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The Association of University Teachers (AUT), Tamil Nadu, demanded action against Periyar University for changing the academic year regularly in bid to illegally assistance re-employment to a fewer preferred teachers.
All the State universities successful Tamil Nadu follow July 1 to June 30 arsenic their world twelvemonth with May 1 to June 30 arsenic their abrogation period. The Act and the Statutes of Periyar University, Salem, had inadvertently mentioned the world twelvemonth arsenic June 1 to May 31, causing hardship portion granting re-employment to teachers superannuating during the mediate of the world year.
To wide the issue, the Periyar University Syndicate successful 2019 adopted a categorical resolution, declaring July 1 to June 30 arsenic its world year, successful consonance with different State universities. On that basis, the assemblage had denied re-employment to a fewer teachers who retired up to June 30. Barring the COVID-19 pandemic betwixt 2020 and 2022, determination was consistency.
AUT wide caput K. Raja said that Periyar University began its deviation with a circular dated May 30, 2022, stating that June 17, 2022, would beryllium the past moving time for the world twelvemonth 2022-23, with June 18 to July 17 arsenic vacation, and the assemblage re-opening connected July 18, 2022. In the supra period, Kumaradhas, physics prof who was to discontinue connected June 9, 2022, was granted 11 months of re-employment.
Similarly, Mr. Raja noted that module members Selvaraj and Anbazhagan, who were to discontinue connected June 2 and June 4, 2023, were offered re-employment until March 31, 2024. By a circular dated April 22, 2024, the registrar, successful yet different deviation, declared May 9, 2024, arsenic the past moving time for the world twelvemonth 2023-24, with May 10 to June 28, 2024, arsenic vacation, and the 2024-2025 world twelvemonth opening connected July 1.
Mr. Raja said Professor Muthusamy, who retired successful June 2024, was denied re-employment, and was relieved connected June 30 itself. Meanwhile, V.R. Palanivelu, Department of Management Studies, superannuating connected June 14, 2025, was granted re-employment for 9 months until March 31, 2026, helium added.
“The Registrar of Periyar University has present issued a circular connected April 29, 2026, stating that May 1 to June 30 volition beryllium abrogation and the assemblage volition reopen connected July 1,” Mr. Raja said.
Mr. Raja said that with the ulterior volition to facilitate the amerciable assistance of re-employment to the preferred fewer teachers and contradict the aforesaid to others, were permitted, making a mockery of the assemblage system.
“This is re-employment racket, causing immense nonaccomplishment to the nationalist exchequer. We warrant a thorough probe to stem the caput of corruption, nepotism, and favouritism astatine higher acquisition institutions,” Mr. Raja said, adding that the AUT appeals to the Department to initiate punitive enactment against those liable for this fiasco.
