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Over 200 professors of authorities colleges from crossed regions of the Union Territory held a sit-in protestation connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025) connected the heels of a hunger onslaught organised astatine Angel Street precocious to item chronic vocation stagnation.
The protesting teachers said promotions person not been granted to adjunct professors moving successful authorities colleges nether the medication successful Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam for the past 15 years.
They alleged that contempt repeated appeals and aggregate stages of protest, the Higher Education Department has delayed the promotion process and refused to instrumentality immoderate factual measure. While promotions are expected to beryllium processed doubly a twelvemonth by preparing and forwarding the indispensable files to the Puducherry government, the process has been neglected for 15 years. This had resulted successful scores of professors retiring without receiving their owed promotions — immoderate person adjacent passed away; respective others are nearing status wrong the adjacent mates of years.
According to the teachers, determination were 7 authorities colleges nether the Puducherry medication crossed the regions of the Union Territory and subordinate professors for these institutions were selected and appointed by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). While the onus was connected the Higher Education Department to process their promotion files biannually and guardant them to the government, the officials had failed successful their duty, the teachers said. This, they added, was adjacent aft receiving support from the Education Minister and the Chief Minister, and flagging the contented earlier the Lieutenant Governor, they contended.
R. Siva, Leader of Opposition and DMK convenor, G. Nehru and M. Sivasankar, MLAs, and M. Ramadass, erstwhile MP and Puducherry Maanila Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (PMMMK) president are among the leaders who person declared solidarity with the teachers.
