Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 7: The Jammu University SC/ST Employees Association has announced to sit on hunger strike if immediate action is not taken on their fresh charter of demands. Decision in this regard was taken during a meeting of the Association, held here today to discuss the matters pertaining to SC/ST employees.
The meet alleged that the issues and demands of the SC/ST employees were not being taken seriously by university authorities. Members revealed that the Joint Secretary, UGC vide letter no. F.1-4/2007(SCT) dated 18.8.2009 had requested the JU to initiate action for amendments to its Acts/Statutes for the statutory support for representation of SC/ST in its bodies like University Council, Syndicate, Academic Council, Selection Committee etc and thereafter a compliance report be sent to UGC immediately but, till date, no action has been taken by the JU authorities to provide representation to any SC/ST in any of its competent body.
Further, they added, the UGC vide DO Letter No. F.2-1/88 (SCT), dated 26.03.1988 suggested for the appointment of a Standing Committee for ensuring effective implementation of the policies and programmes of the Government and UGC in respect of SCs and STs. “Accordingly, the then Vice Chancellor, JU Professor M L Lakhanpal had too constituted a Standing Committee under his chairmanship which met on 10.08.1990 only once and the outcome of the meeting was not made known to any SC/ST employee of the University. Again at the request of JU SC/ST Employees Association, the Vice Chancellor on 28.10.1992 constituted a new Standing Committee under his chairmanship alongwith eleven other members but this Committee held no sitting since its constitution,” they said.
Members further said that they urged JU authorities several times in past seven years to authorize implementation of ‘Interim Order’ dated 03-12-2009 issued by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir for consideration of their president R L Kaith for the post of Assistant Registrar but no step has ever been taken to implement the said order.
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