Pbi Varsity Tutors Still To Get The Pending Arrears In Patiala

The Punjab government has still not paid the pending arrears of the tutors of the Punjab University. According to the records the state government has already paid the eighty per cent of arrears according to the revised pay commission of the teachers under the UGC guidelines pertaining from the date of Jan 1 2006 to the 31 August 2009. However, the government has still not paid the remaining twenty per cent arrears of these teachers of Patiala.

According to reports of the financial department of the state said in their reports that these remaining twenty per cent arrears will be paid to these teachers in three installment in the coming respective months whereas the eight per cent if the arrears has already been paid. However, the DTF (democratic teacher’s front) also protested against the state government and said that holding of the twenty per cent arrears of teachers for such a long time was unjustified.

The Barr also said that the state government has been discriminating with the teachers for their payments of areas.

He also added that the teachers who were working in the government aided colleges or the government colleges have already received their arrears in the month of March itself. He also asked that if the government can pay arrears to them the why cannot the government pay the arrears of Punjab University.

Moreover, DTF urged to government for releasing the arrears as soon as possible before the beginning of next academic sessions of college and requested the chief minister to look personally in the matter.