$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1406/2025 & CM APPL. 6826/2025 DR. SHIBLI JAMEEL AHMAD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Adit S. Pujari, Ms. Nehal Siddiqui, Mr. Manvendra Singh Shekhawat and Mr. Harshwardhan Pushkin Sharma, Advocates.

versus JAMIA HAMDARD .....Respondent Through: Dr. Swaroop George, Mr. Mobashshir Sarwar, Mr. Abhinandan Jain, Mr. Shivam Prajapati, Mr. Abhigyan Dwivedi, Mr. Kartikey and Mr.

Takrim Ahsan Khan, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

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1. This writ petition raises a narrow question with wide consequences: whether an employee of Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University) who, in September 1996, opted to continue under the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) regime can, nearly three decades later, demand a mandatory shift to the General Provident Fund (GPF) with pension by invoking the Government of India Office Memoranda dated 1^st May, 1987. The relief sought is a writ of mandamus directing the Respondent to “forthwith convert” the Petitioner’s CPF account into a GPF account, with all consequential pensionary benefits.

Facts in brief:

2. The Petitioner, Dr. Shibli Jameel Ahmad, serves as a faculty member of the Respond