Unanimous resolutions passed by the Executive Committee at its meeting held on March 6, 2013 at 8:00 PM at the AMU Staff Club

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, ALIGARH

S. Mustafa Zaidi Hony. Secretary

Teaching Staff Club, AMU, Aligarh, 202002 0571-2720011 (R); 09411802364 (M) Email: secretaryamuta@gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AMUTeachers Blog: http://www.secretaryamuta.blogspot.com

March 6, 2013

Unanimous resolutions passed by the Executive Committee at its meeting held on March 6, 2013 at 8:00 PM at the AMU Staff Club

            The Executive Committee reviewed the continual lack of progress in resolution of teachers’ issues by the University administration. It was felt that despite sincerity of purpose exhibited by all concerned no tangible results are forthcoming. This is especially true as far as entitlement of EL/DL, counting of past services, Ph.D. qualification, payment of pensionary benefits, compensatory appointment of relatives of deceased teachers, selection committees for promotion and recruitment, etc. are concerned. To these long standing problems some new issues have also come up such as payment to external examiners, attending of conferences, denial of child care leave and vacation of working women’s hostel. The Executive Committee therefore has been constrained to resolve the following:

1.         The arrangements for holding examinations where external examiners and moderators are involved should be taken over by the University’s officers, i.e., examiners and moderators should be contacted by the University that can decide if monetary benefits including TA/DA and accommodation in the Guest House is to be provided to them or not. We suggest that teachers including Chairmen, Deans as well as Principals (wherever needed) should not contact external examiners and should not participate in their accommodation and payment arrangements. External examiners participate in the examination process as it is part of the professional and social obligations of being a teacher. Unfortunately, they seem to be treated as persons who do not deserve to be monetarily recompensated for their efforts and who are claiming privileges that they are not entitled to. The Executive Committee therefore appeals to all Chairmen, Deans and Principals to ask the Controller to make these arrangements as per rules. In this connection a consultative meeting of the elected members of the University Court, Executive Council, Academic Council, Chairmen of Departments, Deans of Faculties and the Principals shall be held on March 13, 2013 at 7:30 P.M. at the AMU Staff Club.

2.         We demand that the selection committees for both promotion and recruitment should be held as early as possible and the impediments in shape of formalities should be removed and expedited.

3.         The meeting of the MAS Committee should be held immediately so that medical benefits may be extended to everyone.

4.         The Executive Committee unequivocally condemns the heinous killing of the DSP of Pratapgarh, Mr. Ziaul Haque, in which a Minister of the U.P. Government Raja Bhayya has been named in the FIR. The Executive Committee feels that when senior police officers can be so targeted what about ordinary citizens. We demand the immediate arrest of the culprits to stop the mockery of the justice system. The communal and casteist reactions to the incident are more alarming as they show the gains made by communal forces. It may be noted that during the Samajwadi Party’s tenure 13 communal riots have taken place and one is still continuing in Ambedkar Nagar. This is an indicator of the total abdication of responsibility by the Government of U.P. that have made the minorities very insecure. We further demand that the Chief Minister should quit taking moral responsibility for the incidents.

The Executive Committee shall hold a Press Conference on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. at the AMU Staff Club.

(S. Mustafa Zaidi)