In yet another move necessitated by the State’s worsening financial crisis, the government has decided to act tough against State universities that have been following the practice of ‘protecting’ pay received from a previous job.
While previous attempts to abolish the practice have remained futile, the Higher Education department has now given an ultimatum to Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi, Calicut, and Kannur universities to amend their statutes within three months to remove the provision that permits pay protection.
The particular ‘loophole’ in the statutes allows teachers recruited to teaching departments in universities from aided or government colleges, and to government colleges from aided colleges through the Kerala Public Service Commission to retain the salaries they used to receive earlier.
