the wurds ", other than any regulation made by ment of 20 the court," shall be inserted  section 18 in section 34 of the principal act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-31 amendment of section 34 "(3) a copy of the annual report as submitted to the visitor shall also be submitted to the central government, which shall, as 25 soon as may be, cause the same to be laid before both houses of parliament"  19 for section 35 of the pripcipal act, the following section shall be substitusubstituted, namely:-tion of new section for section 35 "35 (1) the annual accounts and balance sheet of the univer-annual 30  'sity shall be prepared under the direction of the executive council accounts 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 or by such person or persons as he may authorise in this behalf 3s (z) a copy of the annual accounts, together with the audit report thereon, shall be submitted to the court and the visitor along with the observations of the executive council (3) any observations made by the visitor on the annual accounts shaii be brought to thp notice of the cow-t and the observations of the court, if any, shall, after being considered by the  executive council, be s'llbmitted to the visitor, "  ~ \",  - (4) a copy of the annual 2ccounts, together with  the a1j&t report, as submitted to the vlsitor, shall also be subrriitted··to'· die central government, which shall, as soon as may be,ca1ise·the'nme to be laid before both houses of parliament (5) the audited anilual accounts, after having been wd ~re s both the houses of parliament, shall be published in the gazette of india" 20, notwithstanding anything conta;ned in the principll act, the statutes of the university shall be amended as follows:-amendment of statutes (i) throughout the statutes, for the \yords "head of depart- 10 ment", wherever they uccur, the words "chairman of department" shall be substituted, and such consequential amendments as the ru1es of grammar may require shall also be made; (ii) for statutes 1 and la, the following statutes shall be substituted, namely:-is "1 (1) the chancellor shall be elected by the court by a simple majority the chancellor (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 20 meetings of the court (4) every prc?osal for the conferment of an honorary d~gree  shall be subject to confirmation by the chancellor la (1) the pro-chancellor shall be elected by the court by a simple majority 25 the pro-chancellor (2) the pro-chancellor shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-election (3) any casual vacancy in the office of the pro-chancellor shall be filled by the chancellor on the recommendation of the 30 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, perform the functions of the chancellor"; (iii) in statute 2, for claw'~ (1) and (2), the following clause 35 shall be substituted, namely:-· "(1) the vice-chan('ellor shall beappoiil~ by, t,j;1e visitor from a panel of at least three persons recommended by the court from a panel of five persons recommeiidecl by the executive council: 40 provided that if the visitor does not approve of any of the qersons recommended by the court, he may call fdrfresh recommendations" ;  tiv)atter statute 4, the following statute shall be lnst!rted, namely:-honorary treasurer "~ (1) the honorary treasurer shall be elected by the court by a simple majority s (2) the honorary treasurer shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-election for another term (,1) 'pie honorary treasurer shall hold office on such terms andcqnduions as may be prescribed by the ordinances (4) the honorary treasurer shall be a member of the fin-10 ance committee and shall exercise general supervision over the funds of the university"; (v) in statute 6, for clause (4), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"(4) the finance officer shall advise the university as re-is gards 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 finance officer shall not incur any expenditure or make any investment exceeding ten thousand t'lii;jees 20 without the previous approval of the executive council"; (vi) statute 9 shall be omitted; (vii) for statute 14, the following statute shall be substituted, namely:-"14 (1) the court shah consist of the following members, court 25 namely:- ex-offi·cio mem'bers(i) chancellor; (ii) pro-chancellor; (iii) vice-chancellor; (iv) pro-vice-chancellor; (v) honorary treasurer; (vi) all ex-vice-chancellors; (vii) all deans of faculties; (viii) dean of students' welfare; (ix) librarian: 35 (x) registrar; (xi) five provost~ by rotation according to seniority; (xii) proctor; representatives of the departments and colleges (xiii) twenty chairmen of departments by rotation according to seniority;  , (riv)principals of colleges; reptesentatit'es of teachers other than chairmen of departments and principals of colleges (:tv) two professf'f!ll who are not chainnen of departments, to be elected from amongst themselves; (xvi) three readers to be elected tram·  ·~ selves; (xvii) five lecturers to be elected from amongst themselves;  representatives of schools maintained by the u",iversity s(xviii) two principals of schools maintained by the university by rotdtion according to seniority;  representatives of non-teaching staff(xix) five representatives of non-teaching staff, to be elected from amongst themselves; 10  repre'1entath'es of ex-students(;rx) twenty-five l'('presentatives of ex-studenta to be elected by the alumni (old boys') association;  representati1'es of donors(xn) ten representatives of