JAMIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION vs JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 28.10.2025 W.P.(C) 1490/2023 and CM APPL.46832/2025 JAMIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhik Chimni, Mr. Gurupal Singh, Ms. Pranjal Abrol, Ms. Shreya Bajpai and Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Advs. versus JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pritish Sabharwal, Standing Counsel and Ms. Shweta Singh, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner/ Jamia Teachers Association (hereinafter “JTA”), assailing the Office Orders dated 17.11.2022 and 18.11.2022 and the Advisory dated 18.11.2022 issued by the respondent/ Jamia Millia Islamia (hereinafter “University”). 2. The controversy is in a narrow factual compass. The JTA, constituted in the year 1967, is an autonomous body of teachers of the respondent University, governed by a self-regulated Constitution and administered through an Executive Committee (EC) elected by its members. Considering that the EC elected in the year 2020, was to continue till 25.11.2022, the EC passed a resolution on 19.10.2022 to hold fresh elections. The duly appointed Returning Officer (RO) issued a