Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 15: SKUAST-Jammu Teachers Association has appealed the Lt Governor to enhance the retirement age of faculty members in the erstwhile State universities.
“The erstwhile State of J&K has been reorganized into Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir & UT Ladakh with the extension of all the benefits to the employees of these UTs as applicable to the other employees of Central Govt and Union Territories. Since the age of superannuation of University teachers falling under UT Universities as well as Central Universities has already been enhanced to 65 years, the age of superannuation for Professors of erstwhile State universities namely University of Jammu, University of Kashmir, SKUAST-Jammu, SKUAST-Kashmir may also be considered at par with them,” said President SKUAST-TAJ, Dr Vikas Sharma in a press statement.
Dr Vikas informed that the UGC regulations 2010 and UGC regulations 2018 have already fixed the age of superannuation in case of University teachers at 65, which is however awaiting implementation in case of erstwhile State Universities of J&K. From time to time, these four erstwhile State universities have been following the recommendations of the UGC and other guidelines issued by MHRD with respect to the revision of the pays scales, service conditions and CAS of the teachers, except the retirement age, he added.
Dr P K Rai, Joint Secretary of the Association, stressed that in order to make the scientific and academic environment more responding and sustainable, the enhancement in retirement age of teachers/scientists from 62 to 65 years will be a positive and contributing step towards taking Indian science to the global platform besides strengthening Indian economy as well.
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