donors wbp''have donated 15 at least a sum of ten thousand rupees or transferred qroperty worth at least ten thousand rupees to the university, to be elected from amongst themselves;  representatives of learned professions, industry and commerce(xxii) ten perso",,-~ representing the learned prafe& ~ sions industry and commerce, to be elected by the court;  representatives of the au-india muslim education conference(xxiii) five representatives of the all-india muslim education conference;  representatives of parliament(xxiv) ten members of parliament, six to be elected by the house of the people (lok sabha) from amongst its members and four lo be elected by the council of states (rajya sahha) from amongst its members; representati1'es of muslim cutture and learning 30 (xxv) fifteen persons representing muslim culture and learning to be elected by the c9urt, of whom ten shall be persons residing outside the state of uttar pradesh;  (xxvi) six persons representing muslim colleges of oriental learning in india, ,lobe el~ted, by the court; 3s (xxvii) four pei'3ons from amongt the chairmen (including presidents) of the wild boards constituted under lie wakf act, 1954 (29 of 1954), orund« 'a!ly other i" !d force in a stclte,tobe electeq by tae~court; (ttxviii) two persons'representing urdu lanpa  add 4'l literature, to be elected by the pourti , (rrix) five persons representing muslim educatjonal and cultural societies situated outside the state of uttar pradesh, to be elected by the court;  representatives of students(xxx) (a) president, vice-president, secretary and one nominee of the executive cooncil of the students' union, e:r:-ojjicio ; 10 (b) eleven students to be elected by a simple majority by students of the various faculties classified into groups in the manner prescribed by the ordinances;  nominated persons(xxxi) five persons to be nominated by the visitor; (xxxii) one person to be nominated by the chief rector; (xxxiii) one per£on to be nominated by the chancellor is provided that in making nominations under items (xxxi) to (xxxiii), 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 university shall be eligible to be a member under items (xx) to (xxix) or under items (xxxi) to (xxxiii) (2) all the members of the court, other than ex-officio members and members representing students, shall hold office for a term of three years 25 (3) an ex-afjicio member shall cease to be a member of the court as soon as he vacatf's the office by virtue of which he is such (l member (4) members representing students shall hold office for a period of one  year or till such time as ij1ey continue to be students, whichever is earlier"; (viii) in statute 11>-(a) for clause (3), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-3s "(3) one-third of the members of the court shall form  a quorum for a meeting of the court"; ,  ' '" i/' ~ ' ' (b) ' in the proviso to' clause ( 4), for the words "thirty-five members'\ the' words "one-third' of the members" shall be p ,- ' t substituted~  'r ,  (i::e) for statute 16, the following'statute &hall be substituted, 4o··  "'hamel:t:-  ,  , ~ , ~ c;~ "16' "(h"th~ exec~tive council sh~ ~~ist of the following members, namely: - executive council (i) vice-chancellor; (ii) pro-vice-chancellor; (iii) honorary treasurer; (iv) five deans of faculties, by rotation, according to seniori ty ; ~ (v) two princip",ls of colleges, other than the principal of the women's college, by rotation according to seniority; (vi) principal, women's college; (vii) one provost, by rotation according to seniority; 10 (viii) proctor; (ix) six members of the court, none of whom shall be an employee of the university, to be elected from amongst themselves; (x) two representatives of professors and readers to be elected from amongst themselves; is (xi) two representatives of lecturers to be elected from amongst themselves; (xii) three persons to be nominated by the visitor; (xiii) one person to be nominated by the chief rector: provided that no employee of the university shall be eligible 20 for nomination under items (xii) and (xiii) (2) all the members of the executive council, other than ex-otjicio members, shall hold office for a term of three years (3) fifteen members of the executive council shall form a quorum for a meeting of the executive counci1"; 25 (x) in statute 18-(a) in clause (1)-(1) in item (iv) , for the word "heads", the word "chairmen" shall be substituted; (2) item (vii) shall he omitted; 30 (3) after item (xii) the foljowing items shall be inserted namejy:-"(xiii) the president, student'3' union; (xiv) two ~%t-graduate students, one research student and one under-graduate student, to be elected 3s by the students from amongst themselves: provided that no student member of the academie council shall participate in the discussions in respect of matters relating to examinations, selection committees, appointment and conditions of service of the teaching 40 staff"; - ,(b) in ciause(2) after the words "e;r-olficio membtn", the words "and stuoent members" sball be inserted; (c) alter clause (~), the foj!owlllg clause sball be inlel1ed, namely:;-s "(2a) the president, students' union shall hold office for so long as ne conllnues to nolo tne oltice oj: tne t'resluent, j:;~uaents' uruou, ana every otner stuaent-memoer snau nola olllce tor a pen{)d of one year: provided that a student-member shall cease to hold office upon hls ceasmg to oe a f:tuaem of the uruverslty"; 10 (xl) statutes 24 and 25 shah be omitted transi tional pruvisiona 21 (1) the court and the executive