AIFUCTO Court Arrest Program on 14, 15, 16 March, 2012

  AIFUCTO                                                               ALL  INDIA  FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY

23/2/1A,K.B.SARANI                                             & COLLEGE TEACHERS’ ORGANISATIONS

KOLKATA-7000 80

 Prof.Asok Barman                                                                              E-Mail: aifucto.gs@gmail.com

General Secretary                                                                                       (Mob)-09831276815

                                                                                                                        12.03.2012                                                                     PRESS HANDOUT, NEW DELHI   -  DELHI PRESS CLUB CONFERENCE HALL

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Subject: For the favor of covering the Press Conference and    Court Arrest Program on 14, 15, 16 March, 2012   

The AIFUCTO, the Federation of organizations of university and college teachers associations of India   in the domain of state government. The AIFUCTO has been steadfastly working, with a great degree of commitment to strengthen national integration, sustain the pluralism of India and deliver quality higher education in class rooms.

You are aware that the pay scales of university and college teachers are revised along with the every par revision of the Central Government and the Central Govt. pays 80 per cent of enhanced salary of teachers in the states.

 Accordingly the   pay scales of university and college teachers have been revised by the HRD Ministry on the basis of Chadha Committee Recommendation appointed by the UGC The MHRD order was issued on 31^st December, 2008 with effect from 1.1.2006.It was noted in the HRD notification that 40 per cent of demands would be paid by 31^st March, 2009.The same order enhanced the age of retirement to 65 years.

 Till date there is a stalemate prevailing in the payment of arrears to the university and college teachers working under the State governments’ control. Lacs of these teachers are yet to get arrears owing to   the inordinate delay in releasing the Centre’s share of 80% of the enhanced pay.

                         It is matter of great concern that every other section of the employees, Central or State has already been given   the arrears due to them on account of revision of scales of pay.

The College teachers patiently waited and finally the MHRD notification on wage revision arrived late three years, only in December 2008, though the effective date of revision was1.1.2006 it is now almost two years and five months since the much-awaited MHRD order was notified. We took up the matter with the MHRD and UGC many times, held Dharnas in states and Delhi and requested the Central Govt. to release of the amount as early as possible.We have been informed that the payment of central govt. share has been linked to raising the age of retirement to 65 years and the matter is under the consideration of the Central Govt.

Almost all the State Governments, save the Madya Pradesh and Bihar, have expressed their reluctance to increase the age of superannuation of teachers to 65 years as stipulated by the Pay Revision Order, In fact

The retirement age in states varies from 58 years to 65 years.

 During the previous wage revision, a similar condition insisted by the V Pay Revision order of MHRD to raise the retirement age to 62 years from 60 years  and the funding to the extent of 80% by the central govt. was provided without attaching any precondition of revision of the age of retirement.

The National Executive Committee of AIFUCTO has been organizing various programs for the payment of arrears without any result. We have observed 17^th February, 2012 as the PROTEST DAY through out the country is support of our demands including the payment of arrears.

We have also demanded that the on going privatization and commercialization of higher education be stopped and a nation wide dialogue is held regarding various bills brought by the government.

After patiently waiting for more than five years (1.1.2006 to 11.3.2012), the NEC decided to launch next step of movement. As a part of that the AIFUCTO members will stage DHARNA in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi and court arrest on and from 14^th March, 2012. Thousands of teachers from all the states will participate in the program.

 Our next program, if this fails to achieve the goals, to organize nation wide cease work.

  We appeal to the Central Govt. to take immediate steps so that the academic atmosphere in higher education is not disturbed.

Prof.Tarun Patra                                                                                                            Prof.Asok Barman

 President                                                                                                                     General Secretary

Dear Friend,

We have met Sri Kapil Sibal,Honle Minister,HRD. He assured the AIFUCTO leaders that he would resove the prolem soon.

Asok Barman