Over 100 members of the Tiruchi zonal chapter of Association of University Teachers Tamil Nadu (AUT), held a demonstration at the District Collectorate premises on Wednesday to express their concerns over pending salaries and employment issues.
“The protest was held to urge the authorities to sanction the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) service and monetary benefits of staff in government aided colleges that have been denied for the past four years. Secondly, despite the fact that teachers who have gone to court and got favourable orders regarding this issue, the Department of Higher Education and the Government have preferred a Special Leave Petition at the Supreme Court, which is coming up for trial on August 1. This exposes the partial attitude of the Government towards teachers,” a senior AUT leader said.
Staff in 163 aided colleges have not been sanctioned CAS benefits for several years by the Department of Higher Education, even though they had been given to teachers in government arts and science colleges, added the AUT leader.
The body also petitioned the authorities to pay salaries of 106 teachers and administrative employees of the erstwhile constituent colleges of Bharathidasan University that had ceased from April.
The petition condemned the delay in approval of faculty appointments in several aided colleges. AUT Tiruchi general secretary K. Raja, treasurer K. Syed Ahamed Kabeer, and members from other zonal chapters, spoke.
Published – July 30, 2025 07:26 pm IST