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Chandigarh teachers seek MP Tewari’s help over promotion date
The Chandigarh Aided College Teachers' Association has asked local MP Manish Tewari to intervene in a dispute over promotion benefits. The administration has restricted UGC Regulation 2018 career advancement benefits to promotions…
The Story in Brief
The Chandigarh Aided College Teachers' Association has asked local MP Manish Tewari to intervene in a dispute over promotion benefits. The administration has restricted UGC Regulation 2018 career advancement benefits to promotions after April 1, 2022, ignoring those due from July 18, 2018. Panjab University processed about 220 CAS cases, of which 120 involve teachers whose promotions fell between July 2018 and March 2022. The association says this creates an anomaly and has requested Tewari to take the matter to the Union ministries of home affairs and education.
The Indian Opinion
The administration's decision to apply benefit from 2022 instead of 2018, when UGC rules began, looks like penalising teachers for official delays. The 120 teachers whose promotions were due in between should not be defaulters. Either the government funds the arrears or clarifies why the cutoff was chosen. The real test is whether MP Tewari can get the home ministry to answer a simple question: what changed between July 2018 and April 2022?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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