# Telangana contract professors seek regularisation before recruitment 2026-10-09T17:41:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Contract assistant professors from 12 Telangana universities have demanded that the state government regularise their services before issuing recruitment notifications for teaching vacancies. The Telangana Universities Teachers Association (Contract) (UTAC) made the appeal on Friday, 9 October 2026, citing the Telangana Education Commission's recommendations. The association recalled that during an 11-day strike in April 2026, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy had allegedly assured job security for around 1,200 contract assistant professors, exemption of an equivalent number of vacancies from recruitment, and implementation of UGC pay scales. UTAC said these assurances remain unimplemented due to the interference of some officials. The professors also seek a shift from the Sixth Pay Revision Commission scales, which they have been receiving since 2018, to the Seventh PRC-UGC pay scales granted to regular faculty since 2019. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Telangana Today and The Hindu both report the same core demand from contract assistant professors for regularisation before recruitment. Both outlets note the April 2026 assurances from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and their non-implementation. Telangana Today leads with the professors' demand against the Congress government and mentions interference by officials, giving the story a slightly sharper political edge. The Hindu frames the demand as an appeal to the chief minister, using neutral language about unimplemented assurances and salary stagnation. The difference is one of emphasis: Telangana Today highlights the government's inaction, while The Hindu sticks to the professors' stated grievances. The Telangana Education Commission's recommendation remains the stated basis for regularisation in both accounts. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - telanganatoday.com (neutral report) Leads with demand against government, mentions official interference - thehindu.com (neutral report) Presents demand as appeal to CM, neutral on blame This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: A Revanth Reddy, Hyderabad, Telangana Education Commission, Telangana Universities Teachers Association, UGC Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-contract-professors-seek-regularisation-before-recruitment/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-contract-professors-seek-regularisation-before-recruitment/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/