Release pending promotion letters, say Punjabi University staff

Patiala, March 19

The registrar office of Punjabi University has now been closed for two days as teaching and non-teaching officials are protesting against pending letters of promotion.

They said the final promotion letters had been pending for over four months. The protest is being held by Punjabi University Teachers’ Association (PUTA), along with the associations of non-teaching Class A, B and C employees.

Dr Nishan Singh Deol, PUTA president, said the University was supposed to issue confirmation letters of promotions for 105 teaching employees. “The university will not benefit from the delay. In fact, it is losing out on the research and administrative front.”

Gurinderpal Singh Sidhu (Babbi), president of the Class A officer’s association (non-teaching), said officials have not received the financial benefits as per their promotion despite the fact that they were working on higher posts already.

Meanwhile, the university has postponed the Syndicate meeting that was supposed to be held on March 24. It will be held on March 30. — TNS