councll of the ali'garh muslim umversny snah, as soon as may oe, ailer tne col1uut!j1ct!meul 01 uub lict, be constllurea 10 accoraance whn tne pr·ov::'jons 01 tne pl'lllcl1'cll lict ana is 0,[ ide ;)laules, as ameuaea oy trus act, ana unu! the lourt or ule j!:xecuuve council is so constjtutea, the court or tne lxecutlve cowicl! iuncllohlhg linmeojately oeiore such commencement, snall conllhue to exercise all the powers and perlorm ail the luncljolls unaer the pnnclpal act, as so amenaed 20 (2) the chancellor and the pro-chancellor shall, as soon as may be, after the commencement of this act, be elected 10 accoraailce wtn tne proviswns 01 the prillcjpal act and of the ::itatutes, as amended by tjus act, and the person holding any such oltice lmmedialely oel0re such commencement, shall contlnue to hold that office until his successor enters 2s upon nls oltice (3) the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor and the heads of departments of the allgarh muslim university holding office immewately before the commencement of this act, shall, on and from such commencement, hold their respective offices by the same tenure and upon 30 the same tenns and condltlons as they held it immediately before such commencement 22 anything done, any action taken or any degree or other academic saving distinction conferred by the aligarh muslim university before the commencement of this act shall, notwithstanding any change made by this ac:t in the constitution of the court or the executive council, be valid as if 3s such 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 reasons-~ --\, -  °':1 -x sill to' ameiidthe allgarh muslim university act, 1920; w'a~i'in~ ducea in -the -lok sabha on 12tii august; 1980, so as' to amend the definition of the expression 'university' and introduce' various other changes in the act subsequently, representations were received from various muslim organisations, the vice-chancellor and the representativ~ of the university teachers and student~ that amendments to the statutes of the university should also be incorporated in the bill and passed by p¥,liament along with the amennments to the act after examining these representations, it has been decided to introduce a consolidated bill to amend both the act and statutes of the aligarh muslim university 2 the main features of the bill are as follows:-(if omission of the words "establish and" from the long title' and preamble to the act; (2) amendment of the d~fnition of the expression "university" " -occulting in the act; (3)  empowering the univ('fsity to promote especially the "educational and cultural advancement of the muslims of india;  (4) restoring the status of the supreme governing body of the-·· university to the court and modifying its composition;  (5) change in the procedu:e of appointment of thec~cellor, pro-chancellor and vice-chancellor;  -(6) restoration of the office of the honorary treasurer; and (7) modification of the composition of the executive council and the academic council 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new dblhi; s b- chavan-·--the 19th december, 1980 ,~~·:~r ':') ~:t',j clause 16 of the bill which proposes to substitute a new "~ :rot section 28 of the aligarh muslim university act, 1920,' enables the court· of the university to make new i)';' additional· statutes of the university or to amend or repeal such statt!te-s the matters in respect of which the court may exercise this power relate to the constitution, powers and functions of the authorities of t!1e university, the manner df appoint:-ment or election, of the chancellor, the pro-chancellor, the vice-chan<:el~ lor and other officers of the university, the manner of appointment ot teachers and other employees of the university and other matters  2 the above matters pertain to matters of procedure or detail and as such the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character   "  ,j ' f (', - , " "                         j                                           • ,                                                                    '                                                                             )                                                                                           "; r: 'q , f'~ \ •• (:1 ", l) ,-  annexure extracts 'from '11ie aligarh muslim university aer, 1920 (40 or 1920)an act to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential muslim university at aligarh - - - - - whereas it is expedient to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential muslim university at augarh, and to dissolve the societies registered under the societies' registration act 1860 (21 of 1860), which are respectively known as the muhammadan anglo-oriental college, aligarh, and the muslim university association and to transfer to and vest in the said university all properties and rights of the said societies ~d of the muslim university foundation committee; - - - - - de6ditiedb 2 in this act and in all statutes made hereunder, unless the context otherwise requires,-- - - - - (j) "students' c<1uilcil" means the students' council of the university; - - - - - (1) "university" means the aligarh muslim university  - - - - powers of the univenltir 5 the university shall have the following powers, namely:-- -  - - (2) (a) to promote oriented 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 university and to appoint persons to such professorships, readerships, lectureships and other posts; - -  - - (9) to institute and maintain, within a radius of twenty-five kilometres