785 surplus staff of Annamalai University may get salary cut
HC Dismisses Plea Against Notice
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.11.2019
The Madras high court has dismissed a batch of appeals moved by Annamalai University employees, grade I and II special officers, challenging showcause notices issued to them seeking an explanation why their pay scale should not be reduced to that of assistant section officers to reduce the financial burden of the university.
All the 785 officers were appointed pursuant to orders of vice-chancellor without sanction of the finance committee or the syndicate and they became surplus in terms of workload, causing a loss of ₹60 crore per annum.
The appeal challenged the orders passed by a single judge assailing the showcause notices. Dismissing the appeals, a division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice N Seshasayee said, “This court is of the opinion that challenge to the impugned showcause notice is pre-mature. This court, on an independent application of mind to the entire materials, is of the view that there is no error apparent or infirmity in the reasons assigned by the learned judge in the impugned common order passed in the writ petitions and finds no merit in these writ appeals.”
According to the showcause notice dated August 13, 2018, the continuance of these 785 surplus officers in employment without no work but with full pay, cripples the financial situation of the university causing huge deficit every year and posing imminent threat to the very existence of the university.
“With the intent of striking a balance between the deteriorating financial position of the university and avoiding retrenchment of these surplus officers, who have no work, the university has been exploring the possibility of accommodating these surplus officers against some other cadre for the time being namely, assistant section officers in the pay scale of ₹9,300-₹34,800 + GP ₹4,600,” the notice read.
The university is of the view that the proposal, although might reduce your present scale of pay of ₹15,600- ₹39,100 + GP ₹5,400, would contribute to a certain extent to the financial stability of the university. The university intends to process this proposal after taking your remarks/explanation in this regard, it said.
HC Dismisses Plea Against Notice
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.11.2019
The Madras high court has dismissed a batch of appeals moved by Annamalai University employees, grade I and II special officers, challenging showcause notices issued to them seeking an explanation why their pay scale should not be reduced to that of assistant section officers to reduce the financial burden of the university.
All the 785 officers were appointed pursuant to orders of vice-chancellor without sanction of the finance committee or the syndicate and they became surplus in terms of workload, causing a loss of ₹60 crore per annum.
The appeal challenged the orders passed by a single judge assailing the showcause notices. Dismissing the appeals, a division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice N Seshasayee said, “This court is of the opinion that challenge to the impugned showcause notice is pre-mature. This court, on an independent application of mind to the entire materials, is of the view that there is no error apparent or infirmity in the reasons assigned by the learned judge in the impugned common order passed in the writ petitions and finds no merit in these writ appeals.”
According to the showcause notice dated August 13, 2018, the continuance of these 785 surplus officers in employment without no work but with full pay, cripples the financial situation of the university causing huge deficit every year and posing imminent threat to the very existence of the university.
“With the intent of striking a balance between the deteriorating financial position of the university and avoiding retrenchment of these surplus officers, who have no work, the university has been exploring the possibility of accommodating these surplus officers against some other cadre for the time being namely, assistant section officers in the pay scale of ₹9,300-₹34,800 + GP ₹4,600,” the notice read.
The university is of the view that the proposal, although might reduce your present scale of pay of ₹15,600- ₹39,100 + GP ₹5,400, would contribute to a certain extent to the financial stability of the university. The university intends to process this proposal after taking your remarks/explanation in this regard, it said.
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