Date : 19 September 2013 To, The President /Secretary A.I.F.U.C.T.O.

Delhi

Sub : Intervention needed by AIFUCTO on resolving Engineering Colleges issues

Respected Sir, We wish to point out that on following issues intervention is needed by AIFUCTO at the level of A.I.C.T.E . and M.H.R.D.

a)

Non-Implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations:

Most of Engineering , Pharmacy , Architecture colleges in the country, though running on Self Finance Basis have failed to implement the Sixth pay commission recommendations as per Gazette notification of Government of India F. No. 37-3/Legal/2010 dated 5th March 2010 as per AICTE recommendation (along with benefit of Career Advancement Scheme) though mandatory. State wise the scenario is same where very few colleges have in reality revised the salaries in letter and spirit of above mentioned documents, but most of them have done the paper manipulations. AICTE has started their portal system for the colleges where On-line information needs to be filled in for the purpose of Approvals or to other purposes has brought some check on malpractice

adopted by some of these institutions. In purview of the Supreme Court order in CA-1145 of 2004 and CA-5736-5745 of 2004 ( cases filed by Organisation of managements of Non Government professional Institutions) , It appears that an attempt is going on to curb administrative and regulatory power of AICTE under pretext of Decision of abovementioned cases. AICTE has not started their portal till date is the evidence of the same. Further repeatedly attempts are made to pacify the regulatory power of the AICTE for the obvious reason that all Unaided /Self financing managements want the right of deciding the service conditions including salary structure & work load of their own employees rather that mandatory AICTE norms.

b) Other Issues : i) Irregularities in Provident Fund Scheme: Non implementation of Provident Fund from date of joining @ 12 % of Basic pay + D.A. with equal share from the management as per rules and regulations of AICTE and affiliating Universities. Where as in most of the cases teachers are thrown to EPF scheme with employers contribution of Rs.780 and EPF family pension scheme by which they will be entitled to pension of Rs.3000/ p.m. maximum. ii) PENSION AND GRATUITY: The managements are required to provide for pension and gratuity to teaching staff as per the rules at par with the staff working in government aided institutes in their respective State. As AICTE recommends the same benefits , responsibility of giving post retirement benefits is also of the managements of the colleges and it is mandatory to maintain parity in service conditions at par with aided institutes. iii) MEDICAL BENEFITS: The teachers and nonteaching staff of the self financed colleges are entitled to service benefits such as medical reimbursements, group insurance etc., as provided in the AICTE norms and standards. iv) Age of Superannuation : AICTE has recommended retirement age of 65 years for the Teachers in engineering college irrespective of cadre and there onwards extension on contract basis catering to the academic need of the Institution. Self financing institutes are abide by this but still superannuation age is uncertain in self finance Institutions. Therefore, we request you to intervene in these circumstances where for the issues mentioned in ( a ) part above ,our organisation can submit detailed observation and memorandum at MHRD level and for issues mentioned in the (b) part above organisation can take follow up with AICTE and on these issues an appropriate explanatory circular or an order can be demanded from AICTE at the earliest. This intervention of our organisation will help to build movement and struggle for betterment of Engineering faculty through out the country. With warm regards & Seasonal greetings Yours truly,

Prof. Tahir Mohammad Joint Secretary BUCTU

Prof.C.S.Kulkarni E.C. Member BUCTU

Prof. Shailedra Singh Joint Secretary BUCTU