of the university mosque, halls and hostels 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; - -  - - (llb) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts add to make appointments thereto; - - - - - - university open to all classes, castes and creeds j4 of 1972 8 the university shall be 9{)eil to peraons of either sex and: ~t wha,," ever race, creed, caste, or class, an 1 it shall not be lawful for the university to adopt or impose on any person, any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be admitted therein, as a teachel" or student, or to hold any office therein, or to graduate thereat, or to enjoy or exercise any privi1~ge thereof, except in respect of any particular benefaction accepted by the university, before the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1972, where such test is made a condition thereof by any testamentary or other instrument creating such benefaction: provided that nothing in this s!'ction shall be deemed to prevent religious instruction being give'll in the manner prescribed by the ordinances to those who have consented to receive it - - - - 16 the following shall be offirers of the university:-- - - - - officers if the university the chancellor 17 (1) the chancellor of the university shall be appointed by the visitor in such manner as may be prescribed by the statutes - - - - - the pru~ chancejloe 18 (1) the pro-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor in such manner as may be prescribed by the statutes - - - - powers of other officers 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 prescribed by the statutes - - - - - 22 the following shall be the authorities of the university:-authorities ot the university - - - - (3b) the faculties; (3c) the students' councij; and - - - - - 23 (1) the constitution of the court and the terttn of ofiice of its meinbers shall be such as may be prescribed by the statutes the court (2) subject to the provisions of this act, the court shall have the following powers and functions, namely:-(a) to review from time to time, the broad policies and programmes of the university and to suggest measures for the improvement and development of the university; (b) to consider and pass resolutions on the ann\1&l report, mn~l accounts of the university and the audit report thereop; (e') to advise the vibitor in respect of any matter which'may be 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 faculties 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 authorities of the university 27 subject to the provisions of this act, the statute!6 may provide for all or luly of the following matters, namely:-power to make statutes (a) the constitution, powers and functions of the authorities of the university, the finance committee and such other authorities as may be comtituted from time to time; - - - - - (c) the manner of appointm~nt of the chancellor vice-chancellor, and other officers of the l:niversity; - ' - - statuia 28 (1) on and from the commencement of the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1972, the statutes, as set out in the schedule, 34 ot 1972 shall be the statutes of the university: 340t 1972 provided that the provisions of statutes 29 to 45, both inclusive of the university (relating to provident fund, pension and gratuity for the em  ployees 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 gu,b-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 the executive council may, with the approval of the visitor, make 34 ot 1972 (2) after the commencement df the aligarh muslim university (amendment) act, 1972, the executive council may, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-6ection (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 autho,rity of the university has been given an opportunity of expressing the opinion on the proposed changes which shall be in writing and shall be considered by the executive council (3) every new statute or addition to the statutes or any 8j!l8ii1dment or repeal of a statute shaurequire the previous approvlll ,dfthe visitor who may sanction or disallow it or return it to the executive council for further eonsideration  - - '" - - (3) the exec'lltive council may direct the amendment, in such :manner as it may specify, of any regulation made under this section or the annulment of any such regulation  - - - - - 35 (1) the annual accounts and balance-sheet of the universityhall annual be prepared under the direction of the executive council, and shall once accouilb 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 omcial gazette, and a copy of the accounts, together with the report of the c()mptroller and auditor-general shall be submitted to the court, the visitor and the chancellor alongwith the 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 council, be submitted to the visitor  - - - - -  the statutes of the university1 (1) the chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor on the re-the chancommendation of the court cellor (2) the chancellor '>hall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment la (1) the pro-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor on the recommendation of the court the pro-chancellor (2) the pro-chancellor shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment the vice-chancellor 2 (1) the vice-chancellor shall be appointed by the visitor from a panel of not less than three persons selected by' a committee as constituted under clause (2) and the panel shall be prepared in the 'alphabetical order and will not indicate any order of preference: provided that if the visitor does not approve of any of the persons included in the panel, he may call for a 'fresh panel (2) the committee referred to :n clause (1) shall consist of three persons, none of whom shall be an ~mployee of t?