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The Kuvempu University Teachers’ Association has taken objection to the State government’s refusal to proceed the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for the teaching and non-teaching unit astatine universities who applied for their jobs earlier April 1, 2006.
The association’s president, Hiremani Naik R., and secretary, Shanmukha A., person urged the State authorities to dainty the assemblage unit connected par with State authorities employees and widen the OPS facility.
The New Pension Scheme (NPS) came into effect for the employees who were recruited aft April 1, 2006. However, recently, the authorities extended the payment of OPS to authorities employees who had applied for their jobs earlier April 1, 2006. The teaching unit of grade colleges that relation nether the Department of Collegiate Education received the benefit. “The teachers successful universities and grade colleges person the aforesaid qualifications. Denying the OPS installation for assemblage teachers is wide favoritism against us,” the relation stated.
Further, the relation said the universities, though autonomous bodies, had been babelike connected the State authorities for fiscal assistance. All the fiscal activities were being conducted arsenic per the guidelines of the Finance Department, and the employees relation wrong the Karnataka State Civil Service Rules. The government, connected earlier occasions, considered the assemblage unit connected a par with the State authorities employees. “However, lone portion applying the OPS did it discriminate against us. The Chief Minister and Minister for Higher Education should see our plea,” the relation stated. It besides cited the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgement to enactment its claim.
The relation stated that employees volition signifier protests if the request is not met.
