“Teachers in some colleges have not received salary for two months. Teachers have told Suman that months have passed since she was promoted and she has not been paid dues till date. Similarly, her medical bills have not been paid. is,” the statement read.
Suman said that not only payment of salary has been affected due to non-release of grant, but medical bills, retirement benefits and other development expenses are also pending in these colleges.
He demanded from the Delhi government that the arrears for the promotion of teachers should also be released soon.
“The DTA has urged the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister to help the 12 colleges fully funded by the Delhi Government without any delay in releasing the funds so that teachers and staff can be paid salaries and other dues. Difficult and stressful time,” the statement read.
The teaching and non-teaching staff of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DDUC) staged a sit-in protest last week against non-payment of salaries “for the last two months”.
Apart from DDUC, other colleges funded by the Delhi Government are Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Bhagini Nivedita College, Acharya Narendra Dev College, Maharishi Valmiki College of Education, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Science and Maharaja Agrasen College.
DUTA had earlier urged Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh to convene a special meeting of the university’s executive council to consider “remedial measures” to deal with the current financial crisis in city government-funded colleges.
In a statement on June 17, DUTA had said that the university should consider the acquisition of 12 colleges funded by the Delhi government.
It was pointed out that these colleges were short of funds to pay salaries and other dues of teachers and staff due to non-release of funds by the government.