University Grants Commission — UGC NET-JRF/SRF Fellowship Stoppage by Aligarh Muslim University

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I am Anas Jameel with UGC NET-JRF "Student ID:3673/(NET-DEC.2015)". I have submitted my Ph.D. Thesis on 8th April 2021. Prior to the submission of the thesis, Aligarh Muslim University has discontinued/Stopped my UGC NET-JRF SRF fellowship before the submission of my Ph.D. thesis, despite the non-completion of five years of the fellowship period. They emailed for stoppage of fellowship with reason "other reason, ". When I questioned them they said UGC does not provide fellowship in the extension period. Although this extension was due to Covid19 granted by UGC.
However, in response to the RTI regarding the same UGC clarified that there is no such provision for stoppage of fellowship in the extension period by the University.
The University has arbitrarily stopped my Fellowship from 18/12/2020 to 08/04/2021 including Fellowship amount, HRA, and Contingency.
The verbal reason given by the university is that the five years o[censored]GC NET-JRF/SRF are calculated from the date of Registration in Ph.D. which is arbitrary and against the guidelines provided by UGC. UGC NET-JRF guidelines explicitly mention that the duration of the fellowship is for 5 years from the date of Joining to the date of submission or completion of 5 years of JRF/SRF whichever is earlier.
Furthermore, other universities such as JNU and JMI provide the fellowship in the extension period if 5 years period of fellowship is not completed.
In AMU research scholars suffer due to their arbitrary stoppage of fellowship.
Kindly resolve the issue with the release of the remaining fellowship and guide the Aligarh Muslim University official regarding the same. The details of my fellowship are as follows:
Name: Anas Jameel
Student ID:3673/(NET-DEC.2015)
Ph.D. Registration Date: 17/12/2015
Date of NET-JRF result: 11/04/2016
Commencement of NET-JRF: 11/04/2016
Commencement of SRF:11/04/2018
Arbitrarily Stoppage of Fellowship by the University: From 18/12/2020 to 08/04/2021
Date of Submission of the Ph.D. Thesis: 08/04/2021

I have attached all the relevant documents (in support of the above grievance) highlighting the relevant information in the same. Kindly, take appropriate steps and resolve the grievance.