DU employees demand solution to fund crunch

They seek L-G’s intervention after teachers, staff report delay in salary payment

Over 6,000 employees of Delhi University have sent a petition to Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal, urging him to find a permanent solution to funding issue of the 12 DU colleges that are fully funded by the Delhi government.

The teachers and staff of these 12 colleges said they have not been paid their salaries on time leading to financial distress, and violation of human and constitutional rights of the employees. The Delhi government had earlier said it had released ₹53.39 crore for these colleges in October-November last year and instead blamed the individual colleges for not paying their employees.

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) in a press conference on Thursday said the money released by the government had been utilised in paying salaries for the two years when the government had not released funds, which had caused a deficit of ₹4 crore to ₹34 crore in different colleges. The delay, DUTA members said, had resulted in salaries and other allowances getting delayed by two to six months.