The Court

(1) The Court of the University shall consist of the following members: (i) Chairperson: Chancellor; (ii) Vice-Chancellor (Ex-officio); (iii) Pro Vice-Chancellor (Ex-officio); (iv) Principal Secretary or Secretary, Technical Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi (Ex-officio); (v) Principal Secretary or Secretary, Higher Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi (Ex-officio); (vi) Principal Secretary or Secretary, Finance, Govt. of NCT of Delhi (Ex-officio); (vii) Two eminent persons in the disciplines of basic and applied sciences, Engineering, Technology and Management, nominated by the Chancellor; (viii) All Deans of the University (Ex-officio); (ix) Registrar (Ex-officio) — Member Secretary. (2) (i) The term of office of the nominated members of the Court, other than ex-officio members, shall be five years. (ii) Where a person has become a member of Court by reason of the office or appointment he holds, his membership shall terminate when he ceases to hold that office or appointment; (iii) A member of the Court shall cease to be a member if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind, or becomes insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude. A member, other than the nominated member, shall also cease to be member if he accepts a full time appointment in another University; or if he not being an Ex-officio member fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Court without the leave of the Chancellor; (iv) A member of the Court, other than an ex-officio member, may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Chancellor and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted by him; (v) Any vacancy in the Court shall be filled by nomination by the respective nominating authority and on expiry of the period of the vacancy such nomination shall cease to be effective.