Teacher Association of BGSBU called off the strike after VC BGSBU agree to fulfill Demands

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, MAY 12:–The teachers and other employees of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) Rajouri on Friday called off their indefinite strike after the University Administration (Vice Chancellor) agreed to fulfill their legitimate demands.

The teachers were on indefinite strike for the last few days against misdoings, financial irregularities in TEQIP-III, transfer, inquiry against misdoings, by Joint Secretary, Suneet Gupta, termination of the contractual engagement of Prof Pervaiz Iqbal Pervaiz and others.

They also alleged that the CAS promotion of teachers got stayed by the High Court owing to the deliberate absence of University counsel in all four hearings leading to the stay order.

Teachers were also demanding inquiry and fixation of responsibility into the leak of the confidential documents & the involvement of the officers looking after the legal matters of the University.

The teachers also alleged that the carrier of about 17 lecturers, appointed during the tenure of the first VC, is in jeopardy without any assured career progression and settlement of pay grades as applicable under the rules.

Protesting teachers said that BGSBU is going through a tough phase with insensitive & corrupt people at the helm of the affairs and they wouldn’t allow damaging the image of the BGSBU established after the name of Sufi Saint Baba Ghulam Shah.

In the aftermath of an aggressive protest by the teachers & staff after University hours on Thursday and in order to avoid further confrontation, VC, on Friday issued an order (BGSBU/Reg/23/2256-62) for the transfer of Joint Registrar, Suneet Gupta to Camp Office at Jammu & was also relieved from the additional assignment of OSD (Nursing Colleges, BGSBU).

VC has also approved that the tenure of the statutory positions & support staff associated with different additional assignments shall ordinarily be 2 years from the date of assuming the charge.
In another circular (BGSBU/Reg/232263-69), VC informed the teachers that under the instructions LT Governor Secretariat, the process of special audit regarding allegations of financial misappropriation, besides verifications/audit of service books, including pay-fixation of permanent/regular/superannuated/deputations employees including that of Joint Registrar has been initiated by the University.

VC in another order has also replaced the University counsel as was resented by the protesting teachers.