Teachers’ body to protest against Pachaiyappa’s Trust officials

The teachers are yet to receive their career advancement scheme benefits

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has planned to stage a protest against the Pachaiyappa’s Trust Board today.

It is demanding police action against the persons, who pasted posters denigrating the Chennai Regional Joint Director R. Ravanan.

The association has been protesting for the past several days demanding that the Trust officials forward the documents of teachers for career advancement scheme to the Directorate of Collegiate Education.

Association president R. Tirunavukkarasu said the Trust that ran six arts and science colleges in the State, was responsible for ensuring that the benefits of career advancement scheme reached the 250 assistant professors under its aegis.

Despite several rounds of talks, the Trust officials had made no move, he said. The association approached Mr. Ravanan, who issued a circular to the college secretary in this regard.

Mr. Tirunavukkarasu alleged that following the circular a poster came up in the college premises and elsewhere demanding that the government take action against Mr. Ravanan. It sought the dismissal of 152 faculty, former officials of the University of Madras to which the colleges are affiliated and former Trust members who had appointed the faculty.