Contractual, daily wage employees denied salaries for land row period

Campus Notes
Syed Amjad Shah

The authorities of the Jammu University have expressed their inability in releasing the two months ‘agitation period’ salaries of the contractual and daily wagers employees working in the varsity.

When asked, a senior administrative official told KTNS that during ‘Jammu agitation’ varsity remained closed. “How can we release their salaries when they never came in the university during this period,” added the officials.

Well informed sources told KTNS that most of the departments in the varsity have got their salaries for the two months agitation period released for the contractual and daily wager employees from ‘local funds’ including College Development fund.

Sources said that ‘local funds’ are managed by the concerned departments themselves. Those daily wagers and contractual employees whose salaries were released from the ‘Payment Seat Fund’ have not received salaries of two months, sources informed. They said that employees have requested authorities for number of times through different channels but nothing was done.

Sources said that majority of the daily and contractual employees are already living a miserable life adding, “We were hopeful but authorities are not interested in addressing our sufferings”.

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To deal with the increasing need of water consumption in the university, second tube well would come up within next 20 days. This was informed by Suresh Sharma, a senior official from the Works Department in the University of Jammu.

Sharma told KTNS that the second tube well which is stationed behind the boys hostels of the varsity have been completed nearly 95 percent. He said that water consumption has been increased in the varsity and concerned department has been making every effort to deal with the situation.

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Seeking action against the unrecognized study centers in the entire state, members of National Secular Forum (NSF) urged to the state government to ban such study centers.
Protest was organized by NSF president Vikas Sharma wherein protesting students burnt effigy of the Higher Education Commissioner for not taken any action against such illegal centers.

Sharma said that students coming from the far-flung areas have been befooled by these study centers and huge amounts have been grabbed by them for doing unrecognized degree courses.
He maintained that those who have done various courses through such, study centers have been deprived of jobs adding said that state government should act fast in banning the said centers.

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Anger is breeding among the research scholars, who joined M.Phil and Ph.D degree courses due to their research work getting for months. Acting on one of such complaint, Jammu University Research Scholar Executive Association (JURSEA) members today locked Urdu Department in protest against alleged harassment of scholars by their guides.

The protesting scholars locked doors of Urdu department for nearly two hours in protest. They were demanding action against the guide. JURSEA president, Vikas said that scholars are in depression as their guides keeps on delaying their research work and do not cooperate with the scholars.

Sharma said that few scholars have left their M.Phil and Ph.d mid way due to attitude of their irresponsible guides. Sharma said accountability of the guides should be fixed. The protest ended with the intervention of Dean Student Welfare Prof Dhian Singh Bahu and other officials of the Jammu University.