College teachers to hold protest over demands
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 26
A meeting of the Chandigarh District Council of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) was held at DAV College, Sector 10, today. The office-bearers discussed the long pending demands of the college teachers, which included Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) promotions, increments for PhD, past service benefits etc.
The other issues which were discussed during the meeting were enhancement of the retirement age to 62 years, enhanced DA as announced by the government, and various individual cases pending with the DHE office.
The District Council condemned the indifferent attitude of the DHE office towards the long pending genuine demands of the college teachers. The council decided to take a deputation consisting of representatives of the all the colleges to the DHE to impress upon their demands.
Dr Ghanshyam Dev, president of the Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU, said: "We have been trying our level best to get our long pending genuine demands fulfilled, but the indifferent attitude of the DHE office is forcing us to launch an agitation which will result in the loss of students during this peak session."
Dr IPS Sidhu, secretary of the Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU, said, "As we have decided to launch an agitation, the responsibility of the loss of the students will be of the authorities, especially the DHE office, which has deceived the teachers by not accepting their genuine demands."
We have decided to launch an agitation and the authorities will be responsible for the loss caused to the students
— Dr IPS Sidhu, secretary of the Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 26
A meeting of the Chandigarh District Council of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) was held at DAV College, Sector 10, today. The office-bearers discussed the long pending demands of the college teachers, which included Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) promotions, increments for PhD, past service benefits etc.
The other issues which were discussed during the meeting were enhancement of the retirement age to 62 years, enhanced DA as announced by the government, and various individual cases pending with the DHE office.
The District Council condemned the indifferent attitude of the DHE office towards the long pending genuine demands of the college teachers. The council decided to take a deputation consisting of representatives of the all the colleges to the DHE to impress upon their demands.
Dr Ghanshyam Dev, president of the Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU, said: "We have been trying our level best to get our long pending genuine demands fulfilled, but the indifferent attitude of the DHE office is forcing us to launch an agitation which will result in the loss of students during this peak session."
Dr IPS Sidhu, secretary of the Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU, said, "As we have decided to launch an agitation, the responsibility of the loss of the students will be of the authorities, especially the DHE office, which has deceived the teachers by not accepting their genuine demands."
We have decided to launch an agitation and the authorities will be responsible for the loss caused to the students
— Dr IPS Sidhu, secretary of the Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU
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