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5. JMI Ordinance 23 (XXIII) defines 'academic staff' to mean and include such category of staff as are appointed to conduct research or to academically assist in teaching/research or preparation of books and reading material or in other allied activities of academic nature. In Clause 3 it further provides 'Such other Categories of the University employees, as may be assigned as Academic Staff by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) from time to time'. Section 2(a) of Jamia Act also defines 'academic staff' as 'Academic staff means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by the Ordinances'. It is thus clear that FTK- CIT is one of the academic centres of Jamia performing various research and development as well as teaching activities and the age of superannuation of the academic staff is admittedly 65 years. The academic profile of the Petitioner is amply substantiated by his work profile which included academic research, development and teaching in the Centre, in areas such as Neural Networks, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning etc.; role as academic member of the Committee of Studies of the Centre; supervising research scholars during Ph.D. in Information Technology in areas of research such as 'Machine Learning' and 'Cloud Computing'; conducting teaching classes for Ph.D., coursework, setting question papers for Ph.D. (IT) coursework and entrance examinations and working as regular faculty to different academic programmes etc.

22. Petitioner further avers that since the date of his appointment, he is involved in various research and academic activities, some of which are mentioned in paragraph 14 of the petition and are as follows:-

"i. Actively involved in the Academic Research, Development & Teaching activities of the Centre in the latest area of research like Neural Networks, Cloud Computing, Machine learning etc. ii. Performing the role and responsibility of an academic member of the Committee of studies of the Centre constituted in the light of the JMI Ordinance 19 and as such has been notified as Academic staff in all the notices of the Committee of studies of the centre for more than last 12 years.
iii. Convener of the Centre's Research Committee and member of Research Advisory Committee.
iv. Supervising Research scholars admitted during Ph.D. in Information Technology being run at the Centre in the latest areas of research like "Machine Learning" and "Cloud Computing".

v. Designing Syllabus for the PhD. (IT) programme at the Centre. vi. Conducting Teaching Classes for the PhD (IT) Coursework and as such has been approved as a faculty for the PhD(IT) coursework by the Committee of Studies of the Centre.

xi. Participation in Conferences/Workshop held at the Centre."

23. Additionally, Petitioner was rendering services as regular faculty in different academic programmes, conducted at Academic Staff College, JMI for Professors etc. from various universities of the country. Petitioner states that five academic research papers authored by him have been published in International Journals, the first of them being 'Mobile Robots' in 2004. Petitioner further states that he has been a Supervisor to two research scholars for Ph.D. (IT) courses run at the Centre in the latest areas of research, 'Machine Learning' and 'Cloud Computing'. Petitioner has been a member of the Committee of Studies constituted under Clause 8 of Ordinance 19 (XIX) in his capacity as an academic staff. Additionally, Petitioner was also the convenor of 'Centre Research Committee' and 'Research Advisory Committee' of the Centre. In support of each of these averments, Petitioner has filed substantial documentary material on record.