PU teachers protest delay in house allotment

PUTA on Monday held a protest outside the office of vice-chancellor over the delay in clearance of the waiting list of teachers for the allotment of higher categories of houses on the campus

The Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) on Monday held a protest outside the office of vice-chancellor Raj Kumar over the delay in the clearance of the waiting list of teachers for the allotment of higher categories of houses on the campus.

The PU teachers’ body had earlier written to the vice-chancellor urging him to do the needful by November.

The teachers’ body had earlier written to the vice-chancellor urging him to do the needful by November 7. However, they said they did not get any positive response from him.

However, PU said committee members deliberated on the issue of house allotment on Tuesday. “Since the issue of house allotment involves many intricacies and technical problems it had to be discussed threadbare and decisions cannot be taken in haste,” the university said.

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