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Academicians opposed Periyar University’s determination to supply re-employment to preferred teachers and demanded enactment against the assemblage medication for its continuous alleged illegalities.
Recently, Periyar University sent a circulation docket dated June 17 to its Syndicate members for providing re-employment for a professor, S. Velayuthan, successful the Tamil section who is superannuating connected June 30. Earlier, successful the 119th Syndicate gathering held connected March 9, 2026, Syndicate members deferred to supply re-employment and asked to consult with the Law department. The assemblage present sends this docket again for providing re-employment from July 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027.
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) Tamil Nadu wide caput K. Raja said that the assemblage is allegedly granting illegal re-employment to preferred teachers retiring successful June, causing crores of rupees to the nationalist exchequer. The assistance of amerciable re-employment began successful 2022 with P. Kumaradhas, followed by S. Anbazhagan, C. Selvaraj, and V. R. Palanivelu connected 1 hand, portion denying re-employment to likewise retired teachers S. Murugesh, N. Rajendran, and A. Muthusamy during 2022-26, who were besides calved successful June. K. Prem Kumar, the past wide caput of the Periyar University Teachers Association (PUTA), who pointed retired this illegality, was suspended and aboriginal terminated.
The government-constituted enquiry committee nether IAS serviceman S. Palanisamy besides recorded this illegality of granting re-employment to teachers retiring successful June successful its interim report. The contiguous medication besides treads the earlier way of illegality successful granting re-employment to preferred teachers. The assemblage volition prolong a nonaccomplishment of ₹26 lakh by providing re-employment for the Tamil prof now. The State authorities should halt this illegality and also order a high-level enquiry into the amerciable assistance of re-employment from 2022, Mr. Raja added.
V. Vaithianathan, erstwhile president of PUTA, who was denied re-employment, said that bribery plays a captious relation successful re-employment from 2022. The contiguous Periyar University Vice-Chancellor Committee subordinate R. Subramani, who on with each authorities officials successful the Syndicate, opposed providing re-employment to a professor, Muthusamy, successful 2024, is present allegedly trying to supply re-employment for the Tamil professor.
The assemblage provided re-employment for the professors who allegedly supported the university’s irregularities. The Chief Minister who is batting for eradicating corruption should bid an enquiry into this contented and instrumentality stern enactment against the VC committee members, Mr. Vaithianathan added.
A elder authoritative of the university, who requested anonymity, said that based connected the Syndicate members’ determination successful this issue, further enactment volition beryllium taken aft getting consent from the convenor and higher acquisition secretary.