-e university or a member of the court, executive councilor acadenuc council out of the three persons, two shall be nominated b~ the executive council and one by the visitor the nominee of the visitor shall be the convener  - - - - - 6 (1)                          -                                            -                                                              -                                                                                -                                                                                                  - , ~inance ,'officer (4) the finance officer shall-,,(4) exaercise-general supervision over the f\wds; of ute ,university and shall advise it as regards its fidancial policy; and (b) 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 ordin-anees: provided that the finance officer shall not incur any eixpeaditure or , make any investment exceeding rs 10,000 without the previous,'approval of the executive council - - - - - 14 (1) the court shall consist of the following members, namely:-court  ex-ofjicio members(i) v ice-chancellor, (ii) an ex-vice-chancellors, (iii) pro-vice-chancellor, (iv)' all deans of faculties, (v) chairman, students' council, (vi) dean of students' welfare, (vii) librarian, (viii) registrar, (-ax) 50 per cent provosts, by rotation according to seniority, (x) proctor;  representatives of departments and coueges(xi) all principals df cojl<>ges and polytechnic, (xii) heads of departments of studies by rotation according to seniority in each faculty as shown below-faculty of arts 4 | faculty    | of engineering    | and      ||------------|-------------------|----------|| faculty    | of                | medicine || 5          |                   |          || f'aculty   |                   |          || of         | science           |          || 5          |                   |          || faculty    |                   |          || o'f        | social sciences;  |          || 4          |                   |          | represet'atatwes of unioetsity teachers othet than' heads of ~pments and principals(rii'i) '(a) five' professors to be eh!cted from ambngst themselves, 1 (bvfi've readers to be elected from amongst "the:imelves, '(c)'five ,lecturers to be- elected tram amongst th8nu1e1vesj repraemaiiues of 'students (xi~) (a) president, vice-president, secretary and one nominee of the executive committee of the- students' union, (b) secretary, students' council, (c) two persons to be elected by the students! c01mbt} frctim: its own members, provided that on~ of them shall be a secretaty":of"the:c studen~ advisory committee of a faculty, i (d) j'aur membeiis to be elected by -an eleetoralcollege,mdiii" lng oftudents who have shown their academic merit in the manner prescribed by the ordinances, : (e) four members to be elected by an electoral college or colleges· consisting of the student members of the cultural cqimmttee, social service committee 'and the games committee in the manner' prescribed by the ordinances;  representatiues of e;vstudents(w) fifteen representativec; to be elected by the alumni (old' boys') association;  representatives of parliament(xvi) ten representatives of parliament, six to be nominated by' the speaker of the lok sabh3 from among the members thereof and" four to be nominated by the' chairman of the rajya sabha from 'among the members thereof;  persons representing learned professions and special i'llte1"es"(xvii) ten members from learned professions and special interests including representatives of industry, commerce, trade trnioris; banking and agriculture to be nominated by the visitor;  nominated members(xvi'ii) a person nominated by the chief rector; (xix) three person's nominated by the chancellor; remaining members of the executive cou~il (xx) the members of the executive council not specified above; 'i" i'   representatives of non-teaching staff(xxi) ten representatives of the non-teaching staff to be el~ted from amongst themoselves;  representatives of muslim culture and learning(xxii) five persons reprc!:cntlng muslim culture and learnil'lg' to be elected by the court;  representatives of donors(xxiii) representatives of persons making to the university a donation of rs 5,000 or more or transferring property of like value to be elected from amongst them>elves  there shall be one representative for every fifty such donor/! liut>ject to a ~mum of ~ representatives;  donots(xxiv) every person who has made to the univen>ity, a donation of one lakh of rupees or more or transferred property of the like value;  representatives of au-india muslim education conference(xxv) two representativt':'! to be elected by the all-india muslim education conference: provided that the election under items (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xxi), (xxii) and (xxiii) shall be in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote (2) (i) all the members of the court other than ex-ojjicio members and members representing the stwients, shall hold office for a term of three years (ii) 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 member (iii) members representing students will hold office for a period of one year or till such time as they continue to be students, whichever is earlier (3) no student, who has pass~d the high school