AICTE urges college to pay salary dues to staff, return certificates
9 teachers of Nagercoil-based engineering college have not been paid since March
13/01/2021
Special CorrespondentCHENNAI
The All India Council for Technical Education has asked the principal of Ponjesly College of Engineering in Nagercoil to pay salary to nine of its staff and also return the original certificates of its faculty.
The Council, in a letter to the principal, said it had received complaints from nine staff members, who had been working in the institution for the past four to seven years.
The faculty said the performance of the teachers was more than satisfactory as seven of 33 students had secured university ranks. Yet, the college had not paid them salary since March 2020.
Despite their performance, the college had been paying only a consolidated amount, the AICTE noted.
Not only did the college not pay salary as per AICTE norms but it also withheld all payments.
The staff appealed to the Council to ensure that the college paid them a minimum of ₹5,000 to enable them meet their domestic expenses, including recharging their mobile phones. Instead, the management had removed the faculty from the college’s official communication media group.
The AICTE communication said the management had insisted that the faculty resign when they asked for their original certificates to be returned.
Appeal to AICTE
The staff had appealed to the AICTE to help them receive their salary dues and arrears, be given access to their provident fund account, and return their certificates besides issuing experience certificates, covering their present service.
In a 10-page letter to the principal, the AICTE regional officer, M. Sundaresan, cited the various court verdicts that have been issued protecting the faculty’s rights.
A copy of the letter was also sent to the Commissioner of the Directorate of Technical Education and the Registrar of Anna University, besides the nine affected faculty members.
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