After 5 years of its inception, the State authorities has taken enactment for the ‘opt-in and opt-out’ statutes of the teaching and non-teaching unit of the Maharani Cluster University successful Bengaluru.
The Governor and Chancellor of the assemblage person approved the regulations made by Maharani Cluster University for adoption, namely, “Statutes governing absorption of opted successful teaching and non-teaching unit of erstwhile Maharani Science College for Women, Maharani Arts Commerce and Management College for Women, and Smt V.H.D Central Institute of Home Science College, into Maharani Cluster University, Bengaluru, 2024,” nether Section 41(7) of Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000, connected September 10, 2025.
The university, which has issued an authoritative notification connected September 17, 2025, has fixed a deadline of October 3, 2025 for the ‘opt-in and opt-out’ enactment exercise.
The State authorities formed the ‘Maharani Cluster University’ successful 2019 by merging Maharani Science College for Women, Maharani Arts, Commerce and Management College for Women and Smt V.H.D Central Institute of Home Science College, which were located successful the bosom of the metropolis and nether the jurisdiction of the Department of Collegiate Education.
At present, a full of 142 teaching unit and 10 non-teaching unit are moving successful this university, each of whom are officially receiving salaries, allowances, and different benefits from the Department of Collegiate Education.
To guarantee the creaseless functioning of the university, the authorities had taken up the process of granting statutes from 2021 itself. However, the statutes were delayed owed to the disapproval of the Finance Department and the denial of support by the Governor’s Office.
Obstruction to the University’s work
There person been allegations that since the assemblage was not made a statutory institution, the teaching faculties who were moving nether the Collegiate Education Department were not discharging their duties decently and were hindering the improvement of the university.
“All the unit successful our assemblage are presently nether the purview of Collegiate Education Department. The teaching faculties appointed successful the twelvemonth 1996-97 person been settled successful our assemblage for galore years without immoderate transfer. However, erstwhile the section started the transportation process of the staff, much than a 100 teachers approached the tribunal successful the past 3 years and sought a enactment from the tribunal to halt the transportation process, saying that they were assemblage unit and that they were not eligible for transfer,” said an authoritative of the Higher Education Department.
The authoritative added, “Due to this, determination was nary transportation for the eligible ones successful the Collegiate Education Department. If they were told to travel the rules and regulations of the department, they would evade being assemblage faculties. They were hindering the improvement of the assemblage by not responding to immoderate work, including Learning Management System training.”
Court order
Meanwhile, 64 teaching unit ‘opted-in’ to enactment with the assemblage successful 2022, and the authorities had besides issued an authoritative bid successful this regard.
However, galore of the opt-in faculties changed their minds and decided to stay with the College Education Department and approached the High Court. The tribunal agreed and directed the authorities to let opt-in and opt-out process again, recently.
In this context, the government, which had granted support to the university’s statute connected September 15, 2025, had asked it to implicit the opt-in and opt-out processes soon.
Speaking to The Hindu, Manjunatha. T.M., Vice-Chancellor (Acting), Maharani Cluster University, said, “The improvement and world activities of the assemblage were hampered owed to non-conduct of ‘opt-in’ processes. The authorities has present fixed support and issued a notification to behaviour opt-in and opt-out processes for the staff, giving a deadline of 15 days. Some are asking for 30 to 40 days for the enactment exercise. However, determination is nary question of postponing the opt-in day successful presumption of the improvement of the university. Those who are funny tin opt-in to our assemblage wrong the stipulated deadline.”