or an equivalent examination more than eight years earlier or the pre-university or an equivalent examination more than se"ven years earlier or has taken more than one year in excess of the period prescribed for the course for which he is a student shall be eligible to hecome a member under item (xiv): provided that no student shall be eligible to b~ome a member of the court unless he has been on the rolls of the university for at least one year before he enters upon his offic~ as such member (4) no employee of the university or of a recognised institution shall be eligible to be a member of the court under any of the items (xv) to (xviii), 15 (1) - - - - - (3) thirty-five members of the" court shall form a q'uorum meetings of the court (4) special meetings of the court may be convened by the executive council or the vice-chancellor, or, if there is no vic~chancellor:, by the pro-viceochancellor, 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 writing in this behalf 16 (1) the executive council shall consist of the following membera, namely:-executive council (i) vice-chancellor; 1 (ii) pro-vice-chancellor; 1 (iii) (a)' ~p, faculty of arts; (b-) dean, faculty of soci&l sciences; (c) dean, faculty of sci~nce; (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 0'£ law, commerce and theology; 5 (iv) one principal from the principals of women's college, zakir husain engineering collf:'ge and jawaharlal nehru medical college by rotation according to seniority !lsi principal; 1 (v) one professor, other than a dean or a principal by rotation according to seniority; 1 (vi) three teachers to he e"lected by the teachers of the university from amongst themselves in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote; 3 (vii) five persons to be elected by the court from among its members by a system of proportional representation 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 residing outside the state of uttar pradesh; 5 (viii) four persons to be mminated by the visitor: 4 21 provided that until the members referred to in sub-clause (vii) are duly elected, the executive coiincil shall consist of the members specified in sub-clauses (i) to (vi), both inclusive, and sub-clause (viii) (2) all the members of the executive council other than e:r-ojjicio members shall hold office for a term of three years (3) no employee of the university shall be eligible to be a member under s'ub-clause (viii) of clause (1) (4) seven members of the executive council shall form the quorum (5) when an elected member of the executive council becomes also an ex-afficio member thereof he shall cease to be an elected member thereof and continue as such ex-ojjicio member    -  - academic counc'll 18 (1) the academic council shall consist of the following members, namely:-  - - '  (iv) heads of departments of studies;     - (vii) chairman, students' council;  - - - (ix) three professors; five readers; and seven lecturers to be elected from each categorv by the teachers in that category in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote;   - - (2) ~the members of the academic  council, members shall hold office for a term of two years otherthane:t,o~ - - - - - 24 v)', the,compositiod of ,the students' council m~y be as fouow~:,­students' couddl (i) chafrman; (~ all tbetu~t members, of the court; (iii) fifteen students be elected by the students in accordance with ,the' system' 'of ·proportional representation and by means ·of ostngle traftsferable vote on the basis of 'allocation of seats to difterent  facul  ties!",ccording to their strength as may be prescribed i ' in the orairumcaa: proy\~e~ that no student who has passed the high school or an equivalent exai!]ination more than eight years earlier or the pre-university or an equivalent! examination more than seven years earlier or has taken mwe th~ one year in excess of the period prescribed for' the course for whi~h he is a stuqent shpu be eligible to become a member of the students' council (2) 'the ~cretaryof 'the studenfls' council shall be elected by it from amongst its members through the system of proportional representation by meas of single transferable vote 25 (1) thepowej;s and function·s of the students' council shall be as fal1o~=-powers and functions of students' council (i) to make recommendations to the executive and academic councils in matters ~ffecting the academic work of the students such as the structure of courses, pattern of instruction, food, the corporate life of the university in so far 3s it concerns the students, and the co~curri'cular and extra-curricular activities in the university; (ii)~ all" rules affecting dift'iptine, welfare, sports, literary and· d~rtill~ntal ~ieties, management of hostels, student homes, nonresj~  stu4~tlt centres, extension work, '~ocial work, studepts health, national service scheme, national cadet corps, etc, shall ordimuily be placed before the students' council for obtaining its views, which will then be communicated to the academic and execu- _ -~  tiv~, c~~ils for deciosion; (im 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 which concerns the '3tudents (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 meetmgs extraordinary meetings may be held either at theinst&nce of the chairman, or at the request of not less than half ·of the membel:s: of the council ten members of the council shall form the quwllm fo'l" a meeting of the student's' council  a billfurther to amend the aligarh muslim university act, 1920 (shri s b chavan, minister of education and socid1 welfare) 