Delhi University ad-hoc and temporary professors absorption petition filed
India Today
The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) chief A K Bhagi has filed a petition for the ad-hoc and temporary professors absorption.
Delhi University ad-hoc and temporary professors absorption petition has been raised by the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) chief A K Bhagi seeking intervention from President Ram Nath Kovind, who is a visitor to the university. The petition has been made on behalf of 4,500 ad-hoc and temporary professors in the institute amid job and social insecurity.
"This is a serious concern of these teachers who are working on ad-hoc/ temporary basis on full-time, approved, sanctioned and substantive posts. If their concern is not addressed in a proper and time-bound manner, it will prove disastrous for their careers and teaching-learning process in the Delhi University," read the petition.
Assistant professors working on an ad-hoc basis are initially appointed for four months under the Delhi University EC resolution of December 27, 2007, and the positions on which they work are usually permanent sanction posts.
"Those who are temporary are paid full salary in the UGC pay scale with full allowances and annual increment as admissible to a Government servant and with continuous services, without any notional break.
"However, they are discriminated from as permanent teachers on account of promotion and they remain assistant professors irrespective of their length of service and academic achievements," the petition stated.
It added that the ad-hoc teachers are paid initially of full UGC pay scale without any increment but with full allowances.
