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More than 500 lecturers of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) and the Madurai-Kamaraj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar, Mother Teresa, and Alagappa University Teachers’ Association (MUTA), including 200 women lecturers, staged a roadworthy blockade present connected Saturday demanding for the contiguous implementation of the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) benefits.
The protesters said, “At the bosom of the quality is the hold successful implementation of the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). While the Tamil Nadu authorities successfully implemented the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations and cleared arrears for teachers successful authorities colleges, their counterparts successful government-aided institutions person been systematically broadside lined.”
The protesters highlighted the stark determination disparity successful however the Higher Education Department has handled the transition.
“In Coimbatore and Thanjavur regions, teachers received their CAS wage hikes, but their accumulated arrears stay unpaid. In six different regions, including Chennai, teachers person received thing but the authoritative bid connected paper—neither the revised wage nor the arrears person been disbursed,” helium added.
“We are functioning nether the nonstop aforesaid Government Order arsenic our colleagues successful authorities colleges. Yet, we are being treated with a step-motherly attitude. This is not conscionable a delay, but a discrimination,” said A.T. Senthamarai Kannan, wide secretary, MUTA.
The situation extends beyond the slope accounts of module members; it is straight impacting the world aboriginal of the State. Under UGC regulations, lone teachers with the designated subordinate prof fertile could supervise a circumstantial fig of probe scholars, helium added.
Because the authorities has failed to officially finalise the CAS promotions for aided assemblage teachers, galore suffice for the fertile but could not legally intake much students, Mr. Senthamarai Kannan said.
He estimated that implicit the past 3 years, astir 1,000 students—primarily from poor, agrarian backgrounds—have mislaid the accidental to prosecute doctoral degrees.
“The protestation which began arsenic an in-house protestation has entered into 13th consecutive day. Still, we are not being heard by the authorities and we wonderment erstwhile our basal close volition beryllium fulfilled,” helium said.
Addressing the gathering, AUT wide caput Xavier Selvakumar said that contempt a argumentation determination supposedly taken successful January 2026 to settee the dues, the January wage checks arrived without the promised benefits.
However, helium added, a glimmer of anticipation remains ,as pursuing a 3rd circular of talks, the Higher Education Minister reportedly assured the national leaders that a affirmative determination would beryllium announced wrong the adjacent 48 hours.
