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The State government’s Department of Higher Education has quashed the retrenchment of the imperishable employees astatine NIE Institute of Technology (NIEIT) astatine Koorgalli successful Mysuru and directed the absorption to reinstate each of them forthwith.
Sharing copies of an bid issued by the Secretary to the Government, Department of Higher Education, Khushboo G. Chowdhary, the NIEIT Permanent Employees Hakku Horata Samithi, successful a connection here, said the authorities had directed the absorption to licence each the affected employees to resume their duties without immoderate interruption successful service.
The Higher Education Department had taken up the lawsuit of the employees of NIEIT, whose services had been confirmed since September 2011. However, astir 2021-22, steps were initiated for a merger of NIEIT with NIE college.
The employees had questioned the circulars calling upon the existing module to use afresh for the posts and Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) notified successful April 2025. They besides contended that they had received retrenchment orders, which were allegedly back-dated, and they were thereafter not permitted to discharge their duties.
After going done the contentions of the appellants and the respondents, the Department of Higher Education has ruled successful favour of the employees.
The Samithi, successful a connection here, said that the enquiry by the Higher Education Department had recovered that the “retrenchment letters dated June 11, 2025, appeared to beryllium backdated specifically to decision an interim extortion bid issued by the Hon’ble High Court connected June 12, 2025”.
With respect to the telephone for re-applications by the employees, the Higher Education Department Secretary had noted that the appellants, who had completed probation “cannot beryllium treated arsenic casual employees oregon caller applicants”. Also, the VSS strategy was recovered to beryllium a unilateral move, lacking the mandatory support of the Board of Trustees.
In a connection here, the NIEIT Permanent Employees Hakku Horata Samithi said this is not the archetypal clip the State has intervened. “We privation to item the shocking information that this is the 2nd clip the apex authorities assemblage connected higher acquisition has directed the absorption to reinstate these employees. An earlier bid issued successful June 2025 by the aforesaid authorization was wilfully disobeyed by the management,” it said.
Management’s response
Meanwhile, the absorption of NIE has denied each allegations made by the petitioners and said it is seeking ineligible sentiment to instrumentality further steps.
The NIE IT was facing a dependable diminution successful the fig of pupil admissions implicit the years and a determination was taken to merge the NIE IT with NIE. Student intake to the instauration was stopped successful 2021 and the past batch of students graduated successful 2025.
While 99 employees were offered the Voluntary Separation Scheme, lone 20 availed it and they got their jobs back. Another 70 approached the court. The compensation magnitude ranged from ₹2 lakh to ₹16 lakh, a typical of the absorption said.
The petitioners, who were earlier moving with NIE IT, had approached the High Court and the cases were disposed of. They had filed contempt proceedings earlier the High Court and the cases had been closed.
The Department of Higher Education had passed orders “contrary to the law” aft 14 petitioners approached the Principal Secretary to the Government of Karnataka’s Department of Higher Education astatine Bengaluru, the absorption typical said.
