HC stays hiring of temporary teaching staff by Anna univ
TNN | Jan 2, 2020, 04.08 AM ISTChennai:
The Madras high court has stayed the process begun by Anna University to hire guest lecturers and visiting fellows for its affiliate colleges across the state on a temporary and hourly basis.
Vacation judge Justice V Parthiban passed the interim order on the plea moved by G Arutperumjyothi – a temporary teaching fellow of the university challenging the recruitment.
According to the petitioner, the registrar of the university issued an advertisement dated December 19, 2019 calling for applications to the posts of guest lecturers and visiting fellows on hourly basis.
“While there are already 518 such temporary faculties employed by the university for its affiliate colleges for several years, the university has called for applications for fresh appointments without regularising the existing temporary staff,” the petitioner said. He said the university engaged faculties on temporary basis with impunity and without any approval in total violation of established principles of law enunciated by the Supreme Court and the high courts.
“Time and again courts have come down heavily upon engagement of faculties on temporary basis without identifying the actual workforce required for teaching. Besides this, there is no category of appointment as teaching fellows in the UGC Regulations, 2010,” he said.
Relying on the AICTE regulations, the petitioner said the rules were very clear that there shall be only three designations in respect of teachers — assistant professors, associate professors and professors. There is no other nomenclature for appointment as teaching fellows/ visiting fellows/guest lecturers.
The petitioner said that only 10% of the teaching staff are employed on regular basis by the university for its constituent colleges. All other teaching faculties are engaged only on temporary basis.
TNN | Jan 2, 2020, 04.08 AM ISTChennai:
The Madras high court has stayed the process begun by Anna University to hire guest lecturers and visiting fellows for its affiliate colleges across the state on a temporary and hourly basis.
Vacation judge Justice V Parthiban passed the interim order on the plea moved by G Arutperumjyothi – a temporary teaching fellow of the university challenging the recruitment.
According to the petitioner, the registrar of the university issued an advertisement dated December 19, 2019 calling for applications to the posts of guest lecturers and visiting fellows on hourly basis.
“While there are already 518 such temporary faculties employed by the university for its affiliate colleges for several years, the university has called for applications for fresh appointments without regularising the existing temporary staff,” the petitioner said. He said the university engaged faculties on temporary basis with impunity and without any approval in total violation of established principles of law enunciated by the Supreme Court and the high courts.
“Time and again courts have come down heavily upon engagement of faculties on temporary basis without identifying the actual workforce required for teaching. Besides this, there is no category of appointment as teaching fellows in the UGC Regulations, 2010,” he said.
Relying on the AICTE regulations, the petitioner said the rules were very clear that there shall be only three designations in respect of teachers — assistant professors, associate professors and professors. There is no other nomenclature for appointment as teaching fellows/ visiting fellows/guest lecturers.
The petitioner said that only 10% of the teaching staff are employed on regular basis by the university for its constituent colleges. All other teaching faculties are engaged only on temporary basis.
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