That AICTE pay scale was given to the faculties of Engineering
School vide Gazette Notification NO.18 , May , 1964, (page-213) No.
7348-I Govt. of Orissa, Industries Department, Resolution the 20/21 st April, 1964 in order to overcome the serious shortage of teachers in engineering subjects In the Engineering schools (Including Mining Engineering Schools) in the state to attract suitable persons teaching profession, Govt. have decided to attach the scales of pay for the lecture staff in engineering subjects as recommended by the All India Council of Technical Education. In this pay scale the pay of a general college lecture is less than the pay of a Engineering school lecture where the pay of a general college lecture 260-780.
Vide Resolution No. I-TTI-16/67-19662/I. of Government of Orissa
Industries Department, Bhubaneswar the 2nd October, 1967. A combined cadre for the officers of the industries department was formed in order to provide wider scope of promotion and better conditions of service for the officers working under the Industries Directorate department. In this process the pay scale of the teachers allowed in the resolution no. 7384/I, dated 20/21 st April, 1964 would remain unaffected.
Due course of time when the new pay commission was
implemented in the meeting of State Council of Technical Education and Training, Odisha held on 19.06.1981 in the 3 rd floor (Conference Hall) of the Orissa Secretariat Bhubaneswar.
I. AICTE scale might be allowed by Govt. to attract
Graduate Engineering to accept the teaching post. II. Industries department explained that because of a combined cadre of officers of industries services it is not possible to introduce AICTE. Scales of pay at present. Government there for considering grant of special pay to officers working as teachers in polytechnics till the combined cadre is separated.
Government in Industries Department have bifurcated the combined
and composites cadre of the industries service several times with a very specific purpose of improvement to the standards of technical education in the state and finally vide their Notification No. 18685- ITE.I-40/TB-I, Dt. 26.07.1983 have bifurcated the composite Orissa Industries Services Cadre into two separate cadres. Government has availed a World Bank loan and signed a MOU with World Bank under proposed Technical Education project to develop the polytechnics and ITIs in the state. While availing the loan it is agreed criteria that to Introduce new pay scales for instructors as suggested by the AICTE. Government has again agreed in principle that after bifurcations is completed and finalized than only payment of AICTE pay scale is possible. Government constituted a committee to examine the possibility of implementation of AICTE pay scale under the chairmanship of Sri G.C.Pati, Additional Secretary, IAS with following members Sri B.Panda, Director of Technical Education & Training, B.C.Das, Joint Secretary, Sri S.Mohanty, F.A cum Deputy Secretary, Sri R.K. Ray, Deputy Director, Sri S.K.Paikaray, Deputy Director I. After going through the observations of Finance Department, various corresponded made in this regard and scales of pay adopted by difference state Governments and AICTE pay scales the committee made the recommendations for the Government polytechnics and Engineering schools. II. While approving establishment of new polytechnics, introduction of additional disciplines in the existing polytechnics, AICTE have stipulated a condition for implementation of AICTE pay scale for teachers to maintain quality of training. Also implementations of AICTE pay scale is and agreed condition wile availing World Bank assistance for strengthen of Technical Education for improvement of its quality. After hiking of the fees vide letter No.24721 Dated 22.09.1997 Government has issued instructions to all the private institutes must pay the AICTE pay with DA. as applicable to the state Government. Government has issued several letters to Grant of AICTE scales of pay for teaching faculty of Engineering schools and poly techniques of Odisha DTE&T, Odisha, Cuttack to submit detailed proposal vide letter No. 5042 dated 07.05.1995, 18327 dated 01.08.1995, 6024 dated 24.02.1996 and letter No. 11075 dated 30.07.1996 and DO letter no 17581 dated 26.08.1996. In this regard the NPIU has asked the Government vide letter No. 1936 date June 2, 1997 regarding Non implementation of AICTEs scales of pay in polytechnics of states implementing the World Bank Assisted Technical Education project. The following States have implemented AICTE pay scale and they have intimated to DTE&T, Odisha vide the request letter No. 1019 dated 19/01/1989 1. Goa 2. Haryana 3. Assam 4. Chandigarh 5. Mizoram 6. West Bengal 7. Gujarat 8. Kerala 9. Andhra Pradesh 10. Karnataka 11. Utara Khand 12. Tripura 13. Madhya Pradesh 14. Tamilnadu 15. Rajasthan