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Ludhiana: PAUTA alleges meeting with CM Mann denied
“As the CM was visiting PAU, our delegation had decided to meet him. But despite our best effort we were not allowed to meet,” said PAUTA general secretary.
A delegation of Punjab Agricultural University Teacher’s Association (PAUTA) alleged that they were denied a meeting with the chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Singh Mann at Sutton House in Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus.
PAUTA general secretary Mandeep Singh Gill, said over 800 teaching faculty of PAU and nearly 250 of Guru Anand Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) have been denied benefits of the 7th pay commission.
He added that the government has already notified the implementation of the revised pay scales for traditional universities and college teachers of the state in September, 2022 through the department of higher education.
“As the CM was visiting PAU, our delegation had decided to meet the CM. But despite our best effort we were not allowed to meet him. We had gathered outside the house of PAUTA president HS Kingra but the police surrounded the place and did not allow us to leave,” said Gill.
A few days back, the PAU- teachers association had announced to stage a protest during the first Sarkar Kisan Mailni at PAU to be held on February 12, if the state government will not implement 7th pay commission and repeal the order of reducing the retirement age from 60 to 58.
Chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is expected to chair the Kisan Mailni on February 12.
