Jamia Millia Islamia has issued a formal timeline for restoring its students’ union and ordered the immediate withdrawal of disciplinary action linked to an 18-day campus agitation, according to an official order reported by Millennium Post.
The order, issued by Registrar Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi on the university’s 106th Foundation Day, sets three directions for the return of student representation. The constitution of the Jamia Millia Islamia Student Union is to be approved and implemented by May 15, 2027.
The university has also directed that elections be notified and conducted in accordance with Lyngdoh Committee guidelines within six weeks of the beginning of the 2027 academic session. Based on the academic-session date cited in the report, the election process is expected to be initiated within six weeks of July 16, 2027.
The order further states that ongoing show-cause notices, suspensions, rustications and campus ban orders issued in connection with the agitation will be revoked immediately. The decision follows negotiations between university officials and a seven-member student delegation representing NSUI, AISA, the Fraternity Movement, MSF and independent student activists.
The agitation began on October 12 with an indefinite sit-in near the Ghalib statue lawns and a hunger strike by student leaders demanding the restoration of democratic representation. The students’ union had remained banned for two decades, according to the report.
The protest intensified after administrative measures were introduced on campus. Police were deployed inside and around the university, while restrictions were placed on campus entry and key facilities. Classes and examinations were shifted online as the administration attempted to disperse the gathering. The report also states that disciplinary notices were issued and that several protesters were detained.
The standoff continued through October 29, when students rejected the scheduled Foundation Day programme and held public assemblies, recitations and slogan demonstrations instead. The mobilisation continued despite the reported deterioration in the health of hunger strikers and the presence of police under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
The final agreement followed three days of deliberations between the administration and the student delegation. The report attributes an additional intervention to Haris Beeram, a Member of Parliament from Kerala, who met the Vice-Chancellor and conveyed the hunger strikers’ demands.
Following the university’s acceptance of the demands and the revocation of disciplinary measures, student organisations declared the protest successful and called it off. Offline classes and other campus activities are expected to resume shortly, while the next formal milestones are the preparation of the student-union constitution by May 15, 2027, and the election process after the start of the 2027 academic session.
