MEERUT, July 16 -- The Rampur district administration on Wednesday ordered demolition proceedings against 38 buildings at Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, founded by former Uttar Pradesh minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, after concluding that the structures were built without approved building plans.

The decision was taken after district magistrate Ajay Kumar Dwivedi rejected the university management's explanation during a personal hearing. The Rampur Development Authority (RDA) has given the institution 15 days to remove the allegedly unauthorised structures, failing which it will carry out the demolition.

"As per rules, the institution has been given 15 days to demolish the illegal constructions on its own,...