DUTA chief begins online petition seeking President's intervention in absorption of ad-hoc profs

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.  

DUTA starts online petition seeking President's intervention in absorption of ad-hoc profs

Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) Chief A K Bhagi has begun an online petition urging President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention for one-time absorption of nearly 4,500 ad-hoc and temporary professors in the institute. The petition to Kovind, who is also a visitor to the University, stated that assistant professors have been languishing in various colleges and departments of the university amid job and social insecurity.

The petition stated, “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." It added that the ad-hoc teachers are paid initially of full UGC pay scale without any increment but with full allowances.

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 3UGC 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 permanent teachers on account of promotion and they remain assistant professors irrespective of their length of service and academic achievements,” the petition stated.

“They are given a one-day notional break after 120 days or before and then their services are renewed. The most unfavorable condition is that they are under the constant threat of losing their jobs anytime.” These teachers are deprived of all rightful benefits such as annual increments, promotion, medical benefits, leaves, etc, it said, adding that female colleagues have been denied their right of availing maternity and child care leaves.

DUTA chief urged President Kovind to direct the Ministry of Education to “consider and meet the legitimate and genuine demand of absorbing the teachers working on ad-hoc/temporary basis observing all constitutional provisions of reservation”